Five in Finland

Tired of seeing pictures of my kids in their snowsuits? I'll admit, I'm a little tired of taking photos of my kids in their sno...

There was an ice sculpting competition at the Helsinki Zoo this past weekend, so we decided to check it out. (By the way, all of our family...

How are things really going here in Helsinki? It's not always smiles and snowy days! But I try to look at the bright side! We...

...especially when the slide is coated with ice!  We took a walk to the sea on Tuesday.  It's just 2 blocks away!  We found this aweso...

Let me introduce you to my new friend...Moomin. Isn't he cute? Moomin and the other characters from Moomin Valley, are sort ...

Our new kitchen (and the new dishwasher that came with it) was only 7 months old when we left our house in Chicago to come to Finland. I ha...

Eastern Europe has been facing a bit of an arctic blast the last several days... I always thought it couldn't snow if it got so cold...