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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ” 
― Mary Oliver

I am grateful that through this blog I met so many inspiring families. 

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Easter Celebrations ✨ This year we will be travelling for Easter so we won’t be doing dyed eggs but if you are looking for ideas, books to read, recipes for felted wool eggs and naturally dyed eggs, have a look on the blog, link in the bio ✨
On my desk ✨ I used to sit here to write on my blog but I haven’t managed to do so for such a long time. Homeschooling my daughter, attachment parenting my son and preparing for (another!) move to a new country have taken all my time and energy in the past months. Also, I deliberately and mindfully choose to spend just a very small amount of my time on social medias and on my blog. I don’t want my children to think that screens are more important than real life. I don’t want them to see me distracted by my phone or my computer. So I usually write at night, when they are asleep. I do so surrounded by their pictures and drawings as you can see here on this picture of my desk. I wonder.. how do you mums find balance between your time online and offline? Would love to hear your thoughts .. ✨❤️
Art Day ✨ Tuesday is our art day and three weeks ago we have started a project: using different art supplies, each week a new one, to explore the same theme: volcanoes 🌋 her favourite topic at the moment, together with dinosaurs. After tempera, play dough and watercolour, this week I have invited my daughter to try using rock crayons on acrylic paper. I took this picture while she was telling me about the two volcanoes in her drawing.
Free play ✨ Our mud/ sand kitchen is out 🌿
Dinosaurs Love✨ With pegs in her hair, she’s drawing, writing and making her first book on dinosaurs 🦖 Swipe right to see the book 😍
Montessori Holders for Coloured Pencils DIY ✨ Sometimes the smallest actions make the biggest difference in a child’s life. It might sound insignificant but the way their coloured pencils are displayed can have a big impact on their desire to draw and their motivation to put their materials on their right place. On the blog I have a super easy DIY to make your own Montessori Holders for Coloured Pencils and how to involve your toddler/child in this fun activity. The link is in the bio I would love to hear if small changes in your child’s prepared environment have made a big difference.
Read me in the magazine “Libres!” @magazine.libres ✨ I’m honoured to be a contributing author of the French magazine “Libres!”, “the magazine of free children… and their parents”. In this Spring issue, I’m writing about our wonderful experience in a Forest playgroup, here in Germany. If you are reading French, have a look at this magazine about alternative education, respectful parenting and slow life.
Mothers’Voices ✨ I’m so excited to welcome you today to this interview with the inspiring Lena from @montiminis . Lena lives in Germany where I also currently live. Although we never met in person, I feel like she is a dear friend with whom I love to chat. Lena’s Instagram account and blog are real treasures, filled with wonderful ideas and inspiring posts. In this interview Lena and I are talking about Montessori education, how to introduce it at home, especially when having more than one child (which is sometimes tricky - I can tell you from my own experience). Lena is also sharing about her daily and weekly rhythm with her children, making time for self-care while mothering, and … she is answering the question we have all asked ourselves: “Do I have to be a perfect mother?” Link in the bio 📸 Lena @montiminis
Spring Books ✨ Spring is in the air and our cherry tree is preparing its buds for blossom. We hear the birds singing in our garden in the mornings and in the evenings. I’m trying to soak in every sound and colour and to print these moments in my memory as I know ... I know that this will be our last spring here, in this garden and in this house. We will be changing countries again. This is always a bitter sweet moment for me. And a reminder that only this moment counts. All we have is “now”. That’s why I’m determined to make the most of our spring. Our Spring books are out since one month already, since we have celebrated the Spring Festival (aka. Chinese New Year) and I’m sharing them with you today on the blog (link in the bio) ✨

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I’m Cristina, a life coach and a mother who has lived in 6 countries so far.

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