Archive for December 2008

Holiday Traditions Lucia Rolls

One of our favorite holiday traditions is to celebrate the Swedish Holiday of Lucia … throughout the holiday season … with Lucia Rolls and Glögg.
Lucia Rolls are woven bread rolls made with saffron and topped off with raisins. They are as fun to make as they are to eat (yummy!). This year, my mother-in-law helped [...]

Happy Holidays!!!

Everyone here at Scandinavian Child would like to wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season!
For our family, this means Christmas celebrations that involve Lutefisk (yuck) on Christmas Eve Day, followed by the ever-anticipated presents, with Santa arriving over night. It is a wonderful celebration that is shared this year with both sets of [...]

A New Addition!

I am pleased to announce that we have a new addition to the Scandinavian Child family. Erin, our wonderful Director of Marketing and Communications, has given birth to her first child — a baby boy named Aidan. Here are some of the first family photos. My favorite part is the look of adoration that her [...]

Corn Syrup….more info.

In my blog posting “The Corn Syrup Myth … Fact or Fiction?”, I noted that there seems to be no conclusive information to support the idea that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is really that bad for us. So, I went to my friends at Healthy Child, Healthy World and asked for any information they have on [...]

Favorite Things: Smock Bibs

Talk about a product that goes from baby to toddler to school … our smock bibs have been a lifesaver in our household. I know this is kind of obvious, but I wish I had known this when I was stocking up on regular food bibs. We definitely had more regular bibs than we needed [...]