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Galettes de Rois -- a goûter of a French tradition in January
A goûter, or a taste, of kings' cake is a tradition in France during January. Traditionally this cake, known as a Galettes des Rois, marks the celebration of Three Kings Day / Epiphany / Twelth Night. Fortunately it is celebrated for the entire month of January, so the good news is that you can still ...
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PlayInChoc Advent Calendar with organic chocolates
I know we're already 4 days into December and I'm a bit late to share this, but the PlayInChoc Advent calendar is honestly just too cute not to share with you. We've now opened three little boxes and it's the highlight of our evening. Each box includes a yummy dairy-free organic chocolate along with a ...
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Thoughtful and beautiful gift boxes from The London Gifting Studio
To give, but mostly to receive a gift that was chosen with care, with love, with attention to detail, with just that extra something, is so, so special. A gift that has meaning, a purpose, that is (and becomes) an experience and a memory -- those kind of gifts are the best ones. But which busy parent has the ...
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Happy 10th Birthday to Babyccino!
Exactly ten years ago this week, Esther, Emilie and I decided to start a little blog. In the Autumn of 2007, after two years of friendship in London, Emilie moved to Paris and Esther moved to Amsterdam. As new mothers now living in different countries, we wanted to create an online space where we could ...
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Sweet illustrations, by Laura Uy
Laura Uy is a Canadian illustrator with such a lovely, playful style. Her work mainly focusses on greeting cards and prints, which make great decor pieces for children's rooms. I love that bear in the photo above, so whimsical (the gold stars are hand-painted and make the print extra pretty). Laura's greeting cards have such sweet illustrations with the cutest puns. There are cards for ...
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Diwali – The Festival of Light
Here in the northern hemisphere, the season of dark days has begun and if you live in a multicultural city, or even near one, you may have also seen the celebrations of light. This time of year also sees The Festival of Light, Diwali, the largest in the Hindu tradition, celebrated all over the planet. ...
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Happy Easter!!!
Happy Easter everyone! Easter is one of my favourite holidays -- the idea of celebrating the beginning of spring is just so wonderful. We have been spending the days cooking, eating, and hanging out with friends and I thought it would be nice to share some of our Easter traditions with you... A week or two before Easter, ...
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Ten Questions with Courtney
In our week of interviews to celebrate our 10th Birthday, it's Courtney's turn to answer our ten questions... 1. Describe your ten-year-old self. Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give that ten-year-old girl? When I was ten I was the eldest of five kids -- my baby brother, Spencer, had just been ...
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Now live: the 2019 Babyccino Holiday Gift guides!
Attention everyone! Our annual Babyccino holiday gift guides are NOW live! Full of wonderful ideas and inspiration, we are offering 6 great gift guides this year: Gifts for Children Gifts for Mama Gifts for Babies Stocking Fillers Partywear Holiday Decor Ranging from the practical and pretty to the meaningful and memorable, you will find tons ...
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First day of Advent (and the sweetest Christmas calendar from Fabelab)
Last year I blogged about our last minute advent calendar -- not a calendar filled with gifts and sweets, but one filled with little notes suggesting a daily activity to get us in the mood for Christmas. It was a huge success and a tradition was born, so I just (quite last minute again!) put ...
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Happy 2018 from all of us at Babyccino!
As you may have noticed from the blog silence over the past week, we've had our computers switched off and have been enjoying time with our families. We hope you too have had a happy and restful holiday with lots of family time, reflection over the past year, and excitement for the year ahead. Happy ...
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Our Advent Activity Calendar
I loved Esther’s post last year about an Advent Activity Calendar! We have done a similar idea for a few years now (unfortunately not so beautifully designed!). I bought a Maileg Advent garland (a little bit like this one) and in every pocket the children find a sweet treat and an Advent activity for us ...
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Happy Valentine’s. So funny as it does not really get celebrated over here in France, so I did not even realise it was Valentine’s today until I read this post.