ohthankgod!

I almost didn't make it! 
Once Pinterest has you in it's delightful grasp, it's so hard to tear away.

Okay, so...today has been interesting. As most of you will know, it's Easter Sunday. 

We started our day not with Church, but with a widdle twip to ER. Firecracker had a suspected dislocated elbow (I didn't know it was possible but it is according to the good Doc that fixed her up). Note to selves, never swing (harmless-ly, gently or otherwise) a child by the arms. Poor poppet :(

Once we got home, she was right as rain so we got onto the important things like hiding her Easter eggs all over the house and drawing a picto-map for her to follow. I made the mistake of drawing her cot (where an egg was taking refuge) which immediately confused her into thinking I wanted her to go to bed and she packed a sad straight away. I've never had so much trouble trying to entice a child into finding secret chocolate. 

...that sounds really bad, I honestly don't go around trying to ENTICE children into eating stashes of 'secret chocolate'.

Anyway, we got into it eventually and soon there was chocolate everywhere. Firecracker loved it! 

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At the moment I'm recovering some hideous star-shaped cushions.

 Aren't they ugly?! ('not as ugly as the carpet' you say?) What was I thinking when I bought them? Not a clue! As for the carpet, take it up with my landlord.

So I thought it would be nice to cover them with a lovely nautical stripe and make them a bit less offensive. I'm not done yet but WHAT A GIANT PAIN IN THE ASS!! Stars are not very easy (just my opinion) to cover due to number of corners/points etc but hopefully they will be handsome and special when I'm done. Will post an after pic (if I don't lose the plot before I finish lol!)



And finally, don't you hate it when your carrots go bendy?? 

I do, so I decided to use them all up and made vast quantities of mini carrot cakes :) I used up most (not all, there's still some for emergencies) of the cream cheese icing I had in the freezer and the walnuts add just a touch of class. 

I'll probably give most of them away as I can't justify my family of 3 eating 26 cupcakes!! I've put some in the freezer but the rest will need to be re-homed.

Perhaps if you leave a comment you might be the lucky recipient :P

Off to bed, keep shining xxx