doggy biccies

ok, from right to left, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup oats, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup hot water to make gravy (using granules) and bind to a dough

roll out and cut out with cutters

bake 180c 25mins

give to happy doggy

more autumn leaves...

giant beech leaf collage

giant maple leaf collage

button tree (shedding a couple of leaves)

smores cupcakes

40z butter, 4oz soft brown sugar, 1 egg, 5 crushed digestives, teaspoon cinnamon, 4oz sr flour, bake 180c 20mins then turn the oven off

remove from oven and immediately plop a marshmallow on the top (we used american rocky giant mallows) then put back in oven for 3mins

remove from oven again and plonk a square of milk chocolate on each cake

really rather good indeed

another season...

we put the autumn decorations up today so lottie made autumn leaf cookies

3oz butter, 3oz sugar, 1 egg, 6oz plain flour, vanilla extract...mix to a dough then chill for half hour

divide dough into 3, colour one red, one orange, one yellow

take a piece of each colour to make a golfball size, roll out, shape into leaves, bake 180c for 10mins

The falling leaves drift by the window 
The autumn leaves of red and gold 
I see your lips, the summer kisses 
The sun-burned hands I used to hold 

Since you went away the days grow long 
And soon I'll hear old winter's song 
But I miss you most of all my darling 
When autumn leaves start to fall 

ahhh i love this song (nat king cole), think i shall go listen to it right now...

i LOVE the princess bride

"as you wish"

10 pin bowling (or should that be 7 if you're lucky?)

never, EVER stand near ellie when she bowls

lottie pretending she is on the catwalk

abismal scores

m stands for mummy

yb stands for yea boi

vl stands for vera lynn

(clearly their own names are boring them)

foot spa

they got given this by grandma

they think they are posh ladies what go to the spa

(especially lottie)

battle of britain commemoration at newhaven fort

the brighton boogie dancers

they were amazing

sweetheart singers

(they were amazing too)

vintage folk

a glorious day

vintage vehicles

vintage ladies

ellie's favourite

my very own vera lynn

with the gi's

what to do with leftover melted chocolate...

slice a banana

smear some crunchy peanut butter on each slice

plop melted chocolate on each slice

leave to cool then dive in

they have discovered charlie the ice cream van stops two streets away

he does proper gelato in a variety of flavours and 3 scoops in a double cone is only £1.50!!!

varicella?

on lottie's legs these have appeared

they are itchy beyond belief and driving her mad...add that to her not feeling too grand these last few days and i think we might have chickenpox?

they seem to be crusting so i feel this diagnosis is correct

black forest gateau

lottie loves bfg so she made her own

it ended up rather gargantuous!

she cheated and used betty crockers devils food cake mix, whipped double cream with vanilla extract and icing sugar (no kirsch in my house!), swirled a tin of red cherry pie filling into the cream and sandwiched the cakes together

a mighty 5 inches tall