tees for boys

i love a boy's tee and can go overboard when buying for kai.  tees are one way boys can have fun with their clothing.  kai wears his with one of his many 1969 jeans from the gap.  

we often receive compliments on his tees, ever since he was a babe.  for instance, on kai's going away card from pre-school a couple of the teachers wrote that kai was the best dressed little boy; his afterschool teacher last year said that she was always excited to see what cool tee he would show up wearing; papas in the playground have even commented; my neighbour told me i should make a quilt out of his tees, etc.

since there are many little boys in my life (and another on the way early next year), i thought i share some of my sources with you guys.  my favourite shops right now are on-line; gnome enterprises, kin ship goods, and junk food clothing.  they also sell big boy tees in the same designs and as a result kai and stefan have similar tees :)



 

 

 
in-store, i like j.crew and h&m.  and, i should mention beansprouts, a local children's shop where i can often find a cool tee or two.  happy shopping mamas!

and have a lovely weekend.

40 / 52 weeks

kai: in his health class, the kids were asked 'what in life is most important to you?'  kai's response?  'my mom and dad.'  it warms my heart that he chose us instead of his ipad :)  

 

stefan and i love this boy (whose almost as tall as i am!) the most of anyone in the world.  



we're moving!

 

i can't believe i'm writing this post, it still seems a little crazy to me but at the very same time, pretty fantastic.  we, my boys and i, are moving to stockholm, sweden!  crazy and fantastic, right?  why you may ask?  stefan's work is taking us there.  he works for a video game company that has studios in stockholm where a great opportunity came up and he went for it.  and, we (well, mostly me) have a sense of wanderlust, we love travelling.  so, off we go for two years! 

 

the moving date is the first week of november.  so excited!  fingers crossed the paperwork, which is being sorted through stefan's employer, will go smoothly and timely.

 

i've never been to stockholm, but stefan, whose been a few times for work, assures me i will love it.  most people who've been say the same thing.  stockholm is surrounded by lakes, shopping is fantastic, the city gorgeous, eco-friendly lifestyle, café culture, cobble stoned streets in the old town, forests and parks, and apparently i'll develop a love for herring and crayfish too!

 

of course, i have some anxiety about the move.  it's going to be a busy few weeks sorting the house out.  thankfully, we found a school for kai - he starts november 10th - that was my biggest worry.  once there, we'll be housed for the first few months until we find a place of our own.  we love the community feel of our place here and we're hoping we can establish that in stockholm.  we'll be off to a good start since our friends, ximena, petter, and their sweet girlies live there. 

 

thanks for reading.  if you know stockholm, i'd appreciate any recommendations of things to do, good restaurants, etc.  we're looking forward to exploring.  and while i am already nostalgic about leaving vancouver, i am excited for the adventure with my boys.

weekend pics

this weekend...

we sent best wishes to my father-in-law who turned 70 on the weekend!  harm, we will see you soon (sooner than we thought!) and give you hugs and prezzies!

 

we attended beta 5's sweet birthday party; they turned 3!  and, one of my photos was a runner-up in their social media contest... my boys will enjoy a 12 piece box of beta 5's seasonal chocolate collection!  my boys are drooling.



the runner-up... "give me back my cream puff, dad!"



i attended a work party... celebrating the retirement of one of our loveliest staff members.  she requested the attire to be "hippie" and many of us happily obliged.  it was such a fun evening.  i am so. very. lucky. to not only enjoy the work i do but to do it alongside a great team of women.  thank you!

 













 

we spent a lovely, fun, relaxing day with these two girlies and their parents... i am so smitten with this family and love them dearly.  we laughed, we played (who knew i was an olympian badminton player!), we ate and we ate some more.  thank you my friends, i know we probably overstayed our welcome but it was so hard to leave you guys.  lots of love!



 

 

so much gratefulness this weekend.  hope you had a wonderful one too.

39 / 52 weeks

kai: these primary coloured blocks are for keeps; kai has had them since he was a babe.  i love that he doesn't find them too childish.  last night, kai and his dad each created their own village with said blocks... cannons, soldiers, towers, secret weapons, etc.  over the course of an hour, as they caused damage to each others' villages, the blocks would slowly disappear until a winner was declared.  kai assured me that the civilians were moved out before the attacks began :) 





weekend pics



this weekend we celebrated our favourite little girl's birthday.  said celebration happened at southlands farm, a lovely spot to spend time in the sun! 
 
yes, sunshine.  vancouver is enjoying an extended summer this year.  but i must say some coolness and rain would be nice right about now.  but i digress...
 
at the party, i pushed the kiddos on the rope swing and then blew up balloons for them to take home.  it was quite fun considering my own kiddo wasn't in attendance.  kai was invited to another friend's birthday party that took place at watermania... give him a choice between horses and a swimming pool, the pool will win out each and every time.  but we got to hangout again afterwards so kai could deliver his prezzie.  happy happy 4th kara.

 







we also spent a fun evening with a favourite lady and her cute boys.  it was a multi course dinner with spaghetti and meatballs cooked in my mom's delish tomato sauce, chicken cutlets and a gorgeous caesar salad followed by beta 5's divine cream puffs.  and in between there was time for giggles with little greyson, i swear he's the happiest kid on the planet.  he swayed to stefan's drumming, proudly toppled kai's tower blocks, loved my mom's meatballs, and pulled cat ears.  sweet, right?





 

 



kai marvelling how little greyson's toys are



 







checking out the tickling action happening between his mom and kai