Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Peace at last ... well for a few hours
Bob the Builder has become the latest "must hab" when Aaron goes to bed now. So far sharing his bed are 2 teddies, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Raddit, Lion, Giraffe and now Bob. Most of them end up on the floor throughout the night!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Morning Mischief
This morning I was trying to have a read and Aaron was being a pest, so I told him to go and talk to Maddison (she was playing in her cot). So I had peace for about 20 minutes, then thought it really is too quiet!
This is what they were up to ... Aaron had pulled the baby monitor out of the socket (not sure if that was intentional so I couldn't hear or not!), pushed the toybox up and had climbed into Maddison's cot. They were having a great time. I suppose since she had a turn in his bed the other day, he thought he'd have a turn in hers!!
This is what they were up to ... Aaron had pulled the baby monitor out of the socket (not sure if that was intentional so I couldn't hear or not!), pushed the toybox up and had climbed into Maddison's cot. They were having a great time. I suppose since she had a turn in his bed the other day, he thought he'd have a turn in hers!!
Chocolate Zucchini Cake & Chicken's Feet
Last night after mtg we all stayed back for tea. There were some friends from Australia there, so Carol had cooked a huge spread. Willie's family came too. Main included rice, lotus roots with chicken, chicken with ginger & garlic, curry (was told it wasn't spicy so tried a wee wee bit and it nearly took the roof off my mouth!), another chicken dish and a dish that looked like it just had chicken bones in it, but upon closer inspection I discovered it was chicken feet in a gravy, ugggggh, needless to say I gave that dish a miss. I mean what is there to eat on chicken's feet? I was told it was a delicacy, hummm, acquired taste I'd say. When I asked what do you actually eat on them, I was told oh just the skin!
I made a chocolate zucchini cake for dessert with a large bowl of whipped cream (they don't do that sort of thing here which is amazing because they sure like cream!!). They were very brave and sampled the cake even though it had zucchini in it (mind you it looked a lot better than chicken feet).
I had to go to 3 supermarkets before I found zucchini's but it was worth it :-)
Here's the recipe - it's an Alison Holst one.
125gm butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup yoghurt
1/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups (350gm) grated zucchini
1/2 - 1 cup small pieces of chocolate (optional)
Prepare a 25cm square pan or roasting pan by lining it with two crosswise strips of baking paper.
Beat the butter with the sugars until light and creamy. Do not hurry this step. Use a mixer or food processor.
Add the eggs one at a time, with a spoonful of the measured flower to prevent the mixture curdling. Add the vanilla and yoghurt and mix well.
Sift the dry ingredients together. Stir in, with the grated zucchini.
Turn into the prepare pan.
Sprinkle surface with the small pieces of chocolate if desired.
Bake at 170 deg C for 45 minutes, or until centre feels firm and a skewer comes out clean.
I made a chocolate zucchini cake for dessert with a large bowl of whipped cream (they don't do that sort of thing here which is amazing because they sure like cream!!). They were very brave and sampled the cake even though it had zucchini in it (mind you it looked a lot better than chicken feet).
I had to go to 3 supermarkets before I found zucchini's but it was worth it :-)
Here's the recipe - it's an Alison Holst one.
125gm butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup yoghurt
1/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups (350gm) grated zucchini
1/2 - 1 cup small pieces of chocolate (optional)
Prepare a 25cm square pan or roasting pan by lining it with two crosswise strips of baking paper.
Beat the butter with the sugars until light and creamy. Do not hurry this step. Use a mixer or food processor.
Add the eggs one at a time, with a spoonful of the measured flower to prevent the mixture curdling. Add the vanilla and yoghurt and mix well.
Sift the dry ingredients together. Stir in, with the grated zucchini.
Turn into the prepare pan.
Sprinkle surface with the small pieces of chocolate if desired.
Bake at 170 deg C for 45 minutes, or until centre feels firm and a skewer comes out clean.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
7 Months Old
Well, I am a few days late, but here's a photo of Maddison taken this morning - 7 Months Old.
She still has a runny nose, but she's in a much happier frame of mind now those 2 bottom teeth have finally made their appearance.
She still has a runny nose, but she's in a much happier frame of mind now those 2 bottom teeth have finally made their appearance.
She's crawling properly, loves getting into whatever Aaron happens to be playing with, likes to know exactly where her Mummy is (grrr), has a 6th sense if the bathroom door has been left open - she's there like a shot, getting used very slowly to solids - pulls some great faces which I need to get on camera, very good at giving big slobbers all over Mummy's face, "talks" (Maddison speak) very loudly when Aaron talks to her, likes getting into kitchen rubbish bin (now it sits up on bench!- the bin I mean), puts pretty much anything and everything in her mouth, after staring at you for about 10 seconds she'll break out into a beautiful big smile. Ohhhh ... melts your heart!
New addition to hymn book ...
At this mornings meeting when it was asked if anyone had a closing hymn Aaron piped up and said "Bob the Builder"!!! Huh??? Since when did that song become a hymn? Thankfully I don't think too many heard so that was a relief ... was a struggle for me not to laugh out loud though.
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