Christmas Volunteering 2020 in Finland
Christmas is a time of celebration as well as giving. This year has been tough on all of us, but tougher on some. The economy has started a ...
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expats, finland, multicultural families, parenting, self-care
The Positive Birth Movement Lands in Finland
When I gave birth to my first child, I found myself lonely and scared. I had moved to Finland less than 2 years before, almost none of my friends ...
expats, finland, multicultural families
You Can Help Families Hit by COVID in Finland with Hope Yhdistys
Covid has hit the whole world and I know many people reading this post have lost dear ones, jobs, money, health, routines, and so on. Some ...
finland, health, Lifestyle, travel in finland
New Great Family Hike Path Found: Kotokierros
You know how our family loves to hike (see our visits to Repovesi, Klassarinkierros or Hannusmetsä). We recently visited a natural area in ...
expats, finland, life, multicultural families, parenting, self-care
Support for Families in Finland – Resources and Services
Sometime families need a little help coping with the challenges of life. There is no shame in that, in fact I am open to admit we used help in ...
expats, finland, multicultural families, self-care
Kamalat äidit®, support for mothers of teenagers in Finland
If you think babies and toddlers are a handful, wait for the teen years. U is 12 now, technically still a preteen but shows signs of early ...
expats, finland, Lifestyle, multicultural families, self-care, working mom
Expat Families: How To Build A Support Network
Today a fellow expat mom in Finland published a question on a closed Facebook group: how to build a support network to make an expat family ...
finland, food, life, Lifestyle
Our Family’s Fall Tradition: Pumpkin Picking
One of my favourite family traditions in autumn is pumpkin picking. It’s a young tradition for us as we started only last year. We had ...
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Kicking Off Summer At The Carnival of Ice Cream and Chocolate 2019
How much ice cream can you eat? My family had a chance to test this at this year’s Carnival of Ice Cream and Chocolate (Jäätelö- ja ...