Glad Midsummer - Happy Midsummer

Glad Midsommar!

Wishing you a Happy Midsummer!

In case anyone wonders why they can't get hold of someone in the nordic countries -  we are all out for midsummer!

To read up on what this is about read on our previous post here http://ellaandotto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/midsummer-longest-day-of-year.html

Father's Day

Here in the UK it is Father's Day this weekend.

I have collected some inspiration for my dad but also to hand over some ideas to my kids...always a good idea to point them to the right direction.

Here are a few cute ideas -  what do you think?

 

 For more ideas and to see where these came from visit:

https://www.pinterest.com/ellaandotto/how-we-celebrate-fathersday/

Play Houses

 

I have always loved playhouses, as a child and as a grown up. 

So as soon as we had a garden we built a playhouse for the children. I have had two boys first who didn't seem to be that interested in the "play kitchen" I installed so it became a pirate shack with a work bench to do handy stuff as pirates have to repair a lot, right...?

Than I had a girl and another boy and the play house became a little home again with kitchen, table, tea set, picture frames and curtains. They seemed to love to pretend play mummy and daddy caring for their babies. 

 

 

 

So now they are older again we try to find another purpose for the little intimate space we have in the back of the garden. 

We thought we can create a new hangout area to listen to music, read a book, watch movies or a studio to draw and build and be creative. What do you think?

While I was looking around I found these beautiful different play houses - if only I would build a new little house I might have chosen something like this ....

 

 

To find more ideas of playhouses and to see where these came from, visit: https://www.pinterest.com/ellaandotto/how-we-love-play-houses-in-the-garden/