Thursday, 21 April 2016
Happy 90th Birthday Queen Elizabeth
Lj produced a birthday card for the Queen this morning! Now I have to put it an envelope and post it!!!
If you are wondering about the monkey on the front...apparently Queenie loves monkeys...who knew?!
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Happiness is...
...reading my book, over looking the lake while little man has a nap in his pram.
2015 was all about faith and patience as we waited on our house in N.I. to complete. Equally it was about slowing down and waiting for Gods timing and not our own with the house process and my pregnancy. Today I felt that I am still being required to slow down, to be patient with my children, to see their hearts cry, to let them develop in their own time. Sadly I learnt this the hard way with MJ before school even began this morning. Then I had to spend time repenting of my impatience, praying for peace in my own heart and forgiveness in his and writing him an apology. A few hours later Ezra was resisting sleep while I was trying to get some jobs done on the computer and I realised again that I needed to tend to him and forget the 'to do' list which so often takes priority. He sleeps so easily when we are out walking so I popped him in his pram, stuck my book and notebook in my bag and off we went. By the time we reached the lake with the sun splitting the trees he was asleep and I could sit, enjoy the sun and read my book. Now as I reflect I realise that these moments are so important...had I persisted with my jobs and a restless, crying baby I would be a tired mess by now with a cranky baby and the dissatisfaction of half done jobs.
Psalm 46v 10 'Be still and know that I am God'.
Ezra Ronald
Ezra Ronald
Born 28th March 2016
At 11.50 pm
Weighing 8lb 2oz
Not quite 24hrs old with proud big brother and sister!
Monday, 29 February 2016
Key lime pie and shrinkles
With M away for the weekend with the car we had to come up with our own car free fun.
Over the half term break we tried making No Bake Key Lime Pie. The kids loved both the making and the eating of it so this weekend we had another go. I'm keen for them to learn how to follow recipes and learn basic baking skills. This is a great recipe to start with as it seems pretty fool proof and tastes amazing.
Last time MJ worked on making the base, while Lj made the filling/topping. This time I thought they might like to swop but no, they were keen to perfect what they had tried before.
MJ finished first and while the base was chilling in the fridge I set him to work on washing the dishes...I don't want the thought of washing up to put them off cooking and baking but at the same time it is a job which has to be done.
Next weekend I'm leading a crafting party for a 7 yr old and her 11 friends so we tested the crafts and got some more prep work done together. Here, they are drawing on shrink plastic which we then put in the oven to shrink and thicken before turning them into a 'Applejack' brooch for Lj and a 'Steve' key ring for MJ.
We had a fun day staying at home on Saturday. However, on Sunday it was time to get some fresh air and adult contact so we walked to the train station and caught the train to church (a train journey of 8 minutes!!). On the return leg we stopped off in town and had some lunch before braving the cold, up hill walk home. Then it was snuggles and snoozes on the sofa as we watched 'Inside out' and waited for Daddy to come home.
Over the half term break we tried making No Bake Key Lime Pie. The kids loved both the making and the eating of it so this weekend we had another go. I'm keen for them to learn how to follow recipes and learn basic baking skills. This is a great recipe to start with as it seems pretty fool proof and tastes amazing.
Last time MJ worked on making the base, while Lj made the filling/topping. This time I thought they might like to swop but no, they were keen to perfect what they had tried before.
MJ finished first and while the base was chilling in the fridge I set him to work on washing the dishes...I don't want the thought of washing up to put them off cooking and baking but at the same time it is a job which has to be done.
Next weekend I'm leading a crafting party for a 7 yr old and her 11 friends so we tested the crafts and got some more prep work done together. Here, they are drawing on shrink plastic which we then put in the oven to shrink and thicken before turning them into a 'Applejack' brooch for Lj and a 'Steve' key ring for MJ.
We had a fun day staying at home on Saturday. However, on Sunday it was time to get some fresh air and adult contact so we walked to the train station and caught the train to church (a train journey of 8 minutes!!). On the return leg we stopped off in town and had some lunch before braving the cold, up hill walk home. Then it was snuggles and snoozes on the sofa as we watched 'Inside out' and waited for Daddy to come home.
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Flow charts
MJ spent time after dinner one evening teaching Lj all about flow charts...they giggled and laughed as they came up with ideas... such as 'Do you like Minecraft'- 'No' - 'You are a normal person'
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