We’ve decided to take a little blogging break this week to enjoy some time away from our computers. We are each in our favourite summer spots enjoying slow, lazy days with our families, and we hope you won’t mind if we push the pause button this week and resume as normal next week? In the meantime, here are some of our favourite blog posts from the past year in case you missed them:

• Dipped Wooden Spoons and Edible Gluten Free Playdough: we love Polona’s craft projects — always so pretty and down to earth (and completely do-able!).
• Open-ended play and evergreen toys: a wonderful selection of toys to encourage imagination and creative play.
• How often do you bathe your kids?: we loved the discussion that followed — so many cultural differences!!
• Traveling in Paris with kids: Because Paris (with kids) is always a good idea.
• Women: Are we are own worst enemy?: a good reminder to cut ourselves some slack (and to support other women!)
• Teaching Multiplication tables: because we need all the tricks we can use!
• Travelling light (with children): such handy packing tips for keeping things simple while travelling.
• Pim’s Lego-themed birthday party and Ivy’s colouring party: cute (and super simple) party ideas!
• Tea Party Manners: some handy tricks for encouraging good table manners!
• Quiche and Apple Crumble and Peanut Butter Cookies: some favourite recipes
• Some photos of the three of us: because it’s so fun to share such a close friendship and run a business together (and have the rare photo to show for it)
• Emilie’s Little trip to Marrakesh: This destination has been on the top of our ‘places we want to visit’ for a long time now. Such pretty photos.
• Esther’s Trip to Copenhagen and Something she noticed while in Copenhagen: it’s always so interesting to learn of such cultural differences and to see a city through someone else’s eyes.
• One Thousand Things and Where Bear? and Pelle’s New Suit: some favourite children’s book discoveries.
• Going back to work: ’cause we’re important too, mamas!
• Courtney’s Trip to Venice: a surprisingly kid-friendly city (and SOOOO pretty!).
• A Friends Book: we’re so proud of Esther for creating this pretty version of a classic Dutch children’s book concept.
• Shoe-lacing, Montessori style: another great (and educational) craft idea.
• Preventing sibling rivalry: some tried and tested tips for encouraging your kids to get along.

See you next week!

Courtney, Esther and Emilie xx

P.S. Photos above are from our Instagram feeds (Courtney, Emilie & Esther) where you can follow along this week if you miss us. ; )