Petits Haricots

an early start to the day for the girls, as off out with the Grandparfents on a church mum’s trip to woburn. they all loved it. from BB badly steering a swan boat, to them both having fun in the ark adventure bit. they loved seeing the elephants and the lions, but keen to see all the animals. both have come back with chattering monkeys – lovely!

obviously that eased the descent from such a sociable weekend! SB has been trying to read the books that i was showing jax for big. [as has bb comically] and BB has had great fun playing with happy street.

SB is back in a Robin Hood phase, and also into rainforests [sparked no doubt by the magic tree house]

Here is the set for castle day

full working day today.

when came home, t-bird and Aprillia just arrived – girls immed wild!!

Did baking – scones and veggie sausage rolls, and painted the pinata’s – alord and lady with severed heads.

need to cut out crowns!

long day at work today, but lovely welcome home. we have an alarm across the drive, so you can hear someone approaching the door – helpful as the bell doesn’t work! Anyway, the point of this is that before i had even got the handbreak on, BB had opened door and dashed out, and as I opened the car door she dived in a gave me the most lovely of hugs, telling me she loved me. I was v happy!!

Came indoors to similar welcome from SB – more happiness. The BB wailed and screamed because she wanted to do painting and chris was about to dish up dinner. she got over it and had fav dinner – ken hom!

SB had a breakdown after dinner as we were discussing what she might want to wear on sat. she doesn’t want to be a princess, she wants me to make her something in the 2 remaining evening. t-bird could do it [thanks!!] I did the angelina grovel grovel! SO I say, well what do you want, I can do mediaeval page tabard or crusader tabard and helmet. No she doesn’t want to be a boy. OKAY. so what – adapt a dress as maid marion – no. SO we look through lots of mediaeval and castle and tudor books. None of them, though some of the dresses look like her belle dress – so they do. SO, I suggest she doesn’t need to be a princess, but a rich lady in that, and we consider whether we might make a headdress. Stare at said books again, and we opt for a katherine howard french hood. SO some more discussion on adapting it, and it is now made. we chose material and how to make it, and SB happilly glued way too many jewels on it, and is now v happy. i giggled that she is wearing underalls [her phrase] as the dress is itchy. and was impressed when she said it wasn’t realistic because the sleeves weren’t detachable. see, something goes in!

bB got v waily, so fell asleep quickly. SB was in bed by 10 [oops] i have come downstairs to make 2 papier mache heads which will be v weak pinatas – perhaps!!

am way behind on the tasks though – quelle surprise! If t-bird arriving early, I am sure Aprillia and SB can catch up on a few of them – might leave a list!!