When kids take over photography
Ilze
Ilze
While Helmī’s recent adventure with the camera was a joy to watch, I can’t forget to mention Linna—our seasoned young photographer. She’s been capturing moments with my old camera for a while now, and this year she decided to take it a step further by enrolling in a photography class for kids. I love that … More Linna and the Art of Photography: A Creative Journey
Day 4 was different from the rest of our time in Salacgriva. We had to make a trip to Riga with Linna, as she needed to undergo surgery. It was a dental procedure, and while it wasn’t her first, the thought of full anesthesia always makes me anxious. It’s hard to believe this was her … More Day 4: A Different Kind of Day – Surgery, Final Dip and Rainbow
Can’t believe my Friday was so intense! I manage to deal with a lot of house chores and also spend time with girls while Janis was helping to build a playground for Helmī kindergarten group. This isn’t the first time he is helping and I’m proud of having such a nice hearted man in my … More Fully packed Friday
—NO INSPIRATION HERE— As I promised to myself – a blog post about Linnas 5th birthday party! It wasn’t fancy, all the girls were ill and we had to change the date. That is something I never did before. We celebrated on the 31st of March and it was a mess and I was tired, … More Linnas 5th Birthday Party
My poor little Linna is ill! Yesterday I came back from a photoshoot and saw Linna and knew she is ill! She was 39.6°C yesterday late at night! It’s high! Very high! I know that others give medicine to get the temperature down, but I don’t. I believe that the high temperature is better than … More Poor Little Linna!
This year school of art is on Tuesdays. And the big news is that not only Nelle but also Linna is attending it! Linna loves school and showing good progress. She is in the same class as Nelle – 5-6 year-olds, she is 4 at the moment. This was the only class she din’t liked… … More School of Art on Tuesday
I’m easy on naming my blog posts… Friday, yesterday 🙂 Yesterday I thought I will do all the paperwork, but sadly Linna got ill – eye infection and stayed home. So, no paperwork for me. Plus the weather was terrible – windy, wet and cold! We had “coffee break” between house chores. Coffee for me … More Yesterday
I thought I will stay at home today and do accounting… all the paperwork. Jānis took all the girls to the kindergarten to be sure I can take all the papers out… but he came back with Linna. Linna has an eye infection and that is something that is very contagious. Helmī had it about … More Friday
Finally, all the cardboard boxes of studio equipment, buckets with color, used brushes from repair are sorted and out of the studio! Yesterday I washed the floor and this was my first time cleaning such a big room – 107 square meters (1151.74 square feet)! If you ask me I better clean 4 smaller rooms … More Getting ready for the opening party!
Here in Latvia, we have such thing as Name day. Imagine all the “Latvian” names (it’s not only Latvian, I would say common names in Latvia) are written in the calendar. What about those whose name isn’t written on the calendar. There is also one day (and that is May 22) when those who don’t … More My girls’ Namedays
Today is International workers day… have you ever heard of it?! Most important – first 11 dandelions are blooming in our yard (according to Nelles counting system). Happy faces, it’s +20C and girls are jumping around the puddles in swimsuits – finally! Ilze
We have Linnas Godfather here for the weekend and he brought his doggy to! Our Marley isn’t happy (since the dog stays inside all the time and eats what’s left in Marley’s bowl) but we are trying the best to show love to our Marley :). I hope that by the end of the day … More Doggy
Or should I say – Home alone with Linna? Last week was interesting! Interesting cause we were apart from each other! Janis went to Riga to sign a new contract with a new IT company. And stayed in Riga for two days. As you know Nelle has time with me on Mondays, after School of … More Home alone
She is only 3 years old (soon 4!) but she shows her interest in cooking! I’m happy to have such girl as a helper and who new maybe one day I won’t have to deal with cooking. Not like I don’t like it, sometimes it is just too much 🙂 So, here we were yesterday, staying … More Linna’s kitchen: Meatball soup (Frikadeļu zupa)
This is good! I like where it is going! Sometimes Linna likes to help. Whenever I ask – she doesn’t want to help. She likes to come and help every time I keep my mouth shoot and ignore here. Nice! Now I will have new tactics! I will start cleaning something and I hope, I … More Linna in action!
We spent some quality time together with girls in the kitchen. Nelle and Linna asked if they can make gingerbread cookie dough… and I said: “Why not! Go wash your hands and look for the apron!”. This time Hemī didn’t want to listen to me and didn’t followed our simple rules so she stayed with … More Making gingerbread cookie dough!
OK. This is getting serious! Linna (only 3 years old) are willing to help in the kitchen! No just small jobs like adding water to a pot or just mixing salad… but bigger once like – making a salad! MAKING! Our favorite one is tuna salad (in winter)! We eat it on the toast and … More Linna’s kitchen: Tuna salad
Our beloved Linna’s godfather visited us on Monday. We chatted about life and how you get used to “unnormal” things pretty fast… And it’s true! In the first, you might think that something hit you very hard but after few times you get used to it! What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Linna was … More Linnas Godfather
All three my girls are different. They have a different character, different attitude, and completely different wishes! All I wish is them be happy in the life! It’s easy to lose your “true self” at school, college and work. I’m still looking for myself right now! And I’m almost 35!!! I’m not afraid of that number … More Visit: Team Riga vs Team Salacgriva