The weekend

This weekend was again fuul of interesting things. We had a visit of our Polish and Spanish friends, we enjoyed our raspberry from the garden, Greta loved having all the attention for her during the whole evening.
I am also making a book for Greta that will be called "My sleep book". It will have pictures of Greta and other kids doing the pre-bed routine and then going to sleep. It is supposed to help her to go to bed easily. So I am taking pictures of her bathing, going to the potty, putting on the pajamas, and sleeping. I also need to take pictures of her brushing her teeth, of us reading bedtime stories an so on. Sounds like a good idea, I think.

I also made this crochet felted seat cover, just in one evening. Finally, I am learning to crochet, and it is not so difficult as it looked before, anymore.

Also, we sold our car! So next week we are buying the Grand Scenic! Hurray!

2 weeks since

It has been 2 weeks since the tragedy in Oslo and Utøya. I light up the candle to remember.

These days...

Greta became a happy owner of some new Serendipity clothing, and really enjoys it.

And I never imagined that she would be helping me peel the shrimps :-))) She says "this one" and takes it out and peels. Of course, some of them go to her mouth instead of the salad :-)

Stars everywhere

Greta brought this painting from the kindergarten:
 
And I embroider the stars like bare wunderbar showed in her DIY.
 
 
 
I am actually wery proud of the last ones I made, especially when I look at the back side. I think I finally start to understand how cross stitch works and start to like it.
But! What should I do with these stars?

An angel

Greta helping sort the berries

Raspberry cookies + update: the recipe

I could not stand not to make these when I saw the recipe here

The whole family liked them, even Greta. I like when we make some homemade cookies. Now that Greta is sleeping, maybe we should make a cup of relaxing tea in the new Moomin cup, take a few of these, turn on a movie and knit :-)))

Need help translating the recipe? Anybody?

Update: The recipe is here:

You will need:

500 g flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

250 g margarine or butter

200 g sugar

2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar

1 dl water

approx. 3 dl raspberry jam

To decorate: white icing and anything else you like to decorate with

Preparation:

1. Mix flour and baking powder, then add melted butter/margarine

2. Add sugar and vanilla sugar to the mix, then add the water and mix well.

3. Roll the dough to make two wig squares. Put the first square on the baking tray with baking paper.

4. Spread raspberry jam on op of the first dough layer, then cover with the second layer. Make the edges smooth and press together.

5. Bake in the middle of the over for 25 minutes at 200C, or until the top is slightly brown. Take the baking tray out and let it cool down before you cover it with the icing and decorate. Cut after decorating and enjoy!