Party dress II

There's nothing like a true and proper party dress. Where as dressing little boys like little lord Fauntleroy is an absolute no no unless you're Liz Hurley, dressing little girls in retro smocked party dresses with pie crust collars and big bows like this cherry embroidered one from The Linen Shop is divinely darling.
The reason for today's confection was swim bud Noah's first birthday party. Mini helped herself to chip sticks, strawberry wafers and victoria sponge cake. Yum.

Baby and Me

Mini loves babies. Real babies too but especially the plastic kind. She has a compact vocabulary; mama, papa, mehr (more), hi and bye but her favourite is baby. Pronounced behby with a strong Germanic slant. She adores them and has appropriated this enormous one from big bro Phin who I think may have stolen it from cousin Talulla. None the less it now sports a Swarowski eponymous t-shirt and is proudly his, although on loan to mini. It's bloody heavy and she can barely lift all that plastic but she somehow finds it's bald head a comfort to cuddle against, despite me thrusting more beautifully attired and softer dolls in her direction.
Today she is in her Stella denim cut offs with a lilac horse printed Dandy t-shirt and her Aubergine booties from Pepe for Caramel.

Flower Fairy

Little min spent today in the garden playing with her stacking tower and wooden farm animals. Keeping with the theme of all things floral Minis cobalt blue Bonton dress was accessorised with her colourful flower garland. A nick knack we pilfered from Ava and Annabelle's back in Ibiza, provenance unknown although i seem to remember it coming from either the local supermarket or Primark. Not surprising from the woman who introduced me to the wonders of Poundland (an utter treasure trove for quick school assembly/play/Easter bonnet parade solutions).

First party dressing

There are a flurry of first birthdays happening as Mini's friends celebrate their first twelve months with friends and family. Today's was Tabitha's turn with a old school style tea in an elegant communal square. Mini wore her White smocked puff sleeved dress adorned with antique pink roses from Marie-Chantal. I love that it's getting a smidge too small so that it puffs out perfectly at her waist and the shorter length gives it a Milly Molly Mandy feel (ps thanks grandma Eve for the book, Minis going to love reading it).
By the end of the afternoon mini had smeared strawberries down the front and baked bean sauce in her hair but hey nothing beats a soak in Napisan to bring her dress back to life for the next party.

Guess who's back?

Hello again fashion filers. Mini is back after a few days break. Of course she was as ever on fine fashion form, I however was in Sweden shooting glorious knitwear for Red and unable to document her sartorial choices. Rest assured we have a week of star styles for you.
Today Mini had planned to wear one of her glorious party dresses to little Billy Miller Steeden's christening, however his big bro Sam's outbreak of chickenpox put an end to that and instead she opted for her Gap hand me down denims paired with a floral ruffle collared Bonpoint number with red bow accent to run around the local jungle gym, her Chloe jacket against possible rain showers and a Dr. Karg cracker in hand for an energy boost. All good to go...

Busy days

Mini's a busy bee. She loves hanging out in Phins bedroom, picking up his pyjamas and rearranging his clothes, sipping from his water bottle and reading his books. Noggin the Nog's Viking escapades are a firm favourite. And Phin is pretty chilled about this new bedroom interloper, he just lies in bed and watches the busy bee at work. Today mini's wearing her super cute denim short dungarees from The Gap with her MC frill collar shirt, White Mary janes and her lime green bow.

Check Mate

Mini and big bro Phin were having a chess off today at grandma Eve and papow's house. There to celebrate grandmas birthday with a scrumptious home cooked lunch with produce from Papow's kitchen garden, Phin and mini galavanted around the fields and thoroughly enjoyed moving their giant chess pieces randomly around whilst draining the rainwater from their bases. Strange but compelling fun.
Mini wore her reversible gingham/floral dress from her grandma for the occasion. Picked up at the local Wealdon Times Summer Fair this super flouncy and fun sundress is perfect for messy girls. Un pop the poppers, peal it inside out and voila those stains have disappeared.
Meanwhile mini has a few semi permanent stains to speak of herself. Our little power walker tripped yesterday rendering her little nose worse for wear. Rudolf has come a little early.