Our Four Year Old

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1.  Ben –  “Is Heaven as far as England?  Because that is a really really long way!”

2.  I witnessed Ben’s first punch up at Kindy on my roster day this week.  He didn’t throw the first punch but he did throw the second, third and forth.  I was HORRIFIED and a little heart broken!!

3.  Ben – “Mum do you know what 4 letter X’s makes? ………. Beer!!!”.  I hope he didn’t say that in a phonics lesson.  We don’t even drink beer!

4.  Ben’s Grandma wears glasses.  She had them off and was cleaning them.   Ben – “Grandma put your glasses back on.  I can’t see you”

5.  Ben – “Mum….What sound does 5 make?

6.  Ben – “My Mum can’t make me a brother or sister.  But that is ok because Mum and Dad made me” ……. a little tear  xo

7.  I witnessed the worst tantrum I had EVER seen in the supermarket a few weeks ago.  IT WAS BEN!!  I thought we were over tantrums!

8.  Ben – “Why isn’t it December yet?  Can you make it December Mum?”

9.  Ben never wants to shower.  But if you say ‘I’ll race you there’.  He runs every time.  Will he ever realise what I am doing?

10.  Four year olds still look as lovely as new born babies when they are asleep.  Thank goodness xo

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Catching up with Colleagues

A couple of weeks ago I caught up with some wonderful ladies Miss Judy and Miss Jacqui.  We shared many years together as Colleagues teaching early childhood in Brisbane.  It was so lovely to catch up. The hours flew by like minutes.  When I got home I felt as if I didn’t even scratch the surface of what we had been up to in the last five years.  Their stories made me laugh and cry.

Judy has been traveling the world.  It has been wonderful following her journey through her photos on Facebook.  Judy traveled alone for much of her trip.  She met many amazing people along the way.  I admire her courage to set off on such an adventure alone! I am also a little envious of  the amazing experiences she had.

As well as being a fabulous Mum, Jacqui has been working for Hippy Australia.   The Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) is a two-year home-based parenting and early childhood enrichment program targeting families with young children.  I was so excited when Jacqui said she had written a children’s book!  Her book is just lovely.  When I read it you can feel Jacqui’s connection to the community.

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Lets not wait so long to catch up next time ladies xo

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Recipe Recommendation

17120339544.jpgI love recipe recommendations. Belinda (another Belinda) who I went to school with recommended another slice out of our  high school Home Economics cookbook – Day to Day Cookery.  She recommended the Quick Mix Slice.  It is seriously the easiest thing I have ever cooked and also pretty delicious.  Ben absolutely loved it (more than the Chocolate Slice).  Here it is (Straight from the stained pages.  I was relieved to hear that others Day to Day Cookery Books had seen better days…. missing covers and pages!) –

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Enjoy and thanks Belinda xo

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Linking up with Life Made Lovely Monday xo

Cooling Down

It’s warming up in our neck of the woods.  This is how Ben kept cool yesterday.

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We raided the plastic cupboard for containers, the utensil draw for measuring cups and spoons and found the old china tea set.  I also added a few drops of colouring to the water – oh the excitement when the colours changed!!!

This was just a lovely reminder that the experiences we make for children don’t need to be complicated…… simple is often best!

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Old Fashioned Chocolate Slice

No this is not a Chocolate Brownie……. it’s good old fashioned Chocolate Slice that our Mum’s made us (it is soooo much nicer than a chocolate brownie!!).  When we were out in Chinchilla last weekend someone at Tom’s party had baked Chocolate Slice.  As I ate a piece childhood memories came flashing back.

MMmmmmm I love Chocolate Slice.

So this weekend the healthier version on myself had a little relapse.  I made Chocolate Slice.

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I found a recipe in my old school textbook (I think this book has seen better days – it is twenty-four years old).

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Here is the recipe straight from the stained pages ….ewwww!  I must have been one messy cook when I was learning!!!

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It really is a delicious simple recipe.  To make it a little healthier you could replace the white flour with wholemeal and the white sugar with rapadura.

Enjoy xo

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