Cookies

Was feeling quite energised for some reason today - must be the sunshine so decided to make some cookies for the boys for a treat.
Tried a recipe a friend gave me and it seemed to work well, although I had to tweak it a bit because I didn't have quite the right stuff. The cookies tasted good but looked slightly wonky because two year olds don't really differentiate between splodge and flatten (see 3 below)!

INGREDIENTS
100g/4oz butter or marg
100g/4oz light moscovado sugar
1tbsp golden syrup
150g/6oz self-raising flour
50g/2oz choc chips
50g/2oz mini Smarties (had no big smarties)

HOW TO
1). Pre-heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas4.

2). Beat together butter and sugar until light and creamy, then beat in syrup.

3). Work in half the flour and then stir in smarties, choc chiops and remaining flour. Work into dough and divide into about 12 balls. "Splodge" them (don't flatten)onto a greased or lined baking tray and allow space for spreading.

4). Bake for 12 minutes until pale golden at the edges. Leave for a few minutes to set a little before moving to a wire rack to cool.

It says that these cookies can be kept in an airthight container for up to four days but ours never last that long!

Look what came through my letterbox!

During the week I was so delighted to receive this little parcel of loveliness from across the pond.
A few weeks ago I entered the "Boys of Summer" give-away on Heather from Blue Bird Studios blog and I was so lucky to win.
In the package was a lovely little pair of shoes and two burp cloths that just look so beautifully made in a great baseball print fabric.
I'm now torn as to whether to keep them and see if bumpy is a boy (90% certain it will be!) or to give them as a gift for baby J.
Heather's blog is full of great stuff and I have read it often since I saw it on my favourite sew-mama-sew. She has lots of nice ideas and I particularly like the Russian doll Christmas ornaments. It's also nice to have a new trans-atlantic friend! Thank you Heather!
Here's a link to the original post.

UK lass in US: Fabric dollhouse tutorial

I've been looking through the sew mama sew christmas gift ideas pages and this caught my eye. It's the cutest little fabric house that can look like a house or fold out into a play centre. Not sure the boys would appreciate it to much but maybe baby L would like it next Christmas.
UK lass in US: Fabric dollhouse tutorial

So much for touch wood!

Not able to blog cause I was to busy being ill! Not very good at being ill, just want my Mummy!
Should never have celebrated everyone being fine it was tempting fate!

A heart for Mia

Came across this give away on sew-mama-sew. Baby Mia needs a new heart and in America guess what that means? you got it MONEY! How hellish to watch your child die because your insurance won't pay to have her on various tranplant lists? So I thought I'd link to the give away - see button to the right - to try to help.
Thank God for the NHS!
http://a-mama-drama.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html

Touch wood..........................

Today nobody was sick in our house! Cause for a celebration!

Was meaning to start on a baby change mat for my dearest friend who just had the most beautiful baby boy on Monday however, I spent all night messing around on netmums - my latest addiction - and never got round to it.
Think I might try to turn it into a tut..........

Just so as I can post a photo here's a picture of a baby play blanket I made for a friend last week.

Not again!

The boys have both been sick this morning - yuck! Poor E we thought he was only saying he felt sick cause A was getting all the attention - that was until he redecorated the bathroom with sugar puffs!
They're both sleeping just now so I thought I'd take the opp to blog a little.
Although I've not blogged much recently I have been busy crafting. My S-I-L Alison's friend had a little girl and so Ali asked me to make a few things for her. Here's what I came up with.





A travel changing mat that you can fold and keep in your baby bag and matching laundry bag. Think they look quite sweet, don't you?