Another Easter tidbit AND all about our future home!

I didn't know about this...or maybe I knew something small about Easter...like the mammi dessert - however while visiting our future home and hanging out with Johanna and her girls for a bit - she was telling me some things about Finland.

Johanna was showing me what they wanted to leave behind or pack with them which was nice as I got to see the flat more thoroughly and all the space we had! I was so excited!
One thing she's leaving behind is a cardboard hollow/decorated egg. In Finland there isn't an Easter Bunny but an Easter Cock or Rooster. When the child is asleep at night - the EC leaves a hollowed egg filled with candies underneath their pillow.

Now onto the new home!
I've mentioned before the big things - like a front loading (aka quiet/won't fall off a ledge) washing machine....dish washer etc.
Now onto the wonderful little things! Like loads of various decorations for Easter and Christmas :)....

LOTS of storage space - wow! When you first walk into the flat (yes I'll do a video and photos later) on your left is the 2nd bedroom. We're going to use this as an office/V�in�'s bedroom. There's a closet with plenty of shelf space for all of his clothing and extra bed sheets etc. As well there's a beautiful, dark book shelf with drawers on the bottom....and a wardrobe with shelves and cupboard space.
Johanna is kindly leaving her sewing machine and seaming machine behind....so I may have to learn how to sew and make V�in� some cute clothes! It'd be loads cheaper....especially cloth diapers as he grows!
I have already claimed this wardrobe as my arts and crafts center!! There's lots of shelves and drawers for me to put my knitting needles, yarn, pens and papers etc.

Then the kitchen (next left) is monsterously huge and holds the 6 chairs dining table set as well. The view is great and lots of counter space.
The bathroom is straight ahead from the entrance way and to the right leads into the big living room. It's much bigger than ours (ours looks so cramped with the furniture and laundry racks)...and I'm thinking we may move the computer desk into the "office"....as we are bringing with us a small red couch (yay dumpster diving?). There's a tall book shelf, tv and stand, and a sofa couch in the living room. Lots of various paintings hung on the walls - which works for us as we don't really have anything to hang on the wall. Besides a calendar, a painting I made Tim and V�in�'s 4 month foot/hand prints.

Ahead of the living room is the balcony with sliding glass windows so we can open them or close them, an electric grill, a table and 2 chairs and some flowers here and there :).

To the right of the living room is the master bedroom with another book shelf (more like 3 huge cubby holes on top of each other), cupboards and closet space up to the ceiling! WAHOO!
And a dresser....oh I missed having a dresser. I don't care that the drawers stick a bit or whatever...I'm so excited to have a dresser again! I hate putting my clothes on shelves like at camp (lockers)...I end up throwing so much in there - I never find anything!

Tim's favourite part is probably the vacuum. :P.