In which Minty receives a marriage proposal and we pick apples...

Today was Minty's last day of kinder for the term.  The kids all dressed up as rabbits and sang 'hot cross buns'.  Then one of the kinder assistants posed as the easter bunny and gave out eggs.  It was all very gorgeous.  

Apparently one of the kinder boys asked Minty to marry him 'but', according to Minty, 'I didn't want to mum'.  She is happy to just be 'best friends' for now.

In case you were wondering about the letters on Minty's bunny ears, Minty currently writes her name as 'AMN' since Araminta turns out to be the world's hardest name to spell.  I'm beginning to think I should have named her 'Jo' to give her a confidence boost in her early writing attempts!!  Let's hope the struggle is character building!

Meanwhile, Turi and I went foraging for wild apples with friends.  Here are some of our spoils.  

In which we go foraging and Minty wears cute shorts...

 

An amazing day spent with friends foraging along the back country roads near where we live.  We picked more apples than I really know what to do with and some particularly delicious little yellow plums.  Then we picnicked overlooking the rolling hills to one side and the ocean to the other. 

Minty is wearing some shorts I made for her birthday.  I used some fabric that a friend was throwing away so they were virtually free, aside from the cost of thread and elastic.  The pattern is the Oliver + S puppet show shorts.  It's out of print now but there are still a couple of copies around if you are willing to hunt.  I'll share some better pictures of them tomorrow along with some other finished sewing projects.  If you're a new reader you can check out details of her top here.