channelling Carol Brady....

Or should that be Alice, as she always seemed to be the one in the kitchen cooking up a storm (most likely tuna casserole or macaroni cheese). I'm fairly certain, however, that you would never catch me in one of those ugly blue uniforms that she always got about in, so I think I'll stick to Carol in her groovy threads. Maybe not the mini skirts, though or for that matter the gabardine flared jumpsuit.

Anyway, the point of it all is that I have been baking up a storm this week. Rose's kindergarten needed baked goods for a fund raising stall  so I thought I'd tackle some biscuits. Yummy ginger nuts and  pretty raspberry coconut rings. You can always rely on the good ol' Women's Weekly cook book.

   
 

To get me in the homebake mood I popped on the cute vintage apron that I accidentally bought in a shop in Newtown. Accidental,in that I didn't realise I had purchased it until I got home. I simply picked it up to admire its lovely rosiness and the girl in the shop obviously took this as an "add to shopping cart" sign! Obviously meant to be, as my first attempt at baking whilst wearing it was a success.

I had this awful feeling that at the end of the sale, my little bikkies would still be sitting on the table, when all else had been snapped up.Oh, the shame ..... However,I have heard via the grapevine that they had indeed found a buyer and I could hold my head up high next time I do Kindy drop off!
What a relief!

Opportunity here for a quick proud mama snap as its cooking related...Chef  Rose with her creations..

On a less domestic note, I made time this week to do a few quick sketches. Considering how rusty I am at present with the pencil, I am happy with the results.

Paper bag girl is inspired by Rose, who when she was "little" ( she's all grown up now at 4 1/2 and must be called "Rose" NOT "Rosie") took great delight in running around, nude with an empty Huggies box over her head. Simple pleasures, indeed. Now we take half an hour to decide on the right outfit and there are often  tears of frustration when she just can't get the look she is after.

Can't wait until Charlie hits full on fashion mode - what fun the morning rush hour will be then. At present, she is happiest, when she has managed to snaffle a pair of Rose's undies (hopefully clean) and is parading around with them on her head. Another happy snap opportunity - Charlie looking very serious about getting those  colours mixed to just the right shade of muck!

 

I drew the tree during my last visit to Steph's house - a fun day of hot gemscones ( Martha Stewart eat your heart out) , Easter egg hunts and lots of tea and coffee ( all about food isn't it?).

Catgirl was one of those scribbles just for fun.

Last but not least, and very exciting as well, I have discovered the world of swapping. After the disappointment of missing out on back tack III  , I stumbled across mention of a teacup swap at NIKKI-SHELL  - I followed the links and found my self signing up for my first three swaps at swap bot - can't wait to get my swap partners and start sending out ( and receiving) those packages!