Saffron buns / Lucia buns
Every year around Christmas time we will celebrate Santa Lucia, a Scandinanavian tradition. On the morning of the 13th of December, kids will dress up in white robes with garlands and candles and sing the Santa Lucia song and serve Santa Lucia buns.A fun part of the tradition is to bake Santa Lucia buns with the kids; it is just like working with play dough, but you get something tasty out of it.
Gift Guide to Polar Bear Kids
Our simple Holiday gift guide for outdoor kids. A little more in-depth gift guide is needed if you are really serious about your outdoor play in all kinds of weather. You need to be smart like a polar bear kid. Please note this list is for only very hardcore kids and parents/educators playing outside in all kinds of weather.
Outdoor Christmas
How do you celebrate Christmas? Maybe going for a hike outside? Well, if you need some new ideas how to change up a little bit this Christmas , this Norwegian family have some new ideas about how to celebrate Christmas.Make Christmas cookies for the birds
We set up our birdfeeder for the winter last Friday. The girls painted and helped set-up our squirrel proof birdfeeder and we discovered a mourning dove and a cardinal checking it out this Sunday. Hopefully we will have as many birds visiting us this year as we did last. It is quite amazing how much fun and entertaining a birdfeeder can be for the whole family.
Gingerbread cookies and house
It is that time of year when everyone is rushing around, trying to get ready for the holidays. Christmas, Hanukkah or what ever you celebrate; slow down a little and bake some cookies with your kids. It takes some organizing but it is such a joy for the kids. This year I had her best friends over for decorating a ginger bread house and gingerbread cookies. They had so much fun and so did the mums.
Polar Bear Kids Rules
Note: Last year my partner wrote a very funny post about Polar Bear Moms as a response to the controversy over Tiger Moms. Now as the media is reporting about the banning of balls and tree climbing in school playgrounds one day and the startup of Forest Schools starting in North America the next, I think it is time to get the polar bear perspective back. Don’t you?
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