family quality time - The Elephant Mum

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: hiking in Valkmusa, watching Baltic fishes close, and enjoying Finnish cuisine.

July 7, 2018

If you ask me, Finland is the perfect travel destination for families. I joke that you can find a changing table and an highchair also in a snow ...

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finland, reviews, travel in finland

Fun family day at the waterpark of Serena Resort

July 4, 2018

My summer holidays are around the corner and for the first time in over 10 years I’ll take four weeks off work. Wow. I feel excited and ...

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finland, reviews

Enjoy your family meals more with Ruokaboksi

June 30, 2018

We got to kick off the start of our family holidays with an exciting collaboration. If you know me one bit by now, you have learned how deeply I ...

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mindfulness, parenting, self-care

Thoughts on unconditional parental love, compassion, and acceptance

June 27, 2018

There is a common idea that becoming a parent automatically provides you with the ability to unconditionally love another human being. My ...

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finland, reviews, sustainability

We didn’t invite cows to our summer picnic

June 20, 2018

I bet you are wondering if I have lost it or what with such title, but bear with me and I’ll explain the whole story. Few weeks ago I got ...

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marriage

They did not live happily ever after

June 13, 2018

(The following article authored by myself originally appeared on the magazine Yliopisto-Lehti) “The purpose of marriage is not being ...

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finland, reviews

Hooray for my Minimarathon champion!

May 26, 2018

Last weekend we participated to a fantastic event for families in Helsinki: the Minimarathon. If this is the first time you hear about it, you ...

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finland, reviews, self-care, travel in finland

My great Mother’s Day at Superpark Espoo

May 19, 2018

We moms celebrate motherhood all year long and Mother’s Day has become widely known as the relax and freedom day for mothers. Can I get an ...

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blog series, parenting

Daddy’s got this #4 | Being brave: five years as a stay-at-home dad

May 2, 2018

Last fall I went back to working full-time while my husband resolved to about a year off work to be home with our second child. Here in Finland, ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.