Dimples is milliseconds away from celebrating her third birthday. I am obviously milliseconds from clinging to an almost-empty Gin bottle sobbing "where did my baby go?" but will refrain until after the watershed. When asked what she wanted for her birthday, Dimples had one answer: baby things. Baby clothes, baby real food (I know!) baby highchair, baby cot, baby snowsuit, baby bibs, baby tights. The irony. Now, whilst this is good and … [Read more...]
Toffee Apple Pancakes
This month the Tots100 Center Parcs challenge is so easy you really ought to enter: you could win a family holiday at Center Parcs! All you have to do is make Pancakes!! Once you have your pancake (there are so many recipes on the web I didn't bother teaching you how), you're going to want to put something in it. Obviously there are your classic combinations: lemon and sugar, banana and chocolate, anything-with-squirty-cream, but if you want … [Read more...]
how to make a pompom flower
How to make a pompom flower from a stick and a pompom*. What I love about this craft is it's simplicity. They genuinely look sweet and rustic and pretty. Yet they also have many, many applications. The purple ones would make great thistles for anything Scottish-themed- St Andrews' Day or Burn's Night for example. The white ones look like dandelion heads or cotton balls. They make great trees in … [Read more...]
Leprechaun Hot chocolate
I recently saw a post on Cool Whip Snowflakes, which gave me a great idea for making Leprechaun Hot Chocolate. We're off to Galway over half term and this is an ideal opportunity to talk about all things Irish, including the colour green and leprechauns. And the recipe is really very simple, yet has a little Leprechaun magic too. All you need is whipping cream, some caster sugar and food colouring. You whip the cream and sugar: I used … [Read more...]
A postcard from #teamhonk in Ghana
Look what I got in my inbox this morning: a postcard from Ghana with a picture of the Davina looking ridiculously good. #teamhonk are in Ghana seeing all the #goodwork that Comic Relief have been doing for the past 25 years. I'm so excited to be able to support the amazing work that Mummy Barrow, Mammasaurus and Alexander Residence are doing to bring the comic relief message of #goodwork back to us in the UK. If you haven't seen them, then … [Read more...]
{Review} WeightWatchers Food
So last week I got my nails done. They looked utterly beautiful for all off one evening and then they went back to looking chipped and euw. But whilst I was waiting for them to dry, I got to spend time chatting to some fabulous people whilst sampling LOTS of delicious food and wine. It was only as proceedings were drawing to a close that I remembered that I was at a Weight Watchers event. That's clearly how easy it is to absorb … [Read more...]
{Recipe} Yorkshire puddings with maple syrup
I am technically Yorkshire. The Father is proper Yorkshire. He begat me, who shrieks with glee when I am again within the safety net that others call the M25. I am sure he's embarrassed. My brothers support Leeds and Bradford at the relevant sports. They can both cook Yorkshires. I was very kindly sent a smart Mermaid Yorkshire Pudding tray and have been practising relentlessly and am utterly, utterly hopeless at making the Yorkshires rise. My … [Read more...]
