23 months and 27 days

Our cheeky Little Madam (who's turning 2 on Sunday!) exploring our neighbourhood.

Dentist on Devonshire St

Lil man in the chair for a check up

Monday morning saw us paying a family visit to our new Swedish dentist just off Harley Street. Not your usual dentist waiting room with a grand piano and Chesterfield sofas - more like a gentleman's club LOL 

A holly jolly Christmas

Dressed to the nines 

Cheers! - Bubbles for breakfast on Christmas Eve

We have arrived at the Dorchester 

My black fedora hat made a festive return 

Such a magnificent day for so many reasons - family is everything! 

We had reserved a table 6 weeks in advance (!) in the stunning "Promenade "

We all had the 'Festive Champagne Afternoon Tea' 

...which included Laurent-Perrier Champagne, selection of finger sandwiches, warm freshly baked scones, pastries and cakes

Park Lane outside the luxury hotel 

Dorchester's very own "tea master" preparing a rare blend of Scottish tea would you believe?

Our little princess

Back home to unwrap the presents 

Santa's and Mummy's little helper 

How does your new trainers fit, Daddy? 

Scarlett Grace's fav pressie this year was the dolly and her pram 

Bargain buy

Pretty in pink
I got this gorgeous dusty pink coat for Scarlett Grace from Ebay last week for only £3.00! Now that's what I call a bargain! #WellPleased

Decorating the tree

And so the countdown to Christmas has begun! 

Holidays are coming

Whirlwind Week

Sofa lounging 

Kids in their swimming costumes 

Warm delicious mulled wine prior to watching Christmas lights being switched on in Marylebone High Street

Oh how I love fairy lights! They are making the trees look so festive and Christmassy :-)

You so pretty!

Beautiful Berkshire

Brushing up my chess skills with an outdoor game against Sean at Stoke Park Club

Little Madam wants to do everything her brother does, like playing the piano.

Matching tops and shoes for the girls

Mum browsing festive ornaments at the annual Christmas Bazaar in the Swedish Church in London

Getting cosy with Erik's boyfriend, AKA "uncle JJ"

And the cleaning continues! This is Mum's modern kitchen in her Amersham flat. 

Inside Info

Ladies in red, on the Chiltern line from Marylebone directly to Amersham

1. Big news … My mother arrived on Saturday (with a one way ticket!) and is now officially living in the UK.

2. Been thinking… It’s so blooming warm in London for November :-)

3. I’m feeling … happy, content and so grateful for everything in my life at the moment

4. Currently enjoying... watching my daughter learning new words daily, prepping for Xmas, wearing cosy cashmere bed socks, Starbucks’ new festive red cups and their gingerbread lattes.

5. Things I plan to do this week... go to see the Marylebone Christmas Lights being switched on (by Sophie Dahl) on Wednesday, and have mulled wine at the Swedish Christmas fair in the Swedish church Marylebone.

6. Last week... I had brunch with Andrea in Cecconi’s.

Bubbles for brunch at Cecconi's Mayfair

7. Currently listening to... this brand new tune by Coldplay – simply can’t get enough of it.

8. Can’t believe… my son is turning SEVEN next Friday!

9. Yesterday.. Mum and I went to her flat in Amersham and spent hours cleaning in preparation for the removal van (with all of her furniture) that’s coming in a couple of weeks.

After our hard work getting the flat ship shape, we took a well earned break at a local watering hole 

10. Spent too much time online lately... watching final season (3) of the U.S. TV series “In Treatment" - an intriguing and very interesting drama which gives a real insight into psychotherapy and every episode is an individual patients' session. 

22 months today

Our 'Little Madam' is 22 months today! She is becoming more and more independent and now she can eat without help, take her clothes (including socks) and her baby trainers on and off.  

Unfortunately her eagerness to do things for herself far outweighs her abilities, and most of the time the milk and food gets spilled! The tantrums have also started and they are not so pretty - haha, but I've started with the "naughty step" in Super Nanny-style, just like I did with Sean, and it's already paying off. 

Also, its absolutely adorable to watch her trying to express herself and/or imitate the actions of us adults. Most exciting of all though, is to hear her blossoming Swedish language skills - I'm a very proud mum to say the least!