Well, the last two years have seemed a bit of a blur to me! My baby girl is two already, I just can't believe it! She's an outdoor bunny, so we went for a picnic at a local nature reserve to guarantee lots of squirrel viewing - squirrels are her favourites at the moment so it was the highlight of her day watching them collecting nuts and acorns. Here she is with her beautiful big sister, and this is the best photo to demonstrate her birthday dress, which has cost me much stress and my sewing machine many insults in the last couple of weeks! However, I now know what a placket is (that bit the buttons are sewn onto - who knew?!) and I have mastered buttonholes. Only because my machine is much better than I give it credit for - I need to develop my patience!
A fun cake for a gorgeous girl. We had to have three separate 'cake and singing' sessions throughout the weekend due to several family visits as well as our picnic with friends so the train cake was ideal as we ate three carriages each time and then I added more from the spares tin! I had made a huge traybake style sponge and cut it into chunks and when they were iced and decorated with the beautiful sugarpaste animals my sister and my biggest girl had created, it looked great. Well, the children were impressed, anyway! The animals got a bit battered when we carried the cake around the nature reserve, but it was worth it :-)
The weekend was really rewarding. We spread out the visitors to stop it from feeling overwhelming and that worked really well. Every present was really appreciated and enjoyed individually and it felt really lovely. In this picture, she's falling in love with some gorgeous wool-felted finger puppets. Plus, when a two year old first discovers the 'Happy Birthday' song and walks around singing it to themselves for days, well, it's just really sweet!
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