At 5pm I called the boys out to the kitchen. ‘Well,’ I said to them, ‘your mum and I are having leftovers for dinner. There’s not enough for you, so what are you going to do?’ They looked at me, then at each other. ‘I’ve thawed two chops, they’re in the refrigerator if you want [...]
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Chocolate fridge cake
Not all my chocolate pudding and cake recipes are complicated. Some are extremely children friendly, such as this one for chocolate fridge cake.
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Pâtissiers at work
The boys have been busy making a chocolate fridge cake. The recipe was one of a number I found stashed in the bottom of removal carton that hadn’t been opened in something like 10 years. The boys were pleased I found them. The Other Half was even more pleased when I said we’d make some [...]
Read moreTo the snow cave!
The boys, and our Border Terrier Harvey, are delighted by the heavy snow falls. While not quite as deep as the falls we had in January, there’s more than enough to dig out a snow cave with sufficient space for the three of them. Now, if we could only persuade them to take up full-time [...]
Read moreWho needs a pool?
We considered buying the boys a small inflatable pool this year, but our budget was tight when pools were available in the shops. Now that it’s the summer holidays, we looked at spending some of our holiday money on a pool—but needless to say no pools were in the shops. Never mind, I can always [...]
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11 January, 2012


