Ponchos and Cheesy Spinach

So you know that family fun day Simon's having at work Monday? They all have to dress up and somehow I've been roped in to making Simon and his boss a Mexican poncho. I found out last night,  it's Sunday today and I'm off to see my grandma later so couldn't get round to the shops to get anything.
I very nearly ended up cutting up this lovely purple blanket from Next, until I remembered we keep a load of old bedding in the attic. So I found a red bed sheet and cut it in two, then cut a hole in the middle of each. Now I've spent most of last night and this afternoon cutting up  bits of wool to make tassels for it.

I wouldn't mind but it looks slightly ridiculous and I seriously underestimated how many tassels I need. Why do I get my self in to things like this :'(

On the plus I've started weaning Aria again, I tried last month after succumbing to 'peer pressure' from Simon's mum who was convinced she was ready. She'd started all her kids on solids at 3 months. I just knew she wasn't ready though, she'd get stressed out and keep spitting it out all the time, it really wasn't fun for either of us.
Now though, she's so much better! I've started her off in the mornings with a sugar free rusk mixed with water or banana porridge. She loves it but it has to be warm. She doesn't quite manage a full rusk but that leaves some for me nom nom! And she has maybe 3-4 baby spoons of the porridge powder with boiled water.

And today I tried her with the Hipp Organic cheesy spinach and potato bake, I thought she'd pull her 'yak' face and spit it out straight away, but the ate a third of the jar with no problems at all! She probably would have had more if I'd give it her. She hardly made any mess either, usually it's all up her nose and in her eyebrows ect.

So we're definitely making progress although I keep trying her with cool boiled water just to give her a bit more fluid that just milk, but she hated it for some reason, she pulls the biggest yak face ever! And it's just water! It has no taste! I don't think I would be the first to admit babies are as confusing as hell!