With Christmas fast approaching it seemed only fitting to blog about a festive dessert which could be an alternative to the more traditional Christmas Pudding, or maybe could be served along side it on the BIG day. This Christmas Madeleine Cherry Chocolate Pudding is actually one based on a Zuccotto recipe which usually involves panettone, … [Read more…]
As someone who loves cooking and making homemade meals for my family, it is always nice when it comes to Friday night because that is the time that I (almost) have a night off from having to devise a meal, because I let my children choose what they want to eat and I encourage them … [Read more…]
I have a brilliant festive guest post today from the wonderfully creative and clever Maggy from Red Ted Art, showing you how to make some cute DIY Christmas Ornaments. I know that my boys will love to try and make some of these, so please read on and find out how to make them.
We had Jenson’s class mascot to stay this weekend, a red dragon called Boost. As you can imagine this was very exciting for Jenson and indeed he has been wondering when it would be his turn to have Boost home again, ever since he returned to school in September!
Remember, remember – yes it is the 5th of November! The boys are very excited about going to see some fireworks tonight, I am just hoping that the wet weather, that only started yesterday, which is just typical for this time of year after a couple of weeks of perfect dry weather, will stay away … [Read more…]