WeetBix Slice

I was reminded of a childhood slice the other day .

My mum being the stay at home type, always had a homemade afternoon tea waiting for after school.

Well that's what I remember...maybe it wasn't every day and not always homemade but pretty close.

(I was reminiscing with one of my sisters the other day about eating weetbix slathered with butter for afternoon tea when the homemade slices were not available!!!!)

Here is a slice recipe that is not only very easy but very tasty.....

CHOCOLATE WEETBIX SLICE

 
185gm butter
4 crushed weetbix
1 cup self raising flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup coconut
1 1/2 tbs cocoa

I just made a simple chocolate icing to go on top....

icing sugar

teaspoon butter

milk

You can find the variations here where found it and went for a trip down memory lane. 

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The Good Thing: Baking a yummy easy slice for snacks.
The Good Thing for:  All of us.

Photo a Day

Front Door   -  Photo A Day

Self Portrait   - Photo a Day

Things I am Loving....

• I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is.  

Things I am loving this week......

 

 

 

Simple gifts made and bought for thirteen year old friends.....

Afternoon childhood snacks that are proving to satisfy.....

Local public libraries to source books for my playgroup programme.....

 

The fact that it is Friday and we have survived the first full week back at school and all the other commitments that have begun......

Lovely surprise mail from all the way around the world from here.....

Joining in with "Things I am Loving" here..

Distractions

Sun - Photo a Day

I have been very distracted from here the last couple of days......

good distracted....

Work  has kicked into gear this week. As part of my Children's Pastor role I have a hands on job running and overseeing midweek playgroups.

We are in a real growth area and so the demands for activities such as playgroups is high.

This year we have taken on the decision to run an extra session making three a week.

Currently we have 34 families enrolled in each of our  two sessions and the third one is well under way to being full too.

I love this part of my job, I love the interaction with families, the relationship with the parents and the fun of seeing little ones grow through out the year.

So with all that beginning this week, my  brain has been working  over time....so many great ideas to implement and no more time than usual.

I did whip up a  very basic set of bean bags using some of my fabric scraps...... 

I also had fun preparing this sensory tub......a mini beach 

I made some surprise ice cubes that contained some sea creatures.....

This was enjoyed by little people discovering hidden treasures....

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The Good Thing:   Preparations for playgroup under way.

The Good Thing For:  All my lovely families heading to playgroup.

Buttons

Buttons   - Photo a Day

 

 

A Riddle....

Q.   When is a table not a table?

A....When it is so darn heavy that you need 5 men to turn it over....

5 men we didn't have on hand today!!!

We have had an idea for a while of a nice long table for our outside eating.....

after hunting around and not wanting to pay the prices for a table that wasn't what we wanted....

the decision to make one was made.

Now not just any table ....beautiful recycled Jarrah that need to be worked over.....

Many hours have been spent by my very determined hubbie with the sander and other very noisy power tools to bring this wood into it's full beauty....

Today with the help of a talented friend the table was assembled.

One small problem...It is so heavy that we will need an army of men friends to help turn it over.....

This is one table that will hopefully see lots of food, family and friends around and will not be going anywhere  soon.

No" Photo a day"  today -   dinner  it was eaten before I photographed.

10am

10 am   Photo a day

 

This is where you will find me each and every Sunday at 10 am.....

This is the place my family and I worship....

Where I spend a lot of my week on staff as The Children's Pastor.....

Where we are seeing exciting things in our community happen....

This week the mid week programmes I oversee come alive.

A Bloggy Award...

During the week the lovely Mardi  at  The  love Supreme  included me in a Bloggy Award.........

Go and say hello to her.... 

Its an award for bloggers with less than 200 followers (give or take a few)....and who have a lovely blog. So...now its my turn to share some of the love.... 

So now I am sharing this award with these girls......

Mandy     at     Fell 4 U

Kylie   at   Lucy Violet Vintage

Sophie  at   Little Gumnut 

Claire   at   Sweet Birdy Love 

Mel    at    Making Memories

and I know only 5 but here's one more.....

Miss Prudence  At    A life of charming moments.

Go and say hi and leave some encouragement.

Please follow these simple rules. 
1. Share your appreciation with the blogger who awarded you the Liebster by linking back to their blog. 
2. Post the award. 
3. Share the 5 blogs you are awarding the Liebster with and let them know that they have received it. 
4. Enjoy the new attention this award brings to your blog. 
5. And last, but not least - have fun.

A Good Thing

Another version of banana bread......

Just had to make using the over ripe bananas sitting on my kitchen bench.

I used the recipe I found here......

but I can't call mine low fat !

I used whole milk and honey instead, cause that's what I had in the fridge.

My Not so low fat version....

2 Bananas mashed

125g margarine(melted)

2 eggs ,lightly beaten

2 tbsp milk

1 tbsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp honey

1 cup of brown sugar

1 1/2 cups self raising flour

Mix together the bananas, margarine, eggs, milk, vanilla, honey and sugar. Sift in flour and gently combine. You don't want to over beat your mixture just make sure the flour is well mixed in. Now pour into a lined  loaf tin and bake in 160 degrees oven for about 45 mins or until top is brown and cake cooked through. Lift cake out of tin by the paper and cool on a cooling rack.

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The Good Thing:Making banana loaf with over ripe bananas......

The Good Thing For : All who partake!

A Stranger

A Stranger  - Photo a Day

 

 

 

 {Well some liberties here with interpretation}

Fraser was invited to a little friends birthday party today.....

 

And 

There were plenty of strangers invited to the party...

 

of the reptilian variety!!!

Do you know how hard it is to photograph both a moving 6 year old and a snake!!!!

Me I was more than happy to keep my distance.

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The Good Thing: A reptilian experience and hanging with some friends

The Good Thing for: The little guy.

Hands

Hands - Photo a Day

I suddenly see and feel more like my mum when I study my hands........ 

  

I am also reminded that I must have my engagement ring repaired and get it back where it belongs, between my wedding ring and mum's eternity ring!

Things I am Loving

Things I am Loving this week.......

 

 I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is.  

Joining in with Paisley Jade

 

 

These two breezing through the start of a new school year.....

....Ultra short hair cuts......

a gift of a plate full of locally caught crabs to indulge in.....

 A movie  and pizza night out with my man.....

This challenging and motivating book.....

.....rain falling steadily on the garden throughout night.....

Words

Words - Photo a Day

I have some priceless letters in my possession.....

68 to be exact....

They are letters written between

16-5-1966   and    17- 8 1967

They were written by my mum to her mum

These letters detail beautifully the first year of my parents marriage.

They went on a travelling/ working holiday around Australia.

 

"Hello, Mmmmmmmm- can you smell it? I have a casserole cooking in the oven for our tea"

Just one of the gazillion insights into precious memories of newly weds exploring this big country.

Do want to know the best bit?

Mum spills the beans on my impending arrival and all the emotions that go with the news of their first child!!!!!

Time to reread this epic tale!!!!

  and      My do good thing for the day

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The Good Thing: Sending my high schooler off on her own today.......wasn't I good? I did walk my little guy to school though. LOL

The Good Thing for: My big girl.  

My View Today

My View Today  - Photo a Day 

 

 Today was all about getting these two off to a good start of the new school year......

Meg off to High School and Fraser into Year two.....

Neither were really up for breakfast....but after a little coaxing we managed to calm some nerves....

The more encouraging messages they received  about their day ahead the more they became a little nervous...

I must admit I was a little nervous watching the high school gathering which consisted of 600 Year eight and nine students....

{Yes I did walk my "high schooler" to school and class - I promised her it would be the first and last for the year!}

But pleased to report at this end of the day...

 

all is well and reports were favourable and heading out the door should be quite smooth tomorrow.

Oh how did they both become so capable ready to tackle this new year?

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The Good Thing:  Keeping things calm and slightly organised for the first morning back at school for the year.

The Good thing for :   All of us.

Me

ME - Photo a Day

Wow that was fun ...A Photo  a Day

That is January done already......now onto February

you can join the next challenge here

1st Day of School tomorrow....

A Little less of this........ 

We sure will miss these school holidays once they have gone!

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The Good Thing: One last day to hang with the cousins and find fun ways to cool off.
The Good Thing For: The kids.