Blessings....

Here's what I'm thankful for lately...

My beautiful boy's laugh

Bringing colour to someone else's world

Older generations taking the time to spend with younger ones

Breakfast and coffee with my baby girl

Grandparents

Fresh flowers - they smelt really good too

as you walked in the front door!

Cheeky smiles

Sunny days

Neighbourhood friends

Freckles and blue eyes

Moments captured

Love

Danni xx

Insta-cookies

I know it's not April.

I know it's not ANZAC Day.

But

The Big Cheese requested that I make some of his all time favourite cookies.
I hadn't made them since high school, but thought I'd give them a go.
So I Googled : Chewy ( a requirement - apparently) Anzac Cookie recipes and took pot luck ( there were soooo many to choose from)
These weren't bad - they got the thumbs up from the Big Cheese and I guess that's the main thing... but I think I can do better....

 I documented the experiment using Instagram App because the photos are SO much more forgiving than real life ( and I think they look pretty!)

Ok... tools at the ready

My rare, high-tech and very impressive sifting device

The dry ingredients

I just LOVED the moment the BiCarb hit the butter

and golden syrup melting in the saucepan -

like a volcano erupting, it looked so cool

This....

Became this.....

They smelt so good but at this stage I had visions of

them all melting into one giant tray of cookie!

Voila!

Maybe not quite as "chewy" as requested

Of Course someone had to be the taste-tester

Lest we forget.

Danni xx

Playroom Postscript!

Well you saw a sneak peek... so here it is just about completed  - the kids are loving it

and I must admit, so am I.

We converted what was the "formal" dining room into the kids "Playroom" ...

much better to have their stuff all confined to one room - which will have doors on it eventually...

but for now they help clean and tidy it up at the end of each day.

It's nice to see them proud of their handy work!

Finn LOVED helping me to paint the "lello" wall!

( Although his enthusiasm soon wained as his arms became "zorsted" - as they do!)

I painted and "distressed" ( in more ways than one I think) and old

TV cabinet that we had . Put some fun handles on it

and it's a new piece of furniture!

My bargain $10 clock from the Reject Shop!

I painted the 9 Fruits of the Spirit on mini canvases and hung them.

Never hurts to have reminders.

Finn asks daily what each coloured one says and reminded Ruby the other day to

remember to use the "blue one - that's patience Ruby"

when she was getting frustrated about something!

My gorgeous friend and neighbour gave me this as we had a little joke - she thought that

LOL in computer "speak" meant lots of love....

she saw this and bought it for me so we could LOL each time we see it -

and it was given to me, with her version of LOL!

Thought the kids room was a great home for it!

Another bargain find - $5 from Kmart! I liked its sentiments

 I love that my babies are surrounded by colour, light and

cheery- ness

There was some left over paper from the "patchwork" wall so I made their names

in some frames I had lying around!

Now,

I'd love to just show you the colourful bright highlights that make this room fun ....

 but I have to be completely honest...

sooooo.... 

 I've also included the "real" images of below adult eye level!

 Including the boxes of toys still yet to be sorted and given homes....

be prepared....

 perhaps ensure you're sitting down for these next photos!

The photo on the left is Finn's "tidy" pile of cushions,

while the one on the right is the vase of "flowers"

that looks ok from a distance in one of the earlier photos!

( Did I mention BRUTAL honesty??)

Toys yet to be sorted and housed



Even the kids!  

Don't say I didn't warn you!

( I did make them smaller though to lessen the impact - see ,I'm thoughtful like that!)

Danni xx