Homemade Bread

We've been making our own bread for the last couple of weeks. I always thought bread would be tricky but it's actually super easy. And very satisfying. Tastes better than the supermarket stuff too. We've been using this recipe.

We don't have a bread maker, so we do it by hand, but even then it's not hard and probably only takes 30 mins all up.

This is what the finished product looks like. We made a few loaves and froze them, then defrosted them overnight when we knew we'd need them in the morning. The best bit though is eating it fresh, straight from the oven!

Tablets

I've been teaching the boys the bible story of Moses being given the Ten Commandments by God. We've been roleplaying it with the Story Bears, which has been lots of fun.

I asked Hamish the other day if he could remember what God gave Moses on the mountain.

He replied "vitamin tablets!"

I guess he was half right!

Adventures with worms

We've been digging up an area of our garden to turn it into a vege patch, and in the process, finding lots and lots of worms. A while ago, Mum gave me a worm kit and they appear to have set up home very successfully in our dirt. There are long thin ones that are very wriggly, and big fat ones that are much more sedate.

The boys really like them, but I've had to start downplaying the worms. This decision was made not long after Hamish proudly told me 'Look Mum, I've made lots of worms!', a feat sadly achieved by pulling one worm into four pieces. Ouch.

And there was the time Michael held up two halves of the one worm and told me 'broke!'

And lastly, there's Hamish's idea that worms are for keeping. In his room. He runs off with them, then tells me to come and see the worm in his room - I follow him in, and there's a small pile of dirt on the carpet with a (thankfully alive) worm on top.

Family Photo

Sunday School craft

So cute!

No fanks, he has a ute!

Adam bought a ute recently. The boys are quite taken with it.


We were driving on Saturday and a very expensive, sporty car, a Nissan 350Z, drove past. I said to the boys, "look, there's a car your dad would like!" Hamish replied "no fanks, he already has a new car, it's a ute!"

 And this morning we were driving again, listening to Georgie Parker sing "I Feel Good". One of the lyrics is "so good, so good, I got you!". Hamish piped up, "did you say you've got a ute?" He didn't believe me when I explained the real lyrics, so now he thinks the words are "so good, so good, I've got a ute!" I think we'll be singing that one a lot around here....

A few Hamish-isms

'Constructions' = instructions
'Ear stick'= gear stick
'Forken knife' = knife and fork (always sounds like he's swearing!)

He has funny ideas about what happens at night time. He thinks that we all go to bed at the same time he does (and was quite surprised the other night to find us up watching tele after 8pm). He also thinks that people come into our house and return things he's lost. Eg 'while we were sleeping, Jenny came into our kitchen and put my drink bottle on the bench'. Another theory recently involved Adam apparently driving to Jennys house (which is just over the road!)to retrieve a Buzz Lightyear toy. In actual fact we found Buzz under the lounge and put him in Hamishs bed while he slept. It's lovely seeing him try to make sense of the world!

Small update

I keep meaning to blog more often, but it never seems to happen. So I thought I'd try shorter posts using the iPhone. I like keeping a small record of goings on. So, in short:

Adam starts his new job tomorrow for MPDI, otherwise known as my brother. He's bought a ute. The boys looove it. Mike pointed to it today and said 'mine'!
We've started a restricted diet for Hamish, to try to settle him down a bit. He's always been a live wire but we felt it was getting out of hand. So far with less chemicals and additives in his diet he's more focused, more affectionate and less grumpy. Amazing how much diet can affect behavior. He seems happier which is lovely.