Birthdays

Olivia turned two this week and on yesterday Joonatan had the party for his upcoming 7th birthday. Here are pictures of them at the cakes and candles.

Katarina Park

We took the kids down to Katarina park in Kotka. It's the south-most tip of Kotka island that went through a major transformation from abandoned oil harbour into a gorgeous park just a year ago. Here's some pics.

Last week an expert from the USA was interviewed in the local free paper. She had come over to check out the labyrinth that's laid out in the park, and told that walking it through fixes basically all your worries and by balancing your energies... ...perhaps we did not have right kind of worries to start with, but the effect wasn't earth shaking. Nevertheless, the kids had fun and ended up running - surprisingly - a nearly kilometer of path way.

sweet summer days

A couple of photos from the last few days.

Olivia asked to be shot by the flowers with her new pants and skirt.