Monday 25 November 2013

Ice-skating



The Christmas lights have been switched on in most of our High streets - aren’t they beautiful? Slowly but steady the Christmas feeling is spreading all over us and with the snow still missing– ICE SKATING gives us a great taster of what can come!

Ice-skating rinks pop up in London between November to January!
 
I make at least one trip each year with my children to one of them. It’s a beautiful ambiance on and around them and a great trip out on a dark cold day. I have taken my children from a very young age – skates on, warm gloves and a protective helmet is all they need. In Sweden we ice skate on the local lakes, which can be quite bumpy, but most UK cities have several great well maintained ice rinks on offer. The 3 most popular ice ranks in London are:
 
Natural History Museum

 
It has a Christmas tree at its center and a smaller rink for children. On the rink side is a fairground with a carousel and a balcony café bar as well. Enjoy looking at your little ones skating on the ice with a hot chocolate or mulled wine from there!
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/ice-rink/ 

  Somerset House ice rink
 
Somerset House provides one of the more grown-up ice-skating experiences.
Though the Somerset Penguin Club offers courses for our little newcomers aged less than 8 years. There is a Tom’s Skate Lounge café & bar from where you can overlook the ice.

  Winter Wonderland ice rink
 
The Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park is especially popular with families. It is surrounded by countless fairground rides, carousels, Christmas market, festive food stalls etc. Moreover it is illuminated by over 100 000 lights.

So let’s explore the different ice-skating rinks together with your children and tell us which one you like most!

Thursday 21 November 2013

role models


"If I'm older, I want to be a princess!"

You can hear this sentence often from little girls!

But there is one, who has other role models ...

As a mother, what do you think is better for your little ones to join?

And while your little one decides who to join, YOU can join our contest on this blog.
Enter our competition on the blog post of 14th November and win great gifts for your baby!
Monday 18 November 2013

Dark grey nurseries

Last Monday we talked about light grey colours in children's rooms!
Today we want to continue with this unisex color but now a little bit darker and bolder...

We love the dark grey walls which work so well with wood - distressed floorboards or beautiful parquet

dark grey walls with powerful vintage colours make the room playful

white beams together with bare wooden floorboards lift the grey

 
 white & grey painted brick walls with white washed wooden floor - the industrial princess heart starts to light up!

dark grey with sunshine yellow

dark grey with faded vintage mustard and raspberry accessories

We love the play of colours (and the dolls!)
Thursday 14 November 2013

Ella & Otto Competition


Thursday is finally here, which means LET’S START WITH THE COMPETITION!

The most creative person who finishes the sentences will win a voucher of £35 (or a voucher of £50 if you are a fan of our Facebook page) and can use it in the E&O web shop!

To enter:
·      Register on our website site (so we know where to send the prize!)
·      show us your ideas by finishing the sentence under the photos
·      competition ends 14/12/13 midnight

We look forward to see your creative ideas and wish you lots of fun!

Ella & Otto competition

"If Frankie the fox could speak he would say _________________!"

Ella & Otto competition

"Otto the owl has a bunny tail because ______________!"

Ella & Otto Competition

"Baby Emil said ___________!"

Ella & Otto Competition





  "In this bed I dream of ___________!"
Wednesday 13 November 2013

Grey nursery

We love grey nurseries.
Grey is unisex and work for girls as well as boys!
Just add your own accessories to customize.
We love to add soft pastels for newborns and zingy brights for the baby gets older.

light grey mixed with soft complementary colours

light grey wall with dark grey furniture

lovely grey and bold striped wallpaper works really well with yellow

Monochromatic nursery with vintage pale colours. A lovely toddler girl nursery!

We love the star cushion and ballerina doll

grey with sunshine yellow

grey with coral

grey with mustard teal and coral

For more lovely pictures go to visit:
www.luulla.com
www.babybites.co.nz
www.sjhouser.wordpress.com
www.projectnursery.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movember

Movember is here!


Do you know what that means?
It's a charity appeal for men's health that acts every November since 2003. Their vision is to have an everlasting impact on men's health.
http://uk.movember.com/
But men start out as boys - so we think even our youngest can start early with a health-conscious behavior...

If you share our opinion send us your Movember picture of your little baby boy/girl!
We are really excited and looking forward to seeing your health-conscious sweethearts.