yummy recipes...

I recently made both these recipes for Piper's birthday and they were a huge and "YUMMY" success, so decided to share them with you all.

 

BEETROOT DIP...

1 x 450g can baby beetroot, drained and coarsely chopped or pureed depending on you desired texture.

250g (1 cup) Greek-style yoghurt

2 tbs fresh Lemon Juice

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground coriander

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

METHOD

Combine ingredients thoroughly in a bowl. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve in a bowl with Lavosh crisps or Turkish bread (yum).



 

HOMEMADE VANILLA SLICE...

2 x Sheets of Puff Pastry

600ml Cream

300ml Milk

2 x Packets Cottee's Vanilla Instant Pudding.

METHOD

Jab pastry with fork all over and cook in a hot oven until light brown.

Mix together cream, milk and pudding mixture with an electric beater until thick.

Spread between 2 layers of pastry and dust with icing sugar. Cut to the size of your choice. (or don't cut at all and have one HUGE vanilla slice. Mmmmm)



Hope you all enjoy, and please let me know what you think.

Take care

Caroline xxx

My baby turns 2...

It only feels like yesterday that we celebrated Piper's 1st birthday, but another year has gone and my baby is now 2 years old :(  We celebrated on her actual birthday with all the family coming over for an "inside" BBQ which was loads of fun. As usual she got spoilt rotten with an abundance of great pressies which I now need to find homes for. LOL

The following day we invited all of Piper's friends to come help her celebrate her birthday once again at Hungry Jack's. Let's just say that alot of food was consumed and that we had to make a little pit stop on the way home as Bella started to go a little pale in the back seat. Luckily for us a little fresh air and a walk around helped her to hang onto her lunch and all was good in the end. Phew!!!



I just love this photo of the cousins.



Until next time.

Caroline xxx

Hi-5 Fun...

Another school holidays down and half a year gone. Where did that go?

We had a pretty relaxed 2 weeks with staying home as much as possible and using the time to chill out a bit :) Our first week we concentrated on the toilet training which is going better then I could have planned. Isabella is now nappy free (except for nights, but no need to rush) and we have not had one accident :) Yippee!!!  At the end of week one we headed off to Warragul to see Hi-5, which was good timing as this ended up being a treat to the girls for a job well done with the toilet training. Little did I know until the night before, but my girlfriend's husband who ordered the tickets for us managed to get centre front row.  We were so close that Piper was a little scared with the loud music and bright lights and hung onto me for dear life through out the entire show.  



My and my girls just before the show started :)



The next few days weren't so much fun with Piper and Brett getting the "back end" of gastro and then it was my turn again. I can honestly say that I think gastro has hit our house 4 times over the last few months, and am now begging you to PLEASE STAY AWAY!!!

Undies at last...

Well the reason for me not updating my blog sooner is that not much has gone on over the past few weeks except the usual. Work, cleaning, kindy, playgroup etc etc. And didn't want to bore you all.

The school holidays are here, (Yippee!) which for me meant the perfect time to stay at home and toilet train the girls. Yes I know what your all thinking, Bella is 3 and a half and should already be going and Piper is a week shy of 2 but they are doing it together. :)  We haven't had much luck over the past 9 months with training Bella. She started off using the Potty back in October last year and then for some reason decided that she didn't like it and just stopped. Until now we haven't had any luck getting her back on the loo and going, but yesterday that all changed :) Piper on the other hand decided that last weekend was a good time to start and by Tuesday lunchtime was taking herself even for a number 2. (Too much info I know but I am just so proud) Yesterday we had no accidents at all from either, even though I know to expect them, and Piper has even stayed dry through her last 2 day naps as well. YAY!!!!!  Lets hope the enthusiasm stays with them and that nappies are a thing of the past.

It's been a very busy week for me. I unfortunatley got stuck with 4 close shifts in a row at work which meant I haven't really seen Brett for more then half an hour a day and am missing him terribly. Last night once I finished work I headed to Fountain Gate with Helen and Jo and attempted the crazyness of the K-mart and Big W toy sales. I hate it every year but know that once it's done that the lead up to Christmas is alot less stressful as ALL the kids are taken care of and even Bella's birthday present is sorted. The only problem is the getting home at 2.45am, not getting to sleep until close to 3.30am, having the girls pull my blankets off at 7.30am and then working until midnight the same night :(  I think I might have to invest in some "V" drinks and no-doze just to get thru the day? LOL

 

Just thought that I would share a few of my favourite pictures taken from my mobile phone.

         "Home-Boy Piper"                     "Nudie Gnome Bath"



         "I Hate Bubbles"                           "Ahhhhh cuddles"

 

Have a great school holidays to all.

Caroline xxx