Weekly Stills

We had sorbet on the board walk for mothers day

 I had the privilege of touring our local brewery 

 Lots of steamy showers were had to loosen up congested chests

We enjoyed figs in beautiful salads

I got back on the sewing machine and made some beauties

                          We played with Rainbow Rice
Joining in with the lovely Emily and her "Stills - A weekly collection".

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Alexis: Her tiny tootsies are usually, dancing, running or covered with her beloved shoes.

Rory: His face sums up our week, a house full of sickies. 

Poppy: Hair down, dress on and covered in jewels, it must be a stay at home day.

    I adore Steph's portraits (and every other post) over at This Brown Wren

             Linking up with the lovely Jodi and her 52 project.

Eucalyptus Rice

There is a bit of sickness going around our place at the moment, the twins especially have nasty little colds and have been demanding lots of Mummy time.

It's always hard when you have two sick children as I'm often pulled in different directions. 

I have been bringing out some new activities to keep them happy and playing along with them to keep their minds off their colds.

Today I laid out a huge king sheet in the lounge and we played with Rainbow Rice. Before putting the rice out to play I added a few drops of Eucalyptus oil so as Rory and Alexis played, they were breathing it in and hopefully it worked some magic on their congested insides.

Family

To watch my beautiful husband play, enjoy, teach, listen and learn from our children melts my heart. My only request for Mothers day this year was a day with our family, enjoying each other. We left the house only to go for a walk and get a sorbet. The twins watched from their pram as Poppy and Tom skated and scooted along the board walk.

I am, with out a doubt, the luckiest Mum alive.

(The chocolate, flowers, beautiful kitchen goods, and breakfast in bed topped it all off!)

Weekly Stills

we got messy cleaning up the garden

 We munched on caramel apples

we made the most of the mild evenings and took our babies for a walk

we made fig cakes

Poppy and I spent a lovely mothers day afternoon at her school

Happy Mothers Day!

Joining in with the lovely Emily and her "Stills - A weekly collection".

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Alexis: Concentrating. 

Rory: Running from Mummy.

Poppy: Mud Pies.

Milina's portraits of her three are always beautiful. 

 Linking up with the lovely Jodi and her 52 project.

Caramel Apples

Caramel apples are so yummy its not funny. I always make extra caramel sauce to pop in the fridge for a great ice cream topper later (so bad, but soooo good)

To make the caramel sauce, bring 2 cups of sugar and 1/2 cup of water to the boil, then turn to a simmer for about 8 minutes or until caramel is golden and brown. 

Remove from heat and carefully stir in 1/2 a cup of thick cream. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.

I had some crushed peanuts, and pecans to also put on the apples but my 'helper' must have been hungry because they all mysteriously went missing.