152. Getting ready for school.

This little girl arrived a couple of weeks ago and has been enjoying the weekends of sunshine (when there is sunshine) with me on the rug outside. 

She keeps a little notebook

And takes down observations

Some day she hopes to report for the press, but was excited to hear that the local school was thinking of starting its  own paper, an opening if ever there was one. School has been on winter break the last two weeks and we wanted to start the term fresh from the beginning. 

Stains!

We had noticed some discoloration on her knit top and the skirt. What to do?

We'd better put something else on. Too cold to be doing the washing whilst only in our under things. 

Because it's cold. 

The washing machine was already on so maybe we could add to... Hmm a lot of darks in there

We thought we'd better check the labels. 

Hand washing in a container with some mild shampoo

Rinse in clean water. 

And hang them out to dry. 

And wait. 

We think we were successful. 

Flash

Early to bed, before the big day.

(Note to self: tiny little pegs are cute, just make sure they're raw or plastic ones. The painted ones will run when wet).