A Quick Update...

Birthday time has come and gone, and now so has Easter (just about) and don't I know it! It's been a rather busy two weeks, starting with the third birthday of my Little Lady. It was a fairly low-key day, lots of playing at home with her new (Princess based) toys and a couple of visitors - being a weekday most people were working and friends were schooling, but it was good really as she just wanted to play with her new things. There was dressing up, Play-Doh, Disney films and plenty of swapping princesses into different dresses. All day! And a little bit of baking... I (with the help of my Mum) decided to bake a cake for her party the next day. Only trouble with Little P is that she is allergic to eggs and dairy products, kind of key ingredients for a cake.... well not if you follow this recipe! It tastes pretty good, it's light and fluffy, very easy to make - much easier than a normal sponge, and it rises well - unlike some egg-free sponges. This was the first time we had also ventured into decorating a cake using roll-out fondant icing... after a fairly successful practice run, we were ready to go again, and this is what we came up with...

Thanks for your help Mum!

With presents of course, there are Thank-You cards. I did think it would be nice to sit down with Little P and make some together, but she doesn't have a lot of patience for that kind of thing at the moment, and I wanted another excuse to get stamping again. And that's exactly what I did. I wanted to once again keep it simple, and had a few ideas kicking about the little creative space in my mind. I had spied some nifty ice-cream cards once before, I think by Yellow Owl Workshop, so decided to have a go at my own simple version. Hot off the press...

There has been some crochet too, but that is for next time. It's been lots of Little P fun these holidays, a trip to see some baby lambies...

and today an egg hunt...

And now I'm off to finish yet another cold cup of tea... I must remember to drink it whilst it's hot! So until next time...