Our class art

Its that time again.... schools major fundraiser, And here is our contribution.

The class have been learning about insects so inline with this topic we got each child to draw their own insect.  See the red ant - 2nd row down, 4th along....Thats ours.

I enjoyed being in the classroom doing art with the kids. 

much better than reading groups, which I retired from this term. 

My own Caramel Slice

Finally I had some success making my own caramel slice.

I have attempted to make it a few times with no success - usually the base is bad and the caramel never sets. I decided to make my own version using different parts from different recipes - a caramel I had tried for a biscuit topping that worked for me and I used the biscuit base from the wagon wheel slice (YUM) and IT WORKED!

Was extremely delicious and didn't last long!

Summer House Quilt

I wanted to give my bridesmaid something special for all her support as a friend in life and on my day. What could be more special than a quilt made with love!

Its Finished and I Love it. She loves it too. 

I love this collection of material. 

I also love the backing fabric but ran short so added a special square which gives it that extra special finish!

The denim edging and the white material make the beautiful colours of the summerhouse collection pop.  I am keen to grab more of this collection for something else. The colours are so vibrant. I saw a skirt the other day that was made of lots of individual pieces of material and I would love to make something fun like that using this fun collection. Or maybe in some retro material? we will see!

Easiest Chocolate Cake ever - Egg free

It was just me and the baby on the weekend, a quiet house! A lovely neighbour came and made me dinner, Homemade cannelloni. Totally homemade. It was delicious.

 I decided to do a little baking myself. I made a banana and passionfruit cake to have with my cups of tea, chocolate fondants for dessert and a quick chocolate cake for lunch boxes this week.

It is the easiest cake to make. It really is.

I didnt even use my mixer, just stirred it with a spoon.

I found the recipe in a Kids Donna Hay Magazine, on an advertorial for some icing. It was for petite cupcakes. I kind of tweeked it. Or maybe you could say I gave it my own spin - including omitting icing as its delicious on its own. It was for cupcakes but I put it in a small round cake tin, I left out the egg, added more butter, added a tablespoon of cocoa powder to make it chocolate flavoured and it didn't last long! Its consistency reminds me of a pound cake. Its not crumbly but moist, and I think a nice manageable size. Good flavour, not too sweet. Perfect for little people!

Next time I am going to make two and cut up the second one into morning tea portions and freeze them. Try it:

INGREDIENTS

1 & 1/4 cups plain flour 

1 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cups of sugar

1 tablespoon of cocoa powder

150g butter melted 

3/4 cup of milk

 dash of vanilla essence

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 170 degrees C

I greased and floured a easy liftout round pan but you could use baking paper

Sifted all dry ingredients into a bowl (flour, baking powder, sugar and cocoa)

then added wet ingredients (melted butter, milk and essence) and mixed them all together with a spoon then tip into the pan and bake for 20 minutes.

I left it in the pan to cool, but I love a warm piece of cake so not for too long.

Too easy!

Goodbyes are hard

The end of June brought a move for my brother to the states. Farewells are hard.

We got to look after his pooch for a few weeks till his flight to join his family in their big move and saying goodbye to him was hard too. 

Maybe Santa might give us a puppy for christmas!! 

August? Already!!

 Where did July go?

Lots has been happening, but sleeping not so much!  I have finally got us back on track and am feeling myself. Sleep can make such a difference. Even just 1 less wake up in the night. 

Lots of crawling through the day, you would think would make you feel tired, all the chasing I do makes me tired! :)

That smile is just too cute and I can not be mad for long.

Just madly in love.