Marianne and Emily have today a baking day. They are going to make traditional star shaped puff pasty pastries with plum. Marianne has bought frozen dough plates from the store. It is quick and easy to make pastries of them.
Dad shopped online on Black Friday. He received the goods he ordered already yesterday, because the delivery has been very quick. In the morning he could wrap the gifts, because the rest of the family was still asleep.
Eetu and Emily have decorated dad´s study a little bit even though dad may not have wanted any decorations.
Takaseinällä oleva lipasto on koristeltu myös jouluisasti.
Also the chest of drawers has been decorated for Christmas.
Erityisen ylpeä Emilia on kirjoituspöydällään olevista tavaroista. Pienet joulupukit ovat söpöjä.
Emily is very proud of the things she has on her desk. The tiny Santas are cute.
Hän on vaihtanut raitamattojen sijaan punaisen ison maton.
She has replaced the red big rug instead of the striped rugs.
Sängynpeittokin on vaihdettu. Emilian mielestä on kivat sisustaa huone tosi värikkääksi. Toivottavasti tekin pidätte hänen huoneestaan.
She has replaced also the bedspread insteads of her pink crochet bedspread. It is very nice to decorate the room very corourfully. Hopefully you like her style, too.
It is December, finally. The children are back from school and Emily had a fun job with Eetu in her mind. She had fetched a box of christmas decoration from the closet. She wished Eetu would be excited about it. But Eetu wasasleep.
Eetu´s schoolday was a tough one. He had icehockey and he played very eagerly and his energy ran out. When he got home, he had to go to rest. Emily quickly got Eetu awake and so they started decorating. Emily gave Eetus this big ornamental tree. Eetu likes it and it was put on the small table
Eetu's favorite decorations are these little teddy bear figures. They fit comfortably on the school desk.
Lapsilla oli tosi kivaa ja he toivottavat teille Hyvää alkanutta joulukuuta!
On the wall they put an Advent calendar from Nina, Germany. That's great. They decorated the table with a cloth, a spruce and a snowman. They did not found any suitable place for the spruce on the floor, so it may be on the floor.
The kids had a really nice time and they wish you a Happy beginning of December!
Eetu ja Emilia halusivat mennä herättämään tänä aamuna äidin, sillä hän nukkui edelleen. Heillä oli hänelle lahjoja ja kahvia.
Eetu and Emily wanted to go wake up their mother this morning as she was still sleeping. They had some gifts for her and coffee.
Eetu antoi äidille punaiseen paperiin käärityn lahjan.
Eetu gave Mom a gift wrapped in red paper.
Lahja oli puinen pannunalunen, jonka hän oli tehnyt koulussa. Eetu selitti, että sen tekemisessä oli monta työvaihetta: sahaamista, hiomista, naulaamista ja vahaamista. Äiti sanoi, että Eetu on tehnyt lahjan hyvin huolellisesti.
The gift was a wooden pan coaster he had made at school. Eetu explained that there were many steps involved in doing this: sawing, grinding, nailing, and waxing. Mom said Eetu had made the gift very carefully.
Emilian lahja on punakuvioisessa paperipussissa. Äiti yrittää arvata, mikä lahja voi olla litteä.
Emily's gift is in a red-patterned paper bag. Mom tries to guess which gift can be flat.
Emilian lahja on muistivihko. Siihen voi kirjoittaa mitä hyvänsä. Äiti tykkää siitä kovasti.
Emily's gift is a notebook. You can write anything on it. Mom likes it very much.
Isä on ostanut äidille tummanpunaisen ruusun ja suklaarasian. Hän on keittänyt myös kahvia hänelle. Lautasella on tällä kertaa kaksi suolakeksiä. Äidille sanotaan, että keittiössä on täytekakku ja lisää kahvia. Pöytä on katettu koko perheelle.
Dad has bought mother a dark red rose and a box of assorted chocolates. He has also made coffee for her. This time there are two salted biscuits on the plate. Mom is told there is a cake in the kitchen and more coffee. The table is set for the whole family.
Keittiössä on tarjolla täytekakkua, pikkuleipiä, lapsille mehua ja aikuisille kahvia. Pöydällä on lisäksi äidin saama suklaarasia.
In the kitchen there are a cake, biscuits, juice for children and coffee for adults. There is also a box of chocolates.
Kaikki ovat pukeutuneet ja saapuneet keittiöön. Eetu ja isä ovat jo odottamassa muita.
Everyone is dressed and arrived into the kitchen. Eetu and Dad are already waiting for others.
Äidillä on iloinen mieli ja hän toivottaa kaikille äideille hyvää äitienpäivää!
Mother is glad and she wishes all mothers a Happy Mother´s Day!
The arrival of spring is definitely one of the most wonderful things. Spring is associated with the awakening of nature. Small flowers tend to emerge from the soil. In the last few days, we’ve gotten some snow and grain, but these yellow flowers have survived.
Emilian perheessä on tänäkin vappuna tehty simaa ja paistettu munkkeja.
Mother and Emily have made lemon juice and doughnuts for May the first. ( In Finland we say for vappu.)
Ne ovat parasta, mitä Eetu ja Emilia tietävät juuri nyt. Tänä vuonna vapun vietto on ollut vaatimattomampaa, koska on pysytty kotona. Heillä on ilmapalloja, serpentiiniä,vappuviuhkat ja -hyrrät.
Äiti on hakenut puutarhasta tuoreita kukkia vaasiin.
They are the best that Eetu and Emily know right now. This year, the celebration of May the 1st has been more modest because they have stayed at home. They have balloons, serpentine, fans and whirlpools.
Mom has fetched fresh flowers from the garden in a vase.
