It's month two of Around The World in 12 Dishes and we are visiting Sweden (see yesterday's post on Swedish Midsummer). This works for me as we are trying to arrange a house swap in Sweden next summer, so it gives me a good opportunity to poke around on Pinterest and see what I can find. I confess that, despite knowing several Swedes, I know very little about Swedish things beyond Ikea. If you asked me to name Swedish food, I could have … [Read more...]
Floral Crown for Swedish Midsummer (or just because you want to)
With the rain falling, LBG and I resorted to DVD entertainment today. A few moments later, she declared that she absolutely needed to have a flower-crown like the princess on the television. By coincidence I had, the night before, been figuring out a craft that we could make to go alongside our Swedish Visiting Cake on the Swedish leg of Around the World in 12 Dishes. Though we came to the idea from different starting points, I'm delighted to … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Fourteen
Coconut and Banana Bread
You may have seen a couple of weeks ago that I hosted a Coffee Morning for school mums at my house. It's organised by the Parent Reps, one for each year group, regularly throughout the school year as an opportunity to get to know other parents. I served a selection of cakes, along with fruit, yogurt and granola, as the Coffee Morning starts after the morning school run, and I know that it's not always easy to get a proper breakfast when … [Read more...]
Desert Island Luxury
I'm a relative newcomer to Radio 4, and one of the programmes I wish I had discovered years ago is Desert Island Discs. It's a veritable institution that has been running since 1941. The premise of the show is that the Castaway chooses eight tracks that they simply couldn't be without, weaving stories of their life as they go. In addition they are allowed to choose one book, to go with The Bible and The Full Works of William Shakespeare, to keep … [Read more...]
Letter and number recognition with easy-to-make post-box
One of the toys that gets regular air-time in our house is a box. We really enjoy reading Not a Box, and playing with the boxes of all shapes and sizes that find their way into our house, albeit with a strong leaning towards girly-play. They are useful for so many things, from housing 'collections' to breaking up and using in some other way in our crafts. About a year ago, LBG was asking questions about family. I made a family tree, which … [Read more...]
Project 366 Week Thirteen
Look away now if you have triskaidekaphobia! Our week began with me, bemused, looking at a the kitchen clock and trying to work out why it was running an hour faster than the clock on the microwave. I shouldn't have forced our house-guests into a Vodka tasting whilst watching Liam Neeson's Taken the night before! My poor Dimples seemed really under the … [Read more...]
