Am I the only one who thinks planning a movie night without craving snacks is virtually impossible? We decided to start watching “Making a murderer” a while ago (any ideas whose fault that might be, Kadi?) and because we barely ever stock up on crap (which I, of course, regret deeply every time I get midnight cravings) and because our fridge was pretty much empty, I had to improvise and whip something up of the few ingredients we did happen to have. All I could find was tortillas in the cupboard and a red capsicum, some red onion, mayo and a block of halloumi in the fridge. So I grabbed my griddle pan, grilled the halloumi and half of the capsicum, made a lime and chili mayo (mayonnaise, lime juice, chili flakes, salt, honey), smeared it all across the tortillas, covered with thin slices of red onion and fresh capsicum, then bits of grilled capsicum and finally sliced the beautifully golden halloumi and threw that in as well. Result: probably the most delicious wraps I’ve ever made! If you’re ever in the mood for tortillas, give these a shot – you can add some grilled chicken or pork, if you like. 🙂
// Kas ma olen ainus, kelle meelest on filmiõhtu snäkkideta nagu trumm ilma pulkadeta? Otstustasime ühel õhtul “Making a murdereri” vaatama hakata (ega sa ei oska aimata, kelle süü see võis olla, Kadi?) ja kuna me endale pea kunagi rämpsu kappi ei osta (otsus, mida iga kord kibedalt kahetsen, kui öösel nälg peale tuleb) ja kuna meie külmkapis haigutas tühjus, tuli improviseerida ja s*tast saia teha. Ainus, mida ma leida suutsin, olid tortillad, punane paprika, punane sibul, majonees ja klots halloumit. Haarasin mina siis grillpanni, grillisin sellel halloumi ja pool paprikat, valmistasin laimi- ja tšillimajoneesi (majonees, laimimahl, tšillihelbed, sool, mesi), määrisin selle tortilladele, katsin õhukeste sibula- ja paprikaviiludega, viilutasin grillitud paprika ja kaunilt kuldse halloumi ning lisasin ka need oma wrapile. Tulemus: tõenäoliselt kõige oivalisem wrap, mis minu köögist kunagi väljunud on! Kui teil kunagi wrapiisu peale peaks tulema, proovige järgi – võite neile lisada näiteks grillitud kana või sealiha, kui soovite. 🙂
I was looking for a birthday dress for myself when I stumbled across these beauties in the River Island childrenswear section. They were on sale (can’t remember how much they cost… 15€ maybe?) and I felt an irresistible urge to get them for my Ladybug. She’ll most likely grow into them by spring and be able to wear them with her pretty little trench coat and Mini Rodini suede biker jacket. The quality looks pretty neat so with a bit of luck my girls will both be able to wear these at some point in their lives. 🙂
The birthday girl is down for the night and I’ve got a very special guest on my living room couch – my best friend, my sister from another mister, my soulmate and BFF Ethel! It has been way too long since we’ve seen each other and it’s SO much fun to finally catch up. I’ll show you photos of Peach’s birthday tomorrow – gonna get back to my cheese and prosecco now.
To honor our teenage selves, we thought we’d take selfies, but failed miserably so H lent us a helping hand. I photoshopped the posters in the background so you couldn’t see I’ve still got my Christmas posters up. 😀 Also, notice how I’ve just painted my nails for the first time in 10 years and how much Ethel will still love me, however big of a retard I am. :’)
Peach desperately needed a shower after having her last bowl of dessert (blueberries and whipped cream) before turning one. Hence these adoorrrrable photos!
Virsik pistis pintslisse oma viimase kausitäie magustoitu (metsmustikaid ja vahukoort) enne kui ta voodisse läks, et hommikul üheaastasena ärgata. Sealt ka need iimearrmsad pildid!
A couple of weeks back, our family had a very special first – we had our first ever family dinner sitting around the kitchen table, each in our own chair, eating the same food and spending quality time together. Introducing Peach to solids has been a pretty rocky road – mostly because we weren’t attentive enough to notice how badly Peach wanted to feed herself. We wouldn’t let her hold her own spoon, thinking she’d just play with it and throw her food around, when in reality, Peach was already perfectly capable of bringing food to her mouth using a spoon. She prefers eating “normal” (whole) food so she never really acquired a taste for purees. Anyhow – at almost one year of age (she’s turning one tomorrow!), Peach will pretty much eat anything we eat, except salt, sugar, most dairy products and honey. She doesn’t eat much and is still the worst breast milk addict the world has ever seen, but she seems to very much enjoy eating (and drinking out of a cup) on her own. So now Ladybug has handed her Britton chair (which I do not recommend at all, by the way – we have the Stokke one at H’s mom’s house and the quality of the Britton knock-off is ridiculously bad) down to Peach and moved on to sitting on her big girl chair so we can all enjoy our meals together. I season our meals the way I usually do (spices, chilies, peppers) and just leave the salt out until the very end, grab two portions for Peach (so she can either have lunch the day after or so I can freeze it for later) and then add the salt. I have to say cooking for four is an absolute thrill and eating together is a blessing. I can’t imagine anything more heartwarming. 🙂
“Mommy, is that a bird? Why did we fry a bird?” is one of the most existential topics in our household. I have to admit talking to a four-year-old about animal slaughter is pretty dire, but I feel if we’re going to eat meat, we have to take the responsibility that goes along with it. The last thing I want my kids thinking is that the poultry on our dinner table “comes from a store”. Have you told your kids where their food really comes from?
I’m going to assume that late really is better than never and show you what Santa brought me for Christmas 
I had used up my fifth bottle and been longing for a sixth so imagine my excitement when Santa slipped it under the tree! I have come to realize that the only perfume I really feel comfortable using is Chanel’s “Mademoiselle” – it’s the most “me”, marries well with my pH and is suitable for any occasion. I still have some of my “Viva la Juicy”, “J’adore” and “Crystal Noir” left, but once I finish those up, I’m done experimenting. 🙂
The coolest statement necklace ever! Santa popped by Brazil and brought me this cool necklace with what appear to be gold flakes. 🙂
Santa didn’t want my new laptop to die on me the way my previous one did so he got me a properly padded laptop bag. He had also read my blog and seen my post about Women’Secret so he got me a set of pajamas and a bathrobe with Miffy the rabbit on them (you can catch a glimpse at the top of this post).
Not only did Santa give me a bottle of perfume to smell good – he obviously wanted me to pay more attention to personal hygiene in general and gave me this very generous set of skincare products by Lancôme and a shampoo, conditioner and nourishing hair oil from Moroccanoil. I’ve had time to use all of these products and grow attached to quite a few of them. Review, anyone?
I never got around to showing you the photos of our New Year’s Eve so I feel a “throwback Thursday” is in order! We started our night off with a three course dinner at a restaurant in Old Town called Spot and then moved on to celebrating at H’s mom’s house. I can’t even remember myself feeling the urge to party on New Year’s Eve – it feels like such a family holiday these days. But I guess that’s just because our daughters are such cool kids and so much fun to hang out with… 😀
My princesses wore pretty pink party dresses from Lindex. 🙂
Anticipation. The president’s speech a few moments before midnight.
Peach bravely stayed up and got to enjoy the fireworks. She wasn’t the least bit scared of the noise and loved watching the neighbors shoot their money up in the sky and seeing it rain down in beautiful sparks of glitter. 🙂
The biggest box of chocolates I’ve ever laid eyes on. Anthon Berg sure means business!
Apparently, H’s mom has a tradition of making pigs in a blanket on New Year’s Day. Not sure why the tradition has been on hold for the past four years, but I’m never passing the opportunity to start the year off with delicious freshly baked pasties ever again! 😀 Mmmm…
Peach is a pretty neat little sister – she’s constantly happy, goes along with most of Ladybug’s ideas and forgives pretty much anything pretty much instantly. Even when kiddo loses her temper and takes it out on Peach, Peach will go “waaaaaaaaaaa”, wait until she’s rescued by either me or H and then calm down immediately. Most of the time they get along perfectly and the few fights they do get into have more to do with us as parents than with them as sisters – when kiddo gets upset with us or experiences feelings of inadequacy, she tends to take them out on Peach. It doesn’t take long before she realizes what she’s done, apologizes to Peach, gently hugs and kisses baby sis’ and promises her the world. She’ll say she’ll never hurt her sister again, bring Peach all of her favorite toys and then they’ll just wear their tiaras and be silly together. Even with its ups and downs, from where I stand, sisterhood sure does look pretty great. 🙂
I came down with a pretty nasty cold today so it hasn’t exactly been the liveliest of days, but because I got to spend it with my dearies (including my high school friend Astrid who was visiting from Sweden over the weekend and, unfortunately, flew back today :(), it was pretty great anyway. I woke up to H and kiddo singing me a birthday song and then they handed me the most generous of gifts. I feel very loved. Sore, dead tired and emotional, but loved. I’m gonna continue watching “Once upon a time” and keep it short for now – let these photos do all the talking. 🙂
Lunch at Lyon. 🙂
Sillies!