Progress on our little project

Poor Miss S has been quite unwell. Yes, Yes, I know I gave her a hard time about sick bay on the first two days of school but it turns out she is actually unwell! Bad mother OR classic Boy cried wolf??

Doctors orders - No school for a couple of days.

This means lots of time for our little project - well it seemed at the time, but the days have gone very fast. none the less we have made good progress - I would say half way..maybe

Miss S has been lots of fun and is desperate for it just to be finished and I am of course trying to be a creative genius! So we met half way! The finish is not as sleek as desired but the results are making my girl smile which is the best end result.

In the process of being creative I have been going through my bag of scraps for bits here and there on the project and came across a few strips that seemed to work really nicely together.

I decided to sew them together and I am thinking of putting them on a little singlet top or something. 

Any ideas?

I love sewing!

Blue for Boys

I'm meeting my friend for a coffee catchup and she is expecting a little boy any moment. 

SO... of course I thought I would whip up a little something for him. Its cot size (I hope!) with a thin blue fleece backing. And the hint of red just finishes it, dont you think.

On sunday I decided I would make it... I grabbed the backing to start - cut a size and then grabbed material and just used what I had. No pattern, just belief! 

As I started it was coming together nicely. Quite quickly too. I had a thought to give free motion quilting a go. I was feeling very brave. I lowered the dog feeds and pressed the pedal...... it did  not go well!

I unpicked it and quickly reverted to plan A - straight lines

My machine was going going going and more the next day. The quick pieceing together was soon overtaken by the quilting, but I was alot quicker than last time and really enjoyed it.

Hope she loves it

Our first harvest

Our very own crop of carrots! 

It was so much fun pulling them out all together. Not bad sizes either. 

We have not had as much success with the zuccinis and cucumbers but you need to start somewhere.

We have pulled Lots of tomatoes though and they were delish.

Cant wait to plant more.

First week at school

The school year has started again. 

An exciting year this year with Miss S in year 2 (so grown up) 

and my 'baby' starting kindergarten.

And this week my weekly goal has been to get to school on time! I have a new rule that we stop everything at 8am and get dressed and it actually seems to be working - so far

First Day was very exciting, finding out what class we are in and who is the teacher (well I was excited!) 

and They both have lovely teachers which I am very pleased about. But Miss S was alittle out of sorts to find out her besties were in the class next door!! So in true Miss S style she went straight to sick bay and was officially the first child in sick bay and home for 2011!!

Master C however was straight into the blocks and was very happy with his class, lasting all day.

Gratefully we woke up the next morning all smiles and dressed ready to try again.

Though this time it was me that was sad! I was at home - ALONE! It felt somewhat naughty to be just able to do whatever I so wanted. A strange feeling. But I got used to it and nearly forgot about the early pickup for the first two weeks!!

So all is going smoothly. And my little man has come home two days in a row with a sticker on each lapel of his collar - one being a scratch and sniff la de da - and they were for good listening and raising  his hand to answer a question - Thats my boy

Posers

I let the kids have the camera.....

These are some of the amazing poses they produced all together

Strike a pose

Just too cute!

and kept them busy for ages

How funny are some of the faces

Im a little sad school holidays are over as we had so much fun together. The excitement over school today though is a great feeling. And what surprises and fun the year will bring is a fabulous start to the day.

Hope you have a great day today too x

Sneak Peek...

I have started my "project"

Take a sneak peek....

Its exciting, Im excited and The best thing of all is my girl is excited and it has become OUR project together. She is helping all along the way and this time together is super lovely.

The only tricky thing is she would love it to be done like 5 minutes ago! 

We picked the backing fabrics for the different sections together today, which I have just finished cutting up and We can do a little more together tomorrow.....

The White Chocolate and Nectarine Tart

 I love Dessert. And this is a quick and easy desert that looks and taste really good.

Why not give it a go.....

Biscuit Base - 200g malt biscuits 100g butter melted

Filing - 180g white chocolate, 3 teaspoons powdered gelatine, 1/3 cup boiling water, 125g cream cheese, 1/2 cup castor sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 300ml thickened cream.

Syrup - 1 cup water, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup apricot jam, 3 nectarines

HOW TO:

1.To make base process biscuits till their crumbs. Add butter & process till combined. Press mixture into base of 22cm springform pan + 2cm up sides with a glass. Refrigerate while preparing filling.

2.To make filling - melt chocolate and set aside.

3. Sprinkle gelatine over boiling water in a jug and stir until dissolved. allow to cool slightly.

4. Put cream cheese, sugar & vanilla extract into a bowl & beat till light and creamy. Add cream & beat until combined and just beginning to thicken. Add choc & gelatine mixture & beat until combined. pour onto base & into fridge for 3-4 hours or overnight.

5. to make syrup - put water, sugar & jam into small saucepan over medium heat & whisk till jam and sugar dissolved. bring to a simmer & without stirring allow to simmer 8-10 mins (it took longer for me) till thick and syrupy. cut nectarines into thin slices and arrange ontop of tart and drizzle syrup before serving.

YUM