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 There are various spots in the neighbourhood and nearby regions where one can go sleighing these days. We have chosen the one which is suitable and had nice rides during the last week. Using the garden for easy sleighing and we even improvised a sleigh from an old IKEA laundry pot: Other ways for having fun in winter time si making a Snowman (sorry we do not have the photo fot this one here) We also had nice rides with this great sleigh from STIGA: I liked this one so much that I even made a short  video presentation on my Youtube channel  for it. How do you spend time outdoors these days?

The oven door can easily gather all sort of dirt and hard to clean grease, becoming one of the easiest places to overlook while cleaning the oven. I am using a sponge and the Jeder liquid washing detergent to clean each the three glass strata. In the following order I remove and clean each part of the door: 1. First glass strata is easily removed by releasing the 2 lateral handles, while the click is heard you can grab the door and take it for a wash and dry. 2. Second glass door strata does not need to be removed as it slides and can be washed right there on the spot 3 The exterior strata and last is also being cleaned on the spot. The name of my electric oven is MORA and this is how I clean its door in between the glass strata. Here you can also  watch the video  on how I removed the glass for cleaning, for your better overview. Thank you

 Dear Reader, I know there are many possible explanations for me not posting anything the entire of 2020 and there are no suitable excuses so I will try not to make one. Instead, I want to thank you for being here and taking time to read into my posts for a little while. I am thankful for all the great things that happened during 2020 and most of all I am happy that our kids and families, loved ones are doing well and healthy. The boys grow so fast and we love every moment spent with them. We spend a lot of time in nature this year, even if we are outdoorsy by nature, yet we managed  more time outside during this year. We learned to have more valuable time together as a family. We got them big boys' bikes and our 2nd boy learned how to bike. Our 3d boy walked on Mikulas holiday, just one month before his 1st birthday. We played a lot of board games and thanked God each day that we are all well and together. The boys bring so much joy and happiness to our hearts, Thank you God ...

With Lego one can never get bored, so we made sure to stack lots of various LEGOs for this autumn-winter season, as we spend little more time indoors than during the summer times. It brings a lot of challenges for boths toddlers and preschoolers, even we adults love playing with LEGO. I bring today a few in this article review, as we used, tested and are happy with them, but as time will go by, will add more and more toys reviews on the blog, if I see an interest. 1. LEGO Creator SET , comes in a nice storage box, last well in time, the pieces are so easy to handle and really puts the kids' patience and imagination to the test. Make sure to watch the video presentation  for better overview of the lego classic set. Note this set is not suitable for kids under 3 years, so always supervise the kids during play. 2. LEGO DUPLO Farm and Animals SET - this one has amazing pieces, colours and the farm animals, accessories are simply lovely, easy to handle, our younger kid ...

This post didn't come out easily, did a lot of thinking before deciding to write or not write about it. A few years ago I could not imagine to write about such personal experience, but now here it is, I feel it might help others in my situation, as I know I would have few years ago. Coping with gestational diabetes in pregnancy is something that some of us have to do, even though the statistics say we are few moms in this situation, every year I hear of more and more cases.          I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during my 1st pregnancy and now at my 3rd also. At the 2nd pregnancy there was no gestational diabetes but my feeling is that I still had it, as baby no.2 was born big, however thank God he was born in good health and no other problems and both kids are growing nicely, in good health and a lot of appetite for life and activities. What are the steps to follow when having GD?        This time around I am again lucky th...

I gathered all details and necessary documents for requesting a refund from insurance company VZP and will summarise all steps here, on the blog, for future reference and easy use. Is possible to request an yearly maximum of 2000 czk from the VZP klub, under the mother section - this includes also vaccinations, special dietary needs, exercise during pregnancy, dental hygiene or the initial screening during first trimester. In my case, I will submit a request for the initial screening and this tutorial is how I did it using the czech postal services. As you know, you may request it by post or in person at closest VZP branch. Is not guaranteed that money will be refunded but they usually do it, withing 1 month - at least in all my previous applications the money were refunded. It helps a lot, as the 2nd or 3rd trimester special morphological screenings are not covered by insurance, so at least you can cover one of the 3, in case you go for all special screenings. With my first 2 boys, we...

As you already know, our son got accepted into the state kindergarten as of the school year 2019/2020, so we had fun these days with translating the list of rules and all requirements from our kindergarten. As the lists come in czech language and it really can get confusing, I decided to store here a few details, a translation of the list and my own comments or photos whenever necessary. 1st part:  What kid needs for the classroom activities:  This list of requirements is received from kindergarten at the beginning of September and in our case it looked like that:  Translation in English of the above list requirements: toilet paper (8 pieces) - 1 pack paper napkins in a box - 2X paper napkins for nose (10 pcs) - 1X liquid soap in reserve white, regular cleaning paper napkins (100 pcs) plastic bags for snacks/sandwiches (2 packs) paper bags for snacks/sandwiches (1 pack) coloured pencils, non-breaking, hard from the brand koh-i-nor black mark...