Sunny Sunday in the Garden.

I just love days like we have been having...the sun is shining and it is lovely and warm.  Perfect for spending time in the garden.  

Norma Jean enjoys her time in the garden and thinks the flowers are so pretty.

Anne-Marie spends some time reading a favourite book.

May Flower, just enjoys sitting by the tree.

I finished a dress last night - it was a pattern for a Les Cheries doll.

It fits Clara well, but I prefer slightly shorter dresses on her, so I will make another that is shorter.

She looks so pretty in this colour - fortunately I believe I have enough yarn left to make another.

Miss Still Waiting to be Officially Named tries on the dress...it is not a bad fit for her either.

I like that I can use patterns for Les Cheries for this girl - it means with slightly alterations I have more patterns available to make her things.

Outdoors in September - Two: Changes in nature

After a terrible few days weather wise and a day of continous rain yesterday it was good to be able to get out in the garden today.

The miracles of nature never cease to amaze when we discovered these fungi that had come up overnight.

Are they edible?

I am not sure, so best to err on the side of caution I think.

Look the leaves are also changing colour.

Isn't this leaf so pretty?

Hospitalised

Nurse Sister Elizabeth has just arrived for the afternoon shift and is checking on her patient.

She is most concerned, she doesn't often have young girls to care for.  

How are you feeling?  

Poor Anne-Marie is feeling 'terrible' it seems.  

Sister Elizabeth tells her she is in the best place and to have a rest before any visitors arrive later in the day.....

Later on Anne-Marie is feeling a little brighter.

She sits up with the help of Sister Elizabeth

Peggy Sue and Norma Jean were most worried about her

Anne-Marie reassures them that she is starting to feel a little better....although she feels quite tired.

The girls decide they better leave after short while as Anne-Marie looks quite pale.

Once the girls have gone, Sister Elizabeth tucks her back into bed and before long Anne-Marie has fallen asleep.

How many called Alice?

It seems we have two girls with the name 'Alice' living here in Rose Cottage and so some confusing is starting to ensue....

First of all we have Alice 'Sasha' who was actually the first to arrive.  She has said in no uncertain terms that she is keeping her name!

The other of course is Alice Schoenhut.

Now because her hair is a lovely blonde colour, she thinks that perhaps it should be HER that is called 'Norma Jean' as she thinks she looks rather like Marilyn Monroe now,...with her blonde hair.

Does she look like a Norma Jean?

But of course Gladys Jean changed her name to Norma Jean only two days ago!

So what do you think?  Could she be a Maggie or a Martha?   Or something completely different.  I think Maggie might suit her..

Keep two girls with the name 'Alice' or change her name?  Change both the Schoenhut girls' names.

Oh the decisions that go on in this household...could make your mind boggle! ;-)

So just what did the girls do yesterday?

So what to do on a wet day...you may recall yesterday the weather was terrible,  Alice and Anne-Marie stared out the patio windows disappointed that yet again they couldn't go out to play.

While Alice was staring out the window I noticed the state of her hair - not that I haven't noticed before, but I decided it was the perfect opportunity for a hair wash.

Her hair was a dirty blonde colour and quite 'stiff'.

Alice decided she was quite ready for a hair wash and so we set to work.

Imagine my astonishment when I discovered it was a real hair wig!  The water changed a murky colour, but the hair grew softer and lighter.     A little hair was lost during the combing through process, but fortunately not too much.

Alice can't quite believe how it feels now.

What a transformation!

It is a shame that she took a pair of scissors to her fringe/bangs at some stage - seems something a lot of little girls try!

The back - isn't it pretty?

It was the day for transformations it seems.

Gladys Jean decided she too wanted a makeover.

We hunted through the wig box and found a wig that fitted - it had lots of ringlets, which really didn't suit so the length was shortened and the ringlets washed out.

A new dress was made for her, of which she is especially proud of.

The dress has a lovely little detachable lace collar.

She thinks she might like a new name as well...which we are currently debating on.  She thinks she would quite like to be called Norma Jean.

So after these makeovers what did the girls get up to on a rainy day?

Why they played a game of dominoes.  Norma Jean is asking Anne-Marie how to play and Anne-Marie is explaining about matching up the numbers of dots on the dominoes.