Tree Quilt

Here is a quilt that I powered through in the last week. It is for friends that have had a tough time. They need some love. And since I am too far away to go into a mad cooking frenzy (like I usually would) I hurled myself into a quilt project for them. It is truly a scrap quilt, all the trees are made out of bits and pieces left over from Grandpa N's quilt and assorted other green things I have made. I have made an astonishing array of green things it seems.

The top photo (I don't know why it is sideways, blogger issues) is of the back, Captain Obvious, which I decided to semi-piece for added loveliness. This was inspired by the gorgeous work of Red Pepper Quilts. She makes the greatest quilts and all of them have been given extra spice on the back, not to mention some really beautiful long arm quilting. As a novice quilter I am in deep awe of her mad skills.

Parfaits

In another desperate attempt to get both kidlets to eat their breakfast before lunch time we debuted the parfait. Yummy. And with the cherry on top it looks like a treat not a chore to eat. It has homemade granola, Balkan yogurt, homemade marmalade, fresh Okanagan peaches and an enormous cherry on top. Eden was fooled for a while and to my great surprise actually ate the granola. Unprecedented grain consumption on her part.
Arlo really likes granola and yogurt but she was so distracted by the peaches and cherries that she dug them out and left most of the rest behind. The next morning they didn't want anything to do with a parfait. These kids are hard-core pancake lovers. I know this will sound like blasphemy to some but I can't think of a worse breakfast than pancakes. Yeuch. The extra work of making them in the morning means I like them even less.
This is the girls making their parfait protest faces.
"We will not stand for this treatment any longer!," shouts Eden.
"We will not get out of bed for less than 10,000 pancakes a day," demands Arlo.

I know parfait is cruel and unusual punishment for such delightful kidlets but that's how I roll. I am just a half step removed from being Miss Hannigan.

Nightgowns

Eden likes red a lot. We got a copy of "Red is Best" and now it is the only colour. Eden does like a bit of drama and she can definitely pull red off with no problem. When she said she wanted a red dress down to her toes I thought we should start with a nightie.
Both Eden and Arlo are horror struck with the idea of wearing pants pajamas, so another nightie made more sense than a ball gown. She has managed to convince me in a few moments of weakness to let her wear her red 'dress' to the grocery store. I can't help myself really, she's so cute in it and I want everyone to see a kid wearing something that doesn't relate to any cartoon characters at all. I'm weird that way.