Highlights of Christmas

 Baby D in Daddy's Santa hat.

 

 Opening gifts together (my poor front room!!!!  Worth it though)

 Baby D napping under the tree, the only floor space left at some points lol

 The post dinner nap-time. Look at them all snugly together.

 DD was thrilled with her pile of presents

 This morning I have a very tired DD having a PJ day in her new PJ'S

And DD is barely with us either but will not let her new Sophie Giraffe teether go.

Merry Christmas from a disaster zone

  We have lots of Christmas food in the FHMH. Shame it's all in the bin!
We hadn't been in the freezer for a few days and everything was squishy already when we discovered it. A definite poop moment.
 But have no fear, as I type my husband, mum and brother are all scurrying out and about in the shops to keep tomorrows dinner on track. There will be a Christmas dinner and a nice supper afterwards, it wasn't the big disaster it felt like on Thursday. Thank goodness for family.

 I keep looking at my Christmassy dresser to keep my spirits up. Doesn't it look sweet with the Santa plates and fir cones. It's making me smile.

  I want to wish everyone who follows and reads this blog a very Merry Christmas. I doubt I will be online tomorrow so I am saying it early. Thank you for all your comments, advice and general love and support on my lil ole blog. You all mean the world to me :)

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A sea of yellow stickers

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 Just as we arrived at Mr A I could saw out the corner of my eye the sacred reductions trolley. And the even more sacred lady with the beepy gun! So we stalked her slowly but surely around the store picking up all these scrummy bargains.

 All the fruit and veg was 20p a packet. Even the Mr A finest handpicked Cherries! No way could I afford them usually at £3.97 a punnet. Almost all the fruit will be processed tomorrow to save it, the fruit salad has already been half eaten, tiny fingers just can't resist strawberries. Tomorrows lunch with be the stir fry pack, bean sprout and noodles.
 I will try and post up what I do with my goodies. A lot will just frozen down in handfuls for baking, lunchboxes etc,
 I think Xmas has come a bit early.

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Retro Toy Joy

 I picked an Etch a Sketch yesterday in my fave charity shop for just £1. I loved mine when I was little, and I really wanted to share it with DD. She took to it like a duck to water and happily played on it most the afternoon. showing off her creations to whoever was nearest at the time. 

 Out of interest I looked them up on EBay and they are selling for several pounds of there each so I definitely got a bargain. While I was googling them to see how they worked (I'm a curious person) I came across Etch a Sketch artists! Here are some of my favourite sketches I found.

 Big Daddy and Little Sister from Bio Shock.

 A super textured armadillo.

This one just blows me away!

 Shall I see what I can come up with?

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A little catch up

 Hello lovely readers,

 I haven't had barely a moment to myself lately. Baby D is teething, DD is always up to something, and poor old OH is now working everyday till Christmas Day thanks to being royally shafted. The bank decided that using our debit card in Asda on the same day we do every week for our weekly shop is suspicious and froze everything. Plus the general getting ready for Christmas type stuff.
 So if you don't see me posting between now and C day, do not worry I'm just catching up lol.

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P.S - Does anyone else find it hilarious that a local vicar is currently on the Paleo diet aka The caveman diet?

Microwave Meringue Recipe

 As requested :)


 Ingredients;

 Powdered sugar
 1 Egg White.

 Method;

 Add sugar to the egg white until you have a pliable icing. It will take a massive amount of sugar so be warned.
Roll the icing into tiny balls about the size of a marble. Trust me when I say don't make it bigger lol.
Place two or three balls far apart on some grease poof paper and pop into the microwave. Blast on the hottest setting for up to 1 1/2 minutes. Keep a careful eye on them as they burn really quick!

It's amazing to watch them puff up as they cook! Once done pop them to one side to cool down for a few minutes and harden, then  they are ready to enjoy :)

 You will gets loads out of one egg white, so don't double up the recipe until you've tried it at least once

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Prepping for Xmas 2013

 Yes, I really did mean Christmas 2013! This year we are taking part in Frugaldom's sealed pot challenge. The idea is you save your small change found pennys, and occasional few pounds throughout the year in a sealed pot. On December 3rd we all open them together and splurge :)
 We are planning to use ours for Christmas family outing/ trip to see Santa. 

I've also experimented with microwave meringues and can thoroughly recommend the recipe. Life is far to short to make them in the oven!!!



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