Lily's Second Ever Haircut...

After months, (yes months!) of talking about it, Lily finally got her wish.  

Her haircut.  And a fringe!  

It changed her look instantly and makes her look older.  But still, just as adorable.

Junior Masterchef Wannabe

I remember a long time ago (coming up to about two years ago!) I thought I would teach Monet to cook.  Or at least be capable of putting together a couple of eatable things.  But that idea lapsed (typically) after teaching her to make pancakes.  

Recently I had been encouraging Monet to come and give me a helping hand at dinner time once in a while.  So when I spied a particular cookbook teaching kids how to cook which was heavily reduced I bought it and presented it to her.  

Of course she got mega excited and wanted to make every second thing but we ended up deciding on her making canapes for lunch one day.  With shopping list in hand we sought out hummus, cream cheese, ham and carrots, but no mini-toasts.  It was bite sized plain crackers instead.  I'm all for experimentation, so when she presented the platter with crackers and strawberries mixed in with ham and hummus I thought "why not?"  

The attention to detail was fabulous.

And they were pretty darn tasty too, I must say.

Next in her line of fire was Coconut Ice.  I hadn't made that for years and she did very well on her first attempt.

I do posses a sweet tooth but heck! this was sweeeeeet!!

I did emphasize that a good cook 'always' cleans up after themselves.  She got a tick in that box on both occasions.

I just look forward to the day when my two little chefs serve me up a roast meal.  One day....one day.

Shorts

Gee, where has the time gone?  So much for me trying to blog more regularly.  What.  A.  Joke.  Anyway....

I had a market stall back in April.  It was my first in Australia and I came home more excited abut sewing and making and creating than I have ever been.  I sold a few ladies sized skirts and girl skirts but with my ears to the ground I heard customers asking for 'things for boys'.  Hmm.  Just by chance a girlfriend gave me an awesome sewing book for my 40th which included a pattern for shorts for little kids.  

*light bulb moment*

So I made a pair and tested them on Lily, who loved them.  She still does.  And she's generally not a pants/shorts kind of gal but she asks to wear her 'Chocolate Shorts' all the time.  

I got my hands on some rather funky fabric.  I love making shorts for 'Little Fellas' as its nice to be sourcing fabric of a more male kind than female.

I had another market stall a couple of weeks ago and got great feedback and sold a few too.  Considering I didn't have a great number of shorts (available in 3 different sizes) I was very happy with the sales I gained.

Roll on my next market.  =)