Swaps And Eggs!

My beautiful swap parcel arrived yesterday from the very generous Mel, full of luverly springtime goodies;



Here they all are (not sure if I was supposed to wait til easter to open my goodies but just couldn't have waited anyway) laid out on a beautiful piece of fabric. Some rather yummy chocolate eggs, these are still in box and may (?) make it to easter weekend, a goose on a stick (sorry there is no other way to describe it) a lovely handstitched cotton goose with a floral beak and a rather nifty looking neck tie. She is so yummy (Francesca rather likes her too) and I am looking for somewhere special for her to sit. Some lovely CK smellies and little trinket box and a pocket mirror and some really nice purple glass beads made into a bracelet.

Thanks so much Mel, I felt very special and after the naff few days I have just had it was just what I needed to cheer me up :-)

And thanks to Pixiedust as well for organising such a lovely swap!

And now I must 'fess up that I have not completed Mel's parcel yet (small bit of knitting to complete) but hopefully it will be on it's way by the end of the week. Sorry Mel!!

Francesca slept again most of yesterday but managed to eat tea and slept very well and woke full of beans this morning and has gone to school. I think she may well need an early night tonight, it always amazes me just how quickly children can become so ill and how quickly they become well again!

I think today's miraculous recovery may have had something to do with it being the judging day for the egg competition at school.

Here is Rapunzel by Francesca;



Here's a close up of her beautiful face, please excuse the cracks (she's had a hard life...) but Nathaniel got a little too involved earlier;

Think I may need to clean the camera lens again?!

There have been two babies born to memebers of the teaching staff at school in the last few weeks so Elizabeth fashioned some nappies from some felt scraps and made the new arrivals;

Isobel and Jack! Bit low tech but a brilliant idea! Hope it makes the judges smile and pick her!!!!!!!

Daisie xxx

Good Egg!

Well the snow was there this morning but wasn't up to much and we ended up spending an age in the bath and then going to have lunch with my Mum and Dad so no long walks in the snow today. It is starting to fall again and hopefully there will be enough to make a snowman (or snowwoman) tomorrow.

We spent so long in the bath because yesterday my Dad arrived with the most amazing Easter egg, not only does it not make you fat or rot your teeth it also makes you smell lovely! It came from lush and is in my favourite fragrance; 'Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds'. The bath bomb had seaweed in it too so we pretended to be mermaids!

The children were given far too many chocolate eggs so we melted some down and made crispy cakes with mini eggs on the top, they'll be delicious tomorrow with a hot cuppa when we get in from our long cold walk (if there's any snow)!

Am off now to knit (making a present for my friend's 30th birthday soon) and watch naff telly and maybe help get rid of some of the Easter eggs!

Daisie xxx