Three

My baby girl turned three yesterday.

Three years ago:

Today:

 I had been furtively crafting away on some special birthday items before the big day.  The felted crown was knitted from a free pattern available online at Lion Brand Yarn, and embellished with felt, buttons and ribbon.

Then there was the this fine equine:

 

I made the hobby horse from a charity shop jumper which I felted, and used the instructions available on video on ehow here.  I found some really nice embellishments, including some lovely bells, and some hand-dyed wool from Fleece Artist.

The birthday flags were knitted using a pattern from Zoe Mellor's 'Nursery Knits' book, using Bernat handicrafter cotton yarn.

Boo loves carrot cake, so I made her a recipe I'd been recommended (thanks Ian!) from Ottenlenghi's , a place in London I'll be checking out on my next visit, whenever that may be!  Unfortunately, trying to cook with a girl on her last day of being 2 was pretty chaotic and somehow I managed to chuck all the eggs in, before I realised you were supposed to separate them and whisk up the whites to stiff peaks.  Oops.  Well, I cooked it anyway and it was absolutely delish, if a little sunken in the centre.  I omitted the walnuts or I'd have been picking out every one for little lady.  You can get the recipe here

Three very special years.  And it just keeps getting better.