Tiny elephant

Tjohoooo!

 

Again it was time for another birthday party for Bella.

This time a breakfast in a bookstore!

So sweet, so calm and so peaceful (not all the time though) so you would question if there really were 15 kids...

 

 

They started off with handprints on canvas.

I could not understand why they kept on writing their names with the hand upside down till i saw the end result:)

Is it not such a wonderful idea?

So simple but so creative...

 

 

So this magical world was invaded by !5 girls and their moms or dads.

I t really is something special with an old fashioned bookstore in this technical oriented present.

Just to hold a book, smell it and to flip a page creating a little noise from the paper, got me sentimental and i decided not to download books on my Ipad anymore.

 

 

Everywhere in the bookstore the books were kept company by small dolls suitable for the theme of the books...

 

 

The doll displays gave the bookfilled shelves a more attractive and inviting feeling that i appreciated and especially if you are new to a bookstore phenomenon.

 

 

Bella with friends were enjoying ( look at the dreamy girl in the background, I wonder what she is thinking...)

This photo is taken ouside from the window before i got drenched by the rain:)

 

 

She seemed to be making up her mind whether she should join the birthday girl or...

 

 

...help cleaning up the table.

Definitely child labor warning on this one though!

 

 

Eventually she decided to continue her childhood, stopped working ( with a free cupcake voucher in her pocket as a thankyou) and joined her friends in the storyreading.

It is great to see all these kids listening with big ears and big concentration and i was glad that Bella got the oppotunity to start her morning like this for a change.

 

 

The little cafe that was adjoined to the bookstore ,and apparently just opened, was the one that offered pancakes, fruitskewer and cupcakes during the morning. They did a fantastic job and I will for sure return.

 

 

But for that time we just had to be grateful for those hours in that magical world ( i am only talking for my own sake now), grab our umbrellas and head back to reality...

 

yeehaaaa

Vilket härligt kalas. Så var det ju lite på "vår" tid, att någon mamma läste ut en sagobok. Jag skulle läsa för Thilda o hennes sova-över- kompis i somras, och tog mig an Bröderna Lejonhjärta. Jag läste Astrid Lindgrens målande beskrivning över hur vacker den gode Jonatan var. Jag såg på tjejerna hur de såg någon JustinBieber liknande snygging framför sig. Sen såg jag besvikelsen i deras 9-åriga ögon, när jag visade illustrationen från min bok från 70-talet , en mager kille i tights, kolt och pottfrilla, detta dessutom ritat i svartvitt kol. I kör sa tjejerna Han var ju inte snygg! Kramis från oss alla