Almost ready for the 15th birthday party

06/12/201426/02/2015

Just a few finishing touches for the birthday party

Paper straws and glass jars!

Another teen in the house!

Over the weekend our middle kid turned 13 – eeeeek! We calculated that there will be about 6 weeks in 5 years time when we will have THREE teens!!! So, what does a 13 year old want for her party? chocolate fountain (thanks Tom and Sheila – we borrow theirs every year during “party season”)…

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Ready for Sports Day

P6 sports day is over – and it was actually dry and almost warm! My son enjoyed his races, and his house (Wallace) won the House competition.

Sunny Saturday in Spring

How’s that title for a bit of alliteration?!! One of the newest, largest and well equipped playgrounds in Northern Ireland has to be Wallace Park in Lisburn (although we might be slightly biased!). Here are a few images from this morning’s adventure in the park. There are some novel features I haven’t seen elsewhere…

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Sam and Papa Sam – my son and my dad

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

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Irish Apple Cake

I made this receipe last week, to celebrate having everyone home again (my husband had been in America for 5 days) Apple Cake (based on a recipe from irish cook Rachel Allen) 2 eggs 175 g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 85 g butter 75 ml milk 125 g plain…

That was the week (and weekend) that was!

Haven’t been blogging for about 10 days, so getting caught up. It has now been a week since we had THE MOST GLORIOUS WEEK of warm sunny weather – it will probably be remembered for many years to come as “THAT week in June of 2013”! It illustrates how poor our weather usually is that…

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