Life in Moominvalley

It's Springtime!

{PJ's ukulele playing is so beautiful. You can start the video when Lilyya starts playing or just have it playing in the background on a loop.}

Months went by and the snow slowly started melting as the days went by. Lilyya enjoyed the winter, creating a small army of 5 snowmen in front of her house, playing her ukulele by the fireplace and visiting Too-Ticky down at the bathhouse or her visiting Lilyya at her house. The two girls experienced seeing the Lady of the Cold from the bathhouse. It was more of a frightening experience rather than an exciting one but they were glad she enjoyed the horse Too-Ticky made for her.

Right now, Lilyya was in her room writing in her journal. She thought it would be a good idea to write down her own little journeys and share them with her Grandpa when he came back from his adventure.

Just as she finished drawing a picture of the Lady of the Cold, she heard a knock coming from the front of the house. Closing her journal, she left her room to see who was knocking at the door. When she opened it, she was greeted by Too-Ticky.

"Hey, Too-Ticky. Happy Spring." Lilyya said.

"Happy Spring Lilyya. Would you like to join me in seeing the Moomins? They should be waking up by now from hibernation." Too-Ticky mentioned.

Lilyya nodded and let Too-Ticky inside to sit and wait as she went back to her room to grab her bag. She put her ukulele in her bag having a feeling she might use it today. Making sure everything looked right and she had everything, Lilyya grabbed her bag and left the house with Too-Ticky to go to the Moominhouse.

Walking through the fields of Moominvalley, Too-Ticky told Lilyya about the Moomins. Lilyya only knew a little bit about Moominpappa because her Grandpa was a good friend of his.

"Moominpappa is actually a writer. He writes memoirs from time to time but his stories are always interesting to listen to. He's the one with a top hat" Too-Ticky mentioned. "Then there's Moominmamma. She's very kind and will treat you as if you were her own child. She's also a really good cook. Her pancakes are the best. She wears a red and white striped apron."

"Oh, if her pancakes are the best then I have to try them." Lilyya said, drooling at the fact of having some pancakes."

Too-Ticky laughed, "I see you still love pancakes."

"Of course! They're simple to make. If I could, I would have pancakes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner."

The girls laughed and Too-Ticky continued with her description of the Moomins. "Last is their son Moomintroll or Moomin for short. He likes playing and going on adventures."

"Maybe we can go somewhere today. I'd like to see the sea now that it's probably thawed out." Lilya suggested.

The girls soon came upon the Moominhouse. Lilyya looked at the house in awe, seeing how different it was when it wasn't covered in snow. She looked around the house and spotted a few flower beds and a well close to the back.

'What pretty flowers.' Lilyya thought as she walked up to the stairs, standing next to Too-Ticky who knocked on the door.

The door soon opened and behind it was a Moomin wearing an apron.

"Hello, Moominmamma. Happy Spring." Too-Ticky said.

Moominmamma smiled, "Good morning Too-Ticky and happy spring to you as well. Oh, who's your friend here?" she asked looking towards Lilyya.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you. My name is Lilyya and I moved here to Moominvalley during the winter."

"Oh, well it's nice to meet you Lilyya. Please come in, I'm almost done making breakfast." Moominmamma offered.