Yesterday we left Karvia and went to Jämijärvi, the town where I was born. My cousin Saana had her confirmation party and we spent most of the day there, in my childhood home (their family bought our old house when we had to let it go), surrounded by my family and cute animals. I was worried that Max wouldn’t have a nice time, because he didn’t know any people there etc, but everything went nicely and he enjoyed himself. :) And there were a lot of ‘first’s for him! He had never before seen sheep, now he has; he had never before seen a pig, now he has; he had never before petted a ferret, now he has; he had never before touched a horse, now he has; etc! :D Yes, my aunt’s family has a lot of animals. I had a great time there as well, I just love getting to spend time with my family. ♥
After the party we went to visit a little beach where I always swam at as a kid. From there we went to visit Uhrilähde, the Sacrifice Spring, where the sand bubbles underneath the surface of the water. It’s really cool and Maxime was excited about the phenomenon, determined to learn what causes it, heh.
And then Maxime and I rowed and walked to Lehtisaari, my family’s island. That’s one of my favorite places in the whole wide world and I was happy to hear that it was actually probably Maxime’s favorite place in Finland so far. That place really is magical and I’m so glad I got to show it to Maxime. People who visit Lehtisaari tend to fall in love with the place. :) We explored most of the island and also played a bit with the horses and the sheep.

When we got back to Karvia we had some dinner after having observed the drama between my mother, Jari and the grill (which ended up going into the trash bins, eh). I baked us a chocolate cake, it was Max’s belated birthday present. :)

Today we’re first heading back to Tampere, then to Helsinki and this week will be mostly spent in Helsinki and Tallinn!