Cheesy Biscuits

Layla has a new obsession....

Cheesy biscuits.

We make them atleast once a week and I have to say they are pretty yum.

She can find the page in the recipe book..

But she doesn't need to as she knows what all the ingredients are and where they are. 

She's a good little chef and today she even elbowed me out of the way to do the washing up.

No complaints.... Except the time she woke up at 4am demanding to make them (and no we didn't but there was a lot of wailing for while!)

The Dinosaur Day

The big Dinosaur Birthday finally arrived on September 17th.

As she liked to tell you for a few months before.

Maud and Arthur spent a late night grappling with allen keys to produce a masterpiece kitchen.

(Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!)

The smalls woke early and Skye was the 1st to remember the day.

Presents were discovered, unwrapped, cooked on, put on and slid down.

'Steggie' was iced and made his way to playgroup with us, 

facing certain extinction.

It felt like the 1st day of summer,

and the 3 year old sure felt it too.

Running and paddling, shedding clothes, squealing with laughter and chasing seagulls.

A truly lovely day!

Birthday number 2

Next up was Arthur's Birthday.

I was just back from 2 weeks in Nepal,

We were all pretty tired.

We did manage to bake a cake,

and maybe he didn't mind the numbers we had for the candles!

Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday kicks off birthday season in our house.

It was a beautiful sunny day,

The sort of day you hope for, for an August birthday in England but normally don't get.

We enjoyed choccy cake and strawberries on our front lawn.

Followed by a few acrobatics.

Bubbly Bath

You can't beat a bubbly bath!

Hello Again

I've been away too long

Not that we haven't had some amazing moments in between

but no computer of my own kind of got to me

all sorted now.

Hi Alex!

They got these bolts as part of a puzzle for Christmas

Not where they were meant to go but they do fit quite well!

Sowing Seeds

Our landlord brought us some old railway sleepers

and Arthur turned them into a new vege bed for us.

All that was left to do was plant it up.

Planting was haphazard...

We now have a very dense row of carrots poking through

A clump of tomatoes in one corner and small patch of kale in another.

I think the slugs enjoyed the spinach shoots.

We all enjoyed the planting though.

I've brought some courgette seedlings to fill the gaps.

I need to be careful, I nearly called them Zucchini...

I must be starting to feel Australian!

Winter Solstice

We dined by candle and lantern light on Friday

to celebrate the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.

 

The girls had made lanterns at playgroup in the morning.

They enjoyed carrying them around the garden

and playing with wax at the table.

We only had potatoes with beans and cheese for dinner

but there was a little bit of magic to the evening.

 

 

Skye's Butterfly Birthday

It started the night before with a plan to make a butterfly cake.

A couple of hours later, a lot of laughing and some reminising about our own birthday cakes

we ended up with a technicolour disco bat!

Luckily we've lots of years left to improve.

 

 

We woke up early (as usual) on the 25th May

It was Skye's 3rd Birthday.

Lots of excitement,

paper everywhere and 2 happy little girls.

 

 

 

 

 

The sun decided to shine and we got to put on our party outfits.

 

Ready to Party

We had guests of all ages to the party,

and ate icecreams and sausage rolls.

 

The bat cake didn't last long once he was cut,

small (and big) people seemd very partial to blue icing.

The planes, trains, automobiles and horses kept everyone amused.

 

The birthday girl enjoying her icecream.

The good thing about eating icecream the same colour as your dress

 is that know one can see how much you drip down your front.



Yummy Bat Cake!

More IceCream anyone?

Merry go round



Matias

Maureen

Lucas

Layla

Hold on to your hats! 

It was a good party.  Here's to many more.