May Month

A new month and days are starting to get long, difficult to get to bed in time in the evenings:)
Last week Liina was sick, she had a fever coming and going and an endless runny nose. Viivi had also a bit of a fever but that was because her molars, her back teeth popping up:)
On thursday we celebrated Viivis 3 years birthday. On wednesday evening Liina & me went to town to buy a few presents...I realized it was a mistake once we where in the shop, I had to buy double of everything, Liina just saw what she wanted, and when she chose something for Viivi, she also wanted it. The birthday was again a nice gathering of friends, for both children and parents.
On friday I went to the hairdresser, keeping my hair short:) and then I had a meeting with my professor at Åbo Akademi, so from august onwards I will be studying again, Developmental Psychology:)! Something I really looking forward to, and already at this point I have to start thinking what to write my master thesis about. I will try to incorporate Finland and South Africa somehow...
I have 4 people travelling in Southern Africa at the moment, everything going well and this is how their trip proceeds:
4 nights Cape Town, including tours to Cape Point, and the Winelands
2 nights Victoria Falls
3 nights Kruger Park
4 nights Mozambique
The price of the trip came to just under 3800euro/pp with all accommodation, all flights included, international and domestic, all transports and some tours. March- April are good months to travel, it is not too hot, and the peak season is over, not too crowded and many accommodations offer lower rates.
On friday evening my dad came to babysit and me& Nico went for dinner to Strampen, it was their opening of the season. Good food& great company.
On saturday we went for a braai to our friends Heli& Frantz, had a few glasses of sparkling and enjoyed a relaxed evening.
And then yesterday, 1st of May, windy as always on this day, we went to the 1st of may happening in our village, Liina brought her wallet with and bought her & Viivi some toys, there was a storyteller telling the story about ´ Emil i Lönneberga´ when his head got stuck in the soupbowl, girls enjoyed the story and after this we had juice and ´munkkar´= sweet, soft rolls with jam in the middle and plenty of sugar on the top, very tasty:) After this me& the girls drove into town and went to see the kiddies movie: `Var inte rädd långa farbrorn´, and that was a perfect ending to the day.

I wish you all a great start to this new week!

Love

Jannika