A new family member!!!

Ok, don't get excited. DH has just finally decided what our next car will be and told the boys Friday night:"Our new car arrives right after our trip to Japan.... or was it America.... oh, damn!" So, we're off to Osaka on Wednesday and then take the bullet train after one night to Tokyo. Unfortunately Lenny Kravitz turned ill and cancelled his concert. That was DH's plan for Friday! He did think about extending our stay until November (the concert will be held then), but then he remembered that he's going to Scotland beginning of October, so we must come back home.

Clara left yesterday, feels so strange.... I mean using the washing machine again!!! My friend told me to try to find some luxury in it, since I haven't done it in a looooooooooooooooong time. I'm afraid that the luxury will wear out pretty soon.

No pictures this time. Hopefully soon and a story about geo-caching!

Travelling

The boys are happy to play make believe travelling. They used to want to go to China all the time, mainly because I've told them that in China you're allowed to slurp your soup. But lately Tuomas and Jaakko want to go to Australia. Tuomas has actually several times whined about when are we finally going to Australia, as if he had been promised a trip next week.

Last week one morning just as I was ready to leave for work Jaakko woke up and crawled into our bed. DH and him hid under the covers (sorry, it was a space shuttle...), DH asked Jaakko where they should go to. "Australia" was his answer. But the his answer to DH's question about what would they do there was something that you'd never guess:"Eat sausage soup!" I forgot to tell him that slurping is not allowed there.

Wednesday will take me to Paris, again, for one night. Then Wednesday next week DH and I are off to XXX to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. My father will look after the boys for the 5 days we're away.

Pictured above are my sister's two boys and daughter with our boys.

A new life

Our life has really changed lately with Risto in school and me starting at a new job. Plus we (or I) cancelled our subscription to the main newspaper. Ever since I was a kid Helsingin Sanomat has been a major part of my morning routine. But now that I'm commuting to the other side of the greater Helsinki area, I have hardly the time to have breakfast let alone to read something. DH hasn't read the paper during the week for years. Weekends we've enjoyed our breakfast reading the paper, but then again our dear little angels make it difficult. So, I cancelled it. 

Commuting is a new thing for me. Getting up a lot earlier, catching the bus, sitting in the metro. People walk like ants, knowing their destination in a single line right after one another. Funny. The first week of commuting I was able to knit half a meter of a scarf.

Above you can see what my ex-colleagues gave me. I wear the jewellery  every day. The long one is actually a test specimen!

(Oh, our lives will change even more dramatically on Sunday when Clara, our au pair, goes back home to Germany!)