growing and cooking

this past week or so,

i have managed to get up off the couch

(turns out i was iron deficient - all fixed now!)

and we've spent some time together

in the kitchen.

the girls love helping - cracking eggs is their favourite -

and big sister has an excellent shell-free cracking record.

little sister, on the other hand, 

prefers to crush, rather than crack.

  but she's getting there!

 pastry cutting and rolling was loved by the girls as well,

though we could not really share those pinwheels,

 since they received so much hands-on love and care...

(i'm not sure why big sister has her face in her hands,

because she was having a good time!)

the tomatoes above come from my parents' garden,

and made a mighty fine batch of tomato sauce indeed.

yesterday i planted out our new vegie garden,

my 29th birthday present,

and today i spent some time on our picnic rug,

reading in the sun,

and keeping one eye on little sister,

who likes to dig and pull out my seed markers!

baby no.3 is growing well - just 6 weeks to go...