Little China Girl

> The sun has got his hat on hip hip hip hooray! The min has got her hat on and she's coming out to play.
> Well sort of, the sun has been a bit ambivalent this holiday and is being a tad temperamental but for the moment its beaming. She's keeping shaded with her multicoloured straw pagoda hat another great find from Couverture and The Garbstore for her last day on our favourite island. She's wearing it with her brand new Paisley print romper. It's a gift from her Opi and comes from the Danish designer Christina Rhode at Hop Like A Bunny. Its trimmed in beige lace and buttons down the back like a grandad all-in-one!
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Get Shorty

I love a knee sock. I may be over the age where they are acceptable but where the Chung treads its a trend worth checking out. And so what better way to combat the chilly wind of spring when wearing a pair of shorts than with a funky knee high. Mini's lilac ones are printed with silver circles and come from the left-field store Couveture and The Garbstore in NottingHill. http://www.couvertureandthegarbstore.com Its a favourite browsing shop of mine as they have fantastic womens, mens, kids and homeware all with a quirky Swedish sensibility and you never quite know what you might pick up. With so many high streets filled to the brim with the same ubiquitous stores stocking the same things as their European counterparts, its lovely to come across a few original finds.

We've dug out these winter herringbone shorts a present from Tata by H&M, her new pink and stone polka t-shirt and lilac knit vest from our firm favourite Bonton and a lilac bow from MC

She's almost one! How did that happen so fast. And with her first birthday approaching Mini is rejecting her pureed mush and grabbing food from all our plates, so much so that today she got her very own plate of mash, pan fried liver and broccoli and boy did she tackle her plate with glee. The mash potato in her hair was another matter.