Cowgirls and Princesses

Mini and her best friends India aka Shania Twain and Madonna off to a friend's birthday bash. The theme? Princesses and Cowboys. Love that both girls embraced the look wholeheartedly, with India sporting a faux fur bolero over her pink princess dress and topped off with a flashing stetson. While Mini appropriated her brother's Texan boots, a red can-can girl skirt, embroidered neckerchief from Caramel, old Gap jacket and my leather cowgirl hat. Perfection!

Ibiza bliss 2

More gorgeous snaps of our little break. It seems super sunny and I have to confess it was greyer than it appears but we took it easy, played dominoes, collected shells and skimmed stones. Perfect.

Ottie update

My third little munchkin has turned six months if you can believe it. Nothing beats having a little cuddle in the morning before the day starts.

Mini is really embracing being an older sister. She's been a little forceful at times, however today she gently pushed Ottilie on her first time on the swings.

Like Mini i can't help but dress Ottilie up. She has received so many great clothes as well as all Mini's great hand me downs. Here she is in her heart peplum sweater from The Gap with star print leggings from Kids Case and Mini's old red baby Bloch ballet slippers

Here Ottilie is in another great Bonpoint gift, a beautiful linen dress with front panel embroidery

Mini is sooooo excited to be a big sis. And what could be better than wearing matching outfits. Here Ottilie is wearing Mini's old sweater crochet dress from Stella McCartney for Gap, whilst Mini still fits the top.

Here's Mini in the same dress when she was little but with a bow of course!

Its party time and to celebrate Ottilie attending her first birthday party she wears Minis old Angel's Face tutu but with a Grandma Eve hand knit.

And here is Mini in the same tutu. Just as frothy, just as fun!

And here Ottilie is sitting on her 94 year old great grandma's lap in Germany. We went for the weekend and it was such a treat for me to see the oldest in our family embrace the youngest.

Spring in your step with Gap

This week i got a quick sneak peak at the new Gap Spring Summer collection which will hit stores this May.  Its so enticing to see gorgeous new season clothes, although quite depressing at the same time since it looks like a long way off before we can wear them! Here are a few of my favourite picks from the collection...

This season is the first for new Creative Director Rebekka Bay and what makes it so exciting is the fact that the women's, mens and kids collection all link together in their style, colour and flavour. This jungle print and green floral theme was one of my favourite. The clutch bag is for me (so very Beverly Hills Hotel i think) but this waterproof bomber jacket and ditsy print skirt is from the Kids range.

Another big part of the collection was all the indigo. This ombre crop sweatshirt and star print skirt will be right up Mini's street.

I love this ombre indigo denim shift dress

and i can totally see Mini and Ottilie sporting these paisley summer dresses

While Phin would rock these faded striped denims, star t and raffia sunhat

You know how Mini loves a playsuit and i adore these star espadrilles. What i love about this range is the colour palette is a range of blues, so its easy to mix up the patterns from stars to stripes, ombre to batik it all works together to create a classic yet off-beat look.

For little boys, a gorgeous pair of sky blue striped cotton drawstring pants and a linen shirt

or how about these faded stripe shorts, batik printed shirt and striped indigo flip flops

Patchwork denim from shirts to jeans

And grown ups can coordinate with an ombre tote or these amazing make up pouches in red or blue stars. I think i will use mine as a small clutch. nothing looks more modern to me.

And for us grown ups we can also jump on the Indigo and paisley band wagon. Here are two of my favourite looks for me. You all know how much i love to coordinate!

Super Star

So whilst I was at Gap yesterday checking out their Paddington Bear collection I couldn't help but buy a few of their new spring pieces for Mini too.
They have a great pair of cream jeans with neon pink stars and the most gorgeous denim floral playsuit for once the sun comes out.
And this gorgeous grey star print jumpsuit. Mini styled it up with a stripe t and cream cardi and her Minnetonka suede boots to make sure she could wear it ASAP.
And I made sure we had matching hair for the day too. What a super star!

Paddington's in Town

Ottilie made her debut press appointment today at the launch of Gap's Paddington Bear collection. And there couldn't have been a more perfect way to introduce my newest addition to the fashion scene. Decked out in her Bonpoint dress, cardigan and feather print pony ballerina's we bumped into fellow fashionista and blogger Pippa Vosper ( a must read if maternity chic, weddings or even spinning is on your mind) and her son Astala.

The Gap Paddington Collection hit stores today and it was a real treat to see it up close. We loved their Peter Rabbit range inspired by the cheeky Beatrix Potter bunny and this other favourite British icon has been treated with equal finesse and care. There are joyful nods to the little bear from Peru with the range of toggle duffle coats but they've been turned on their head in the form of a polka dot poncho or an illustrated blouse featuring Paddington doodles as well as his infamous yellow wellies. There are also some great summer dresses, chunky knits and printed denim chambray. It's just a shame that it only goes up to 24 months.

Here are some of the pieces i cherry picked for Ottilie. The rain poncho is heaven and the soft cotton jumpsuit is comfy and chic with a ditsy print.

My favourite for the boys has to be the chunky duffle knit cardi and block coloured sweatshirt and a cool pair of grey sweats

And Mini was most put out that they didn't make the red embroidered sundress and the quilted indigo jacket in her size

I'm a real sucker for days of the week anything, from vests and underwear to babygros and bodies. These make a great baby gift present for anyone who's expecting.

And thanks to Joseph and the Gap team for the illustration of Ottilie and her pot of marmelade!

Brighten up a dull day

We went full on colour this morning to brighten such a dull dull day. How many shades of hot pink, peach and fuschia can we add together? First there's her cranberry velvet shoes from Bonton, her neon pink socks from H&M, and phin's old peach denim from The Gap.

Next up we layered her floral pink blouse from Bonton over a lilac poloneck

And finally we added her JCrew pearls with their neon orange gros grain ribbon

Now will you excuse me i have to take this call...

Big Love

Phin and mini had a big love in today. Mini was relishing spending all her time with her big brother and there's nothing better than sneaking under the covers for a cuddle.

Christmas Girl

There's no snow in the whole of Europe and Mama is depressed. Big time. So we decided to channel some Christmas cheer and hopefully some good omens to bring forth the snow so we can ski this Christmas with dressing mini in her new knitted Nordic style romper from The Gap. And then of course we decorated our nine foot tree. It's huge. I don't think we've ever had a tree so wide (we can't get through the door) and so dense. Phin just wanted to climb the chair to put the baubles on the highest boughs and mini had the most mischievous fun hurling them down the stairs (thank heavens for Homebase nonbreakable baubles). It took 5 hours with dinner and bathtime and a pit stop for x factor but we did it. And it looks glorious.