Duckies & Bunny

Today was a sunny and warm saturday so we decided to go mum's house, yesterday she said us she wuld have been pleased to cook something special for today, polenta and meat cooked in a particular way called brasato.
Mum's home is quite near our apartment, just take about 10 minutes walk, so we dressed Momichan and took the ovetto to put her inside but Momi was feeling a little nervous, she was weeping like a crazy and didn't want to stay inside so I had to hug her and walk holding her in my arms while her father was "driving" the stroller with the ovetto hooked over.
Near mum's house there is a little bridge and water is flowing under, today some ducks were swimming on the surface and we showed Momichan, do not know really what she can see up till now but anyway she seemed to look at the ducks.
There were 3 female and 3 male all swimming like this couple you can see here.

Here is Momichan, as it was hot I decided not put the normal feather dress because the other day she was sweating, so i decided to dress her like this and because feet would be bare, I put her sokets and a little shoes with soft fur inside ^^


When we arrived at mum's house, table was ready and food was just to serve in the dishes, polenta was hot and cruncy and we ate it all with so much satisfaction of mom ^________^
Here is Momichan seated in her ovetto in a moment she is calm and relaxed (she had her milk just a few minutes earlier).


In the afternoon sister was taking her bunny in the garden (she always keeps him in a cage on the balcony but sometimes she leaves him go around in the garden), Momichan was looking stared at the bunny who is 1 year old and 8 kilos weight, long dark ears and soft fur, he is really enormous and was jumping here and there in the garden ^^

Around 18.00 mommy went to church so we returned home. Momichan was sweeping again and did not want to stay inside ovetto so again I had to hug her until home, when we arrived she was sleeping hard, sweeeeeeeetie :D
I tool her in our bedroom to take the jacket and berret away but could resist to make her another foto ^^

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY ^^

carnevale

Some days ago in Italy was Carnevale, a period of one week in which children go everywhere dressed with strange dresses like whiches, old ladies of 1800, monsters, heroes, practically whatever they want. In this period also we eat special sweets called "chiacchere" e "tortelli" and in many families they use this week (like we did) to go in the mountains to ski.
Mommy said that when I was little in this period I had a costume of a geisha, it was red and I was nearly 9 months old ^_______^
Well, Momichan is really too small now and we didn't have any money in this period but I think eventually I would have dressed her somethig like this:




The ladybug sac comes from this site, Eurekakids but in Milan we have also a big Disney Store where we can buy dresses of princesses and of any kind all the year long because is so cute ad important for kiddies to have the possibility to disguise and play thinking to be someone else ^^

(ITALIANO)
Pochi giorni fa a Milano si è festeggiato Carnevale, un periodo di uan settimana in cui i bambini si travestono in mille modi da damine, insetti, mostri e qualunque cosa solletichi la loro fantasia, si mangiano chiacchere e tortelli, ci si diverte tra lazzi e scherzi e in molte famiglie è l'occasione per farsi una settimana sulla neve a sciare.
Quando avevo circa 9 mesi mi ha detto la mamma, avevo indossato in questo periodo un costume da geisha, era in seta rossa ^^
Momichan è davvero piccina e noi quest'anno non avevamo soldini ma se avessi potuto avrei vestito la piccina come questa foto, da Coccinella ^^
La foto viene dal sito Eurekakids ma a Milano abbiamo anche un grande Disney Store che vende cstumi tutto l'anno, principesse, re leoni, fatine, pirati cosi che i bimbi possano giocare quando vogliono a inventarsi di essere qualkuno o qualcosa d'altro ^^

Momichan's teeth

Momichan is so small up till now, she is just 3 months and 1 week but I guess already her tiny teeth are coming ....
Since a couple of days, she is extremely nervous and continuosly puts her little fist in her mouth with an anger and nervous I never saw before.
She also weeps a lot and her face with tears is breaking my heart every time she does because even if I take her up and hug, give her kisses and speak her with low voice, she weeps the same.
So today as her doctor was not in, I went to the farmacy and bought what we call "dentarolo".
It is a special toy you can cool in the fridge and give to the baby to bite so that she can feel less ache, I bought...... an ice cream cone !
I gave to Momo but she was lookig a it like not understanding what she had to do with it, I will have to teach ^^
I also bought a cream gel to put on her gums bu doesn't seem to work a lot, Momichan was desperate the same as before !
In this moment she sleeeps and in a few minutes we will go out for a walk, my mom needs some eggs so we will take her and take Momichan out with us hoping she will go on sleeping also when we will come back so that she cannot realize she feels aches in her mouth.

coloured eggs

Mi sto esercitando a fare ovettini colorati per i bento di Pasqua e Momichan anche se per il momento lei è troppo piccina per mangiare qualunque cose e sopratutto le uova che ai bimbi si danno solo dopo l'anno (mi viene un dubbio che chieerò alla pediatra, le uova di quaglia e quelle di gallina sono molto diverse e forse le prime Momi le potrà assaggiare prima, mah...)
Comunque...
a parte usare i edible food colours, si possono anche usare alcune verdure e altre cose per dare un colore più o meno intenso, ad esempio:
se volete uova GIALLE usate polvere di CURRY
se volete uova ROSA usate il CAVOLO ROSSO
se volete uova BLU usate il succo di MIRTILLO

Per colorare le uova usate uova sode senza guscio e procedete così:
GIALLO
- prendete un bicchiere e metteteci l'ovetto
- aggiungete acqua bollente in modo da coprire bene l'ovetto
- aggiungete un cucchiaio di polvere di curry
- lasciatelo circa 30 minuti a bagno ma ogni 10 date una mescolatina con un cucchiaio
ROSA
- alla miscela di acqua bollente e foglia di cavolo nero aggiungete un cucchiaio di aceto e mescolate bene
- lasciate in infusione per 30 minuti ma mescolate di tanto in tanto
BLU
- tagliate una foglia di cavolo nero e mettetela in una ciotolina con acqua bollente - lasciatela in infusione 15 minuti
- mettete l'ovetto dentro la ciotolina e aspettate circa 30 minuti

Alla fine dovrebbero venirvi fuori degli ovetti come questi ^^







SALUTI A TUTTI ^^

rattlers ...

Momichan is growing fast and now she's learning to take things with her little hands, first she learned how to hug her little mouse named Giro Toponzo, then in the morning she starts to try to catch the little toys hangig over her and dancing with the carillon.
Now she tries to hold in her little hands her little Chicco rattler and tries to shake, it was a present from some friends, sent for her before Christmas.

Momichan understands everything

[ENG]
Today has been a very hard day because we have received a bad surprise and so I was very upset, nervous and worried.
When we got home from mum's house, we took a cup of tea, I changed the diaper to Momichan and we got calm a little, we were sitting on the sofa and Momichan was at her place on the sofa with us when she started to speak to me in her funny way, she was trying to tell me something, she looked at me, said some, then took her tiny fist and put in her mouth (normally she wets it with her saliva but not this time) like showing me what to do and thus offering it to me ...
something like "mummy just suskle my fist and everything will be allright, see like I am doing ?"
As I was not understanding she showed me again !
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :D so adorable little baby !
And mostly adults think tat kids don't undertand anything, I was so astonished really for what Momichan had done, my baby bimba kawaii ^____^

(oggi l'abbiamo vestita così e sembra più grande di quello che è ma mi sa che è lei a volte a insegnarmi che fare nonostante abbia solo poco più di 3 mesi ^^)

[ITALIAN]
Oggi è stata una giornata allucinante, ci è cascato il mondo addosso per un problema che spero sia solo un tremendo errore, fatto sta che ho dato un po' di matto.
Arrivati a casa (eravamo a casa di mia mamma), ci siamo tranquillizzati un attimo, cambiata Momichan e messa sul divano ci siamo seduti a guardare la tv, poi a un tratto lei ha iniziato a "parlare" come fa sempre verso sera (Momi ha 3 mesi) i suoi dscorsi sono tutto un guardare negli occhi e un HAAAAA HOOOOO HEEEEEEE MMMMM WWWW solo suoni ma che per lei sono veri discorsi fatto sta che mi guarda e mi fa uno dei suoi discorsi poi si mette il pugnetto in bocca che di solito sbava sempre e invece stavolta lascia asciutto e poi.... me lo porge !!!
io non capisco cosa vuole dire così lei ricomincia il suo discorso, si rimette il pugnetto in bocca sempre asciutto e me lo riporge !
come a dire vedi come si fa ? devi succhiarlo cosi !
del tipo "mamma lo so che hai problemi ma se succhi il mio pugnetto passa tutto, vedi devi fare così"
sono rimasta allibita, e poi dicono che un lattante non capisce nulla !!!

egg sheet

Una delle cose che i giapponesi usano moltissimo per i bento è un foglio fatto di uova che ritagliano in vari modi o che farciscono per fare le omelette e naturalmente in Giappone li trovate già pronti al supermercato al banco frigo ma qui da noi non si trovano.
Tra l'altro è una delle cose più difficili da fare per me ma ho trovato una nuova ricetta da una ragazza americana e dalla quale ho preso in prestito la foto, se volete leggerlo in originale cliccate qui.

COME FARE
Quello che vi serve è un uovo, un cucchiaio di farina, acqua, una ciotola e un paio di hashi.

1. sbattete l'uovo nella ciotola
2. mettete un cucchiaio di acqua in un altra ciotola e po il mezzo cucchiaio di farina (cosi si scioglie prima) e mescolate con le bacchette
3. aggiungete l'uovo a questa miscela
4. ungete una padella di olio usando un pezzo di scottex paper e scaldate la padella
5. mettete il composto nella padella avendo cura da spalmarlo bene tutto in tondo senza buchi
6. cuocere qualche secondo
7. vedete se riuscite ad alzare un angolo della frittatina usando le bacchette e se si lasciate raffreddare togliendolo per un attimo dal fornello
8. girate la frittatina e cuocete anche il secondo lato qualche secondo

ed ecco il vostro foglietto di uovo pronto da ritagliare o farcire come volete per fare tutto quello che volete, il bello è che li potete anche mettere in freezer e poi usare quando vi servono scaldandoli un attimo nel microonde.

buying a crib ^^

Normally when someone is expecting a baby, the first thing to buy is a DUO (crib/stroller) or a TRIO (crib/stroller/ovetto) so that all pieces are of the same colour, also a matching bag is always part of the set.
Crib measures 90 cm, babies grow very fast and is thus used just a few months, so if you do not buy for the baby birth, you never will buy afterwards.
I was also confused about what to choose but did not have even time to think at, because mum wanted to buy us the stroller for X'mas togather with sista and auntie asked what we needed so we said her we didn't have any "ovetto" to take the child around with the car, so she boughtit for us as present for the baptism.
Momichan is 3 months old now and from X'mas we've been around with her using the stroller or the "ovetto" but she is not so comfy nor warm enough, she is still so little that needs to lay and cannot stay seated so we decided to buy her a crib that we can hook up to our stroller and go.
Unespectidily and luckily both stroller and ovetto came from CAM and both belong to the same family so that can be hooked togather without any problem and can be released whenever you need to change piece to add to the base, also we discovered CAM outlet is in Bergamo, 90 km from Milano where we live.
As Sampei is at home in this period because of and accident at his hand while cooking (he had some stiches that are not yet healed) we could go alltogather, mum and the three of us to the store.
I prepared the bag for Momo with diapers, baby comforter, a carillon, a little blanket and of course 3 bottles with milk, then washed the baby, put a clean diaper, dressed her to go out and put her on the ovetto, we took the base stroller to hook at the oetto so that we could be sure once at the outlet that the crib would be the right one and we left.
Momichan slept all the way long and also when we arrived at the store.
We choosed a crib blue coloured, with a little image of a teddy bear, a bunny and a cat; images and colours are different, our stroller is sky blue and ovetto is dark blue and silver but anyway blue is the matching colour for all.
Here is Momichan once at home, in her new trasportable little bed, she also uses to take a nap at home, when we watch television she lays inside and we put her behind our sofa in the shadows and put volume a little down so that she sleeps quietly. She seems to find herself ok inside and I am happy she does ^^

Dressed To Go Out

Here i s Momichan ready to go out.
It is quite hot thoose days so I just put on her a warm jacket and a large and soft berret that covers her ears, under jacket she wears her yellow pijama with a brown turtle ^^
Foto is funny because she quite never has her arms in the sleeves but she keeps strongly on her chest with closed fists ^^

Momichan's baptism

I am not doing bento since so much time but sometimes happens that Sampei prepares fantastic dishes of sushi and sashimi.
This time he has produced a fantasy that had a great success, on the occasion of the baptism of our daughter, so here you can see foto of the sushi, the special cake and of course Momichan in her "ovetto".

Today is a special occasion, we got our little baby baptized and after we had a special lunch at my mum's house togather with oncle and aunt and my cusins.
Momichan has been really good girl, I was feeling a little ill at ease about the idea she could burst into tears in the middle of the funcion in the church but as soont started to weep a little I gave her the bottle with milk and she fall asleep in a few moments and she went on also when the priest poured on her head the special water (and nearly washed her hair), she never moved and stayed quietly in my arms.
Funny was that while I was ill at ease for the baby and what she might do, the priest had forgotten something.... his cell phone started to ring !!!
Yes, you have understood, under his vest the priest had a cell phone that continuously rang every moment, the only thing he could do was posing a hand on his chest where cell phone was trying to suffocate the trill.
We couln't believe it, me and my two cusins behind me hardly could help not to burst into laugh but the situation was serious so we couln't do nothing but try to be serious as much as possible.
Finally we got out the church and reached mum's house where a fireplace was keeping home warm and giving atmosphere.Sampei went immediately in the kitchen to ultimate his sushi dishes, while mum was preparing rice and a good roasted piece of veal was cooking in the owen.
Table was prepared with silver tools and cristal glasses, mum loves to make table cute on special occasions so when she invites people she gives her best ^^
Here below is the special cake we ordered for the occasion.

Here are two of the dishes Sampei prepared, first foto is sashimi of sake (salmon) and toro (tuna), the other shows some of the nigiri he invented for the occasion.

All the decorations Sampei make for the presentation of the dishes are colorful leaves he took in my mum's garden.
sayounara

UPPTÄCKA Bags

The UPPTÄCKA Necessaire is a cute little case to hold your toilet items or thebaby creams and bath items.
Disposable in red, black, green or yellow during Christmas time was available also in violet  with gold stars. I find it very comfortable either for me or for my baby Momichan, I have one green and one violet. 

The UPPTÄCKA folding bag is another useful tem you can store everywhere and carry with you inside our bag or suitcase to have more space in case you need or if you go shopping and do not want to use plastic bags. Can be washed inside washmashine or by hand.

Vote: fantastic

Food For The Night

Every evening after the film on tv Momichan is already fallen asleep on the sofa (she is not looking tv of course, I am looking tv) so around 23.00 I hug her and take to bed, then I go to the kitchen and prepare the bottles for the night.
At this time she takes three bottles at 2.00 am, 5.30 am and 7.30 am so every evening I prepare three bottles so to have them ready and not haveto go in the kitchen when I am half asleep, is comfortable to have them at disposal on the drawer chest so that when Momichan starts to make a single sound, I am ready to give the bottle to her and she drinks it all without even realizing and never opening the eyes ^^
Theese three bottles contain each 150 cc of milk but in short time she will need 180 so I will have to change the dimension of the containers ^^

Pooh Bento Box

I am collectiong all sorts of Winnie Pooh bento for Momichan hoping she will like.
Thi bento here is really big, can contain a sandwich and also some other foods, contains also a little spoon and is 2 layers. Front sde is decorated by three faces of Winnie Pooh.
Has a matching kinchaku also.



SAYOUNARA ^^

package for Momichan !

Un amica da Flickr aveva inviato in regalo per Momochan un pacchetto contenente bento vestitini e pelouche ma spedito il 12 novembre scorso non si sapeva dove fosse finito, oggi finalmente vado in posta e lo trovo !
Mi era arrivato un avviso di ricezione di un pacco per il quale c'era da pagare un contrassegno e una vlta in posta scopro che sono le tasse doganali ! bah....
Ad ogni modo finalmete Momichan può avere i suoi regali, dentro al pacco ci sono bento, un paio di bacchette con case di Rilakkuma, food dividers a forma di mela, due ampolline di Hello Kitty, un cappellino di Winnie Pooh, un completino di tutina e body e un peloche di Mashimaro.
Meno male che il vestitino è sato comprato un pò grandino cosi Momi lo può indossare per parecchio tempo ancora.
Quando lo ho tirato fuori dal pacco e le ho detto "piccina, è per te" lei ha fatto un sorrisone immenso, decisamente dalla faccina che ha fatto le piace ^^
Ecco qui sotto la foto scattata da Applelove prima di spedire il pacco per Momichan dove c'è tutto quello che ha ricevuto.

Devo dire una volta di più che le nostre poste fanno decisamente skif, non si sono nemmeno dati la briga di spedirmi una lettera dicendomi ch il pacco era fermo in dogana ! ci ha messo 3 mesi per arrivare da New York !!!

SALUTI A TUTTI ^^