Parenting in the Fall

Hello from my home in Helsinki! This is NordLetter #126, a weekly newsletter on living and walking in Finland. To follow the series, you can subscribe here. A new NordLetter will land in your inbox every Sunday. Not a fan of newsletters? No problem! You can read previous editions here. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed. You can reach out to me by replying to this mail. I am also posting on Mastodon. One of our close friends turned forty this month. To celebrate, she took a trip to Hong Kong with her family. After returning, they had a party at the Park Hotel (around five minutes from our home). The party was a smash hit - Bollywood themed, women only. After the party, they called us over - they had bought something for Savya from HK. It's always fun to guess what. Prerna guessed a toy, I guessed something clothing. It turned out to be a Spider-Man Croc. Not a "Croc" croc. But a croc croc. Savya loved it. Savya sometimes does and sometimes does not sleep at his daycare now. On the…