Week 25

In which Henry turns THREE!

Early morning birthday presents,

a crocodile cupcake picnic party with his friends,

and finally out for ice cream.

All in all, a very excellent birthday.

Week 24

SNOW

It’s funny, for a while it seemed that it snowed every day in Helsinki, the accumulation was amazing…6 metres (19 feet!) of it on one of those islands in the Baltic Sea between here and Tallinn and that was at Christmas. One can only imagine how much is there now.

But then it suddenly didn’t snow much at all anymore…about a, hmm, 2 week reprieve. But then it started again. Such an amazing amount in such a short period of time. It was pretty amazing wandering around in it. And Helsinki being Helsinki just dealt with it; life went on as usual, with maybe a few fewer people around.

Of course what kid doesn’t love fresh falling snow?

so lovely.

Week 23

Hello sun!

The days are noticeably getting longer all the time… But despite all that, here in Helsinki actual sunshine seems rare. The days are usually overcast, lots more light but little true sunshine. So when the sun does come out I end up following it quite a bit.

Sunrise from Henry’s window

and two sunsets (both around 4:30ish)

and actual straight up SUN

So now I kinda get why they paint their houses all these beautiful shades of yellow, they glow.