Posted on June 23, 2008, 1:12 am, by BBerg.
Guest Blogger: Georgina
As part of my job, I have to stay up on the trends in the juvenile products industry. This is easy for me as the mom of 4 children under the age of 5 as it is a natural part of my other job as “Mom”. As any mom knows today, we are [...]
Posted on June 20, 2008, 7:57 am, by BBerg.
Today is arguably the biggest holiday of the year in Sweden. We are celebrating the longest day of the year with lots of dancing and ‘cheer’. This is when the traditional May Poles are raised and children dance in folk costumes. Where we are, the sun will be up until about 10:30 p.m. and rises [...]
Posted on June 17, 2008, 11:48 am, by BBerg.
Greetings from Sweden! We are on our annual pilgrimage to our ‘homeland’ of Sweden. (Background: In case you did not know, Christer was born in Sweden and I am of 100% Swedish heritage.) We come here every year with two objectives in mind: first, for our children to experience Sweden in the summer and work [...]
Posted on June 16, 2008, 12:12 pm, by BBerg.
What can I say about Father’s Day? It is always a special day in our house because Kelly and Anton have an extra special father. Lucky us!
I think his dad must have set a great example, or there is something special about Swedish men (I am partial to them, you know). But I do believe [...]
Posted on June 16, 2008, 3:08 am, by BBerg.
I visited Svan’s new offices in Halmstad last week. As you might expect, the offices are beautiful and functional with space for designing, exhibiting, building, and storing their great products. And it was especially great to meet the growing design team.
While the offices with their clean Swedish furniture and natural wood floors were very nice, [...]
Posted on June 16, 2008, 1:13 am, by BBerg.
We had a huge layover in Atlanta on our way to Sweden seven hours, with two small children. This would normally be the worst stumbling block you could have on such a long trip with children. So, I have to take some credit here for a small stroke of genius. Instead of sitting around with [...]
Posted on June 11, 2008, 2:51 am, by BBerg.
I know that genetics are set from the moment the embryo starts to emerge and grow, but parents usually don’t see beyond the color of their baby’s eyes and hair for the first several months. When my daughter Audrey turned two it was if she was touched on the head by Tinkerbell in the middle [...]
Posted on June 9, 2008, 6:16 am, by GeorginaM.
** Brenda will be traveling for most of June so we are pleased to introduce Georgina Mollick to you all. Georgina is a product development/merchandising guru for Scandinavian Child and is the mother to four beautiful children.**
So how do I begin. . . Brenda and I have known each other for almost 8 years now. [...]