rainbow cookies
These are possibly the best EVER rainbow cookies we made. So good that I made them, photographed the dough, baked and ate them without remembering to take photos of the actual cookies. Sigh.
FUN FOOD
WINTER ACTIVITIES: HOT CHOCOLATE, HUSKIES… HIKE! HIKE! HIKE!
When I was little, the words, “winter outdoor activities” meant two things to me – building snowmen and sledging. Growing up in the Midlands, Winter’s greatest gift to me as a little girl was what was pretty much a guaranteed snowfall around the time of our school Christmas holidays. It was always the good stuff…
CHOCOLATEY THINGS THAT GO MUNCH IN THE NIGHT: A HALLOWEEN PARTY
Hallowe’en is one of our favourite holidays as a family. It’s unique…and the only time as a grown up you can rationalise dressing up and reverting to an adult sized version of your child-self. I admit that it’s only since we’ve become parents that we’ve dressed up, but before that it was pumpkins galore in…
Yo Bank Holiday Ho, Mateys!
Yo ho ho! This bank holiday Monday was a Baby Dragon scorchingly hot one, and as his little ears were already more red than Dadda and I would have liked, we opted to stay home and dip in and out of the house into the garden. Our Little Adventurer was desperate for a picnic, and…
Easter Memories 2013: Bunny Bean Bark
Afterthe horror of watching over 200 beans take a dive into white chocolate (on Dadda’s watch, I blamefully hasten to add) last year at the baby hands of our Little Adventurer, this year I foolishly kindly agreed to let the boys make it again. We had warm, melted, Green & Black’s chocolate, dolly mixtures, Smarties…
THE EASTER CANDY PARTY
It’s no secret that Our Little Adventurer likes to celebrate. After the sacrifice of his own birthday party this year due to the cost of our upcoming Disney trip, (which will be SO worth it when we get there!) we’ve tried to make it up to him in less expensive ways, scattered throughout the year….