My lovely
Simple Summer swap gifts from Lorraine arrived earlier this week. I shall blog about what I sent her in another post, however now that summer has finally arrived, my younger girl was determined to make the most of the good weather with another doll play session in the garden.
From Lorraine (and Henry) my Gregor boy Nicholas James was lucky enough to receive some swimming trunks in New Zealand fabric 'Koru', along with a swim bag with a yellow VW Combi on it, a swimming towel with a lighthouse and yacht on it, and a matching shirt and shorts set in New Zealand 'Ponga Koru' fabric. I was delighted by the Combi motif, as I grew up with a turquoise VW Combi and went on many camping trips around Southern Africa in it. Everything Lorraine sent is brilliant and beautifully sewn.
The following pictures feature the swimming trunks, towel and swim bag:
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| Simple summer fun |
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| Nicholas James, Belle and baby Mabel try the water |
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| Baby Mabel is very interested in the cold wet stuff |
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| NJ loves his blue trunks, but isn't so sure about the colour of the pool and ring |
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| Anna sunbathes on NJ's towel with her hat to protect her face from the sun |
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| Mabel continues to play with the water |
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| She stirs it up and the ring floats to her |
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| NJ gets bold and tries the lilo |
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| Harriet comes to see NJ and the lilo |
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| NJ fell into the water making a big splash, so sits back on the grass |
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| Baby Mabel shows off her headband (made by my girl from fluffly pipecleaners) |
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| Harriet, NJ, Belle and Mabel decide paddling their hands in the water is fun |
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| Anna wants to know why she got splashed |
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| She sits up to watch the others |
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| Matilda, Peter and Laura relax in the deckchairs |
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Meanwhile to celebrate the glorious Wimbledon achievement of Andy Murray,
Miranda and Florence try their hand at tennis |
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| Florence with the Gotz racquet and ball |
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| Miranda holds a pipe cleaner racquet I made at top speed for this occasion |
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| Baby Mabel gives Anna a kiss |
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| Anna cradles baby Mabel |
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| My girl enjoying Simple Summer doll playtime in the garden |
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| Laura felt cold (can't think why), so NJ, Miranda and Florence came to give her a hug |
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| Sasha hug |
Later, NJ changed out of his damp swimming trunks into his new NZ summer clothes and admired the Olympic Flame rosebud just bursting into bloom - perhaps in celebration of the fact that the 2012 Olympic Tennis Male Champion has become the first British Male Winner at Wimbledon since 1936 - well done Andy Murray.
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| NJ in his swap outfit |
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5 comments:
What a truly perfect scene for both the weather AND a tribute to this HISTORIC for Britain day at Wimbledon. Well done to your youngest daughter!
Love the swimming pool, lilo, swim ring and water wings/pillow? complete with some refreshing cold water, so appropriate for this scorching hot weather that this weekend finally brought us.
Her superb tribute to Britain's men's single final's win by Andy Murray will be something that we won't be forgetting for a long time. I feel somewhat guilty at not setting up a little scene here but was just too tired and hot by then.....mind you that would be nothing compared to how those two men would be feeling after their afternoon's play.
Many thanks again for this lovely and memorable post.
Fantastic blog post, just love everything about it, from the way they are all having fun right down to the wonderful props and storyline.
Glad you enjoyed the swap :-)
beautiful pictures, all of them, but...I liked best the one with the real, live little girl in them. What a darling picture! Not posed, just simple play. The whole blog post is charming - I'm so glad I got to see it.
Mary
Favourite photo; Baby Mabel kissing Anna. The photos are beautiful, in part owing to your lushious lawn! Ours is London clay, all cracked and dried out in the heat- it looks like we've had an earthquake!
Oh how lovely they all look! It is so nice to see them enjoying the sunshine and playing in the garden like they are! Your daughter has posed them all beautifully. You have some great props there too.
I just mananged to find a paddling pool and accessories for my dolls, so I really need to get it all set up for them, before they overheat in our 40c + temps that we are having.
Hugs Sharon in Spain x
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