Greetings from Sweden! We are on our annual pilgrimage to our 'homeland' of Sweden. (Background: In case you did not know, Christer was born in Sweden and I am of 100% Swedish heritage.) We come here every year with two objectives in mind: first, for our children to experience Sweden in the summer and work on their language exposure and second, to meet with some of our manufacturers - mostly Svan and Vincent.

The idea behind SCI originally was that I would spend leisure time on these annual visits to Sweden, casually perusing stores to find little Scandinavian gems to include in the SCI collection. Business doesn't always go as planned and I have yet to really do this - we are too busy with the products that come to us directly.

But on this visit, I took a quick trip down to France to meet with a company that we hope to add to our collection later this year. I can not reveal details yet, but it is a good product range that supports a healthy and safe lifestyle with children. Well-worth the trip down there, especially the delicious croissants and other pastries!

More in the coming months...