Celebrate the summer solstice with a Scandinavian midsummer celebration! We share how we celebrate Swedish Midsummer with our family in Sweden and how we have kept up the tradition with friends at home in the United States. From midsummer party decorations, to midsummer menu planning, to fun midsummer activities with kids, we show you how …
It’s spring at our Folk Victorian farmhouse. See the Scandinavian style natural spring decor in our farmhouse spring kitchen. Spring is finally here! We still have some frost outside but everything is steadily getting greener. It’s time to freshen up our kitchen with some spring decor. Decorating for spring can be so simple. We started …
We love old houses, especially our 1900s Folk Victorian house. I’ll share 5 things I LOVE about living in our old house and 2 things I DO NOT! I mean nothing’s perfect right?! But we’re working on renovating our Folk Victorian farmhouse to make as close to perfect as we can get. 5 THINGS I …
Toddlers and preschoolers will love these budget friendly Montessori inspired bird activities. Colorful and engaging, these Montessori inspired activities explore different types of birds and their amazing nests. All activities are easy to set up and will keep kids entertained for hours. This bird Montessori inspired learning unit is perfect for spring when many birds …
These ‘Air’ Montessori inspired activities are a great follow up to our Land Water Air Montessori inspired learning unit. Each of the 6 trays can be easily adapted to what you have on hand in your home. Toddlers and preschoolers will love these hands on Montessori inspired activities about air. You can combine this with …
We share our latest cabin trip and our love for Swedish ‘friluftsliv’ (open-air life) from the book There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda McGurk. Staying in the mountains of Pennsylvania, in the adorable Gypsy Spring PATC cabin, we unplugged and got outdoors in Scandinavian Style – no matter what the weather! SWEDISH …
We share six Montessori inspired dinosaur activities for toddlers and preschoolers. These dinosaur activities are fun anytime of year. Dinosaurs are a great way to introduce living, non-living, and once-living things in the world around us. Send your little explorers out in the yard or a park to collect objects that they can then categorize. …
Here are 12 things to make sure you don’t forget to add to your cabin packing list. We’ve stayed at more than 30 rental cabins and share the 12 things that we always pack for our hygge cabin getaways. I love to go hiking during the fall and winter. I can layer up and wear …
We share Montessori inspired activity ideas for young kids to learn about the human body including activities for the skeleton, brain, heart and digestive and nervous systems. This toddler and preschooler Montessori inspired learning unit is budget friendly and simple to set up. We share links to all the wonderful free printables and online resources …
Tour our 1900s Scandinavian Style Farmhouse for Christmas! We’ve decked our halls in Scandinavian Christmas decor with straw goats, star lanterns, dala horses and dried oranges. It’s always nice hearing the stories as we dig out our Swedish Christmas decor from the basement. My husband talks of his childhood and his memories fill our house …