Jyväskylä, Finland - 5th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
I just want to tell you, mom, that I arrived in Finland few minutes ago.
I'm safe and feeling good.
I met some other ToyVoyagers here, they said welcome to me.
And here I am with Kurnau cat, who is also my host while I'm staying here. He promised to show some places to me.
I think we will have great time!
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 5, 2013, 2:28 pm Last edited Feb 17, 2013, 7:15 pm by mmm105
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 6th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
Did you know these little things about the flag of Finland?
Well, I tell you these anyway...
The blue colour symbolized the blue sky.
The white colour symbolized the white snow.
And the shape of blue cross symbolized the Nordic Country.
Interesting things, don't you think so?!?
It's nice to learn new things!
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 17, 2013, 7:27 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 7th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
Today I visited to see the oldest building of Jyväskylä.
The building called as Taavettilan riihi, which is in English the drying barn of Taavettila.
The building has buildt somewhere in 1700's, the exact year is unknown.
First, building used as a drying barn, but somewhere in 1800's it became usual barn/cabin and it got windows then. In 1900's the building started to be a cabin museum.
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 17, 2013, 7:41 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 12th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
Today is laskiaistiistai, so we all baked some laskiaispulla.
Laskiaistiistai or in English Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday and Pancake Day) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is determined by Easter; its date changes annually.
In Finland the day is called laskiainen and is generally celebrated by eating green pea soup and a pastry called laskiaispulla (sweet bread filled with whipped cream and jam or almond paste). The celebration often includes sledging.
Here you can see photos about we are baking the laskiaispulla.
First we mixed together some warm milk, eggs and put little bit cardamom there.
And then we add some sugar, butter and other spices.
...and ofcourse some wheat flavor.
Mixed them well together.
Now it's time to wait little bit...
...and after waiting some time, it has increased by itself!!!
We made some big balls (these are going to be sweet pastries), and put some egg and sugar on them.
Hmmmm... it already smells so good!
After having them in the oven, they were almost ready.
We cut them in two pieces, and put some jam there...
...and then we put some whipped cream there, too.
Yummy!
Now they are ready, and we can eat them, and just enjoy!
Sooooooo good!!!
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 17, 2013, 8:47 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 13th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
Today I was helping hostmommy doing laundry.
It was hard job, but it was nice to help hostmommy.
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 20, 2013, 4:18 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 14th February 2013
By: mmm105
<3 Happy Valentine's Day, mommy! <3
Today I spent a relaxing moment with hostmommy's cat.
His name is Jeppe and he is 2 years old. He is very kind, and laaaaaazzzzyyyyy
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 20, 2013, 4:25 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 16th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
I had very nice day today!
Hostmommy started a new hobby: geocatching.
It's an outdoor recreational activity, people use a GPS receiver and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.
It was really fun!!!
And we found some caches! In the picture you can see how hostmommy has written her username mmm105 to the little book, which was inside the cache box.
And mommy, I visited in the snowman village, too!!! And I ride a snowdog!!!
What a fun day!
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 20, 2013, 4:48 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 23rd February 2013
By: mmm105
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Posted Feb 28, 2013, 3:55 pm Last edited Feb 28, 2013, 3:57 pm by mmm105
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 24th February 2013
By: mmm105
Hello mommy!
I was eating in the restaurant. The food was really good!!!
I ate so much... Chicken and french fries were so yummy! Oooh, my tummy...
Love,
Santa Bear
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Posted Feb 28, 2013, 4:22 pm
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Jyväskylä, Finland - 31st March 2013
By: mmm105
HAPPY EASTER!
HYVÄÄ PÄÄSIÄISTÄ!
Look, mommy! We all toys got a chocolate egg!
Mmmmmmm, it's so yummy!
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Posted Apr 15, 2013, 4:40 pm
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