Welcome to the Face of Calora - Baby Competition

Welcome to the Face of Calora - Baby Competition

Caught red handed

A busy day

My visiting teacher phoned this morning and told me to have a look at the sun.

Then I phoned Devra to tell her to look at the sun.  She asked me if I could look after her children while she visited with Sister Coral in hospital.

I decided to make my niece a pair of shorts out of an old top of mine.  What fun.

After all the children had left we all had a rest.

Kyle called me to come and look at Orin.  He had fallen asleep in the pantry :-)

Jesse's first playdough activity.

 Logan and I were busy working on painting out and tidying a room in the house and I made playdough to keep the children occupied for a while.

 Jesse was very interested in it all.  He tried to eat a little and then kept on sticking it in his hair.

 Aidan was engrossed.

 I packed up a few boxes to take with to the "free market" next Saturday.  Kyle helped Orin to make all sorts of amazing shapes.  They even made a hot dog but I forgot to take a picture.

Broccolihoender

I am enjoying baking and cooking so much lately.....that really is a first for me.  For tonights supper I found this recipe in the "Huis" magazine.  My step mom always sends it to me because she gets an english and an afrikaans copy.  It was a bit of extra work to first translate everything but it was worth the effort.  By the way, what is the real afrikaans word for broccoli?

Broccoli Chicken

Serves 4

4 chicken breasts

30ml oil

1 onion chopped

30ml flour

250ml warm chicken stock

250ml mayonnaise

10ml mustard powder

1 large head broccoli, broken into florets

500g baby potatoes, not overcooked

200ml breadcrumbs

Fry the chicken in the oil until brown, set aside.  Fry the onions in the same pan.  Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.  Stir in the stock  over medium heat and stir until thick.  Stir in the mayonnaise and mustard and season with salt and pepper.  Blanche the broccoli and arrange with potatoes and chicken in an oven dish.

This is how it looks:

Pour the sauce over and sprinkle with bread crumbs.  Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.

It was delicious!  One to add to the success list :-)  The only thing we would change is to make a bit more sauce.

My new haircut

The Four Hour Brownies

These brownies are delicious.  I got the recipe from Ruby-Lynn after she made them for us on a Sunday afternoon.  Whenever I make them I think of her and how it took us a whole afternoon to get to eat them.  She has introduced us to some delicious new recipes.  My absolute favourite is a Brocolli Bacon salad.  The whole family fights over it :-)  

Give peace a chance

Last Friday our ward had a Sixties evening which I will tell you more about in another post.  For now I am going to show you Jesse's outfit.  We had fun taking these photos of him.

New shorts for Jesse

Jesse has grown so much in the last little while and needed some new shorts.  I went scouring the web and found this good idea.  So very easy and fun to make!

 The mixer is to keep him still long enough to take a picture

Put my little nephew to sleep in the  cot today.  He was so tired he feel asleep sitting up.  I would have loved to see the whole process :-)