I've had a few beanie projects to finish this last week - one for a friend who shaved all her hair off to raise funds for the leukemia foundation, and another for a little girl who has undergone chemotherapy and has lost all of her beautiful hair.

It's been fun crocheting for a cause, but I've had so much trouble when it comes to finding models for my beanies around the house - no one is keen at all!  I've tried bribing with lollies and chocolate (apparently they don't like that "yukky dark chocolate" we have in the pantry), and even threatening... but for some strange reason, everyone is sick of modeling the beanies.

And when I do get a photo, it looks like this or this one below...

The girls and I desperately needed some time out yesterday.

Not the naughty kind of 'time out' where you have to go to your room or sit on the naughty chair... this was the kind of 'time out' where you have to go to a café and sit on a chair for AT LEAST half an hour, drink yummy warm drinks, talk and giggle and just be girls.

I like that kind of time out... it was healing to the soul and just the sort of thing my two little girls and I needed.

Not long before Symon and I are off on our adventure, and I am going to miss my family sooooooo much!

I think some 'time out' with the boys might be next on my "to do list".

Images found here, here and here.