Something fishy is going on

What's going on?

Toy Cats lying on a cushion


Toy cats on a scratching post thing-amy-jigger!


What's that?

WATCH THIS SPACE.

K will reveal all very soon...........................

Home made Pizza

Mama K, Pizza cook.
The Challenge - compare home made bases with ready made packaged bases

Step 1 - Add flour mix to bowl and have warm water and stirring spoon to hand


Step 2 - Mix until a soft malleable dough is achieved


Step 3 - Knead for 5 minutes

Step 4 - Roll to create a base of desired size and thickness

The competition. Good quality, pre-packaged bases

Step 5 - Commence tomato puree base coat

Carefully spread by Mama K

Voila. Ready for topping

Step 6 - Commence topping to suit taste. This was a shared pizza so each segment had different toppings, as you will see.

Mushrooms first

Smoked sausage and ham

Chicken, olives and jalapenos

Mozarella cheese to finish off

Verdict - It was a unanimous decision - The home made base was far better. The pre-packaged base was too dry and firm, unlike the Mama K base, which kept its moisture and tasted better. It's home made bases for us from now on.

Yummy, the finished product

Hailstones in September - You What?

Hailstones in September. What's going on! Maybe coming back from Australia wasn't such a good idea






It soon turned to rain however................that's more like home!

Ideal Homes Exhibition

After the big party we had a quiet day and went to the local Ideal Homes Exhibition at teh Leisure Centre

Rock climbing if you dare


Bungee run fun

Wingardium Leviosa......

and back to earth

Leap of Faith

L battles with friend

THE CHAMPION

The Big '4-0' and 18th Unbirthday Party

Happy Birthday to us. M hits the Big 4-0 and C hits 18 on the same day. A Big celebration was arranged with bouncy castle gladiator game, buffet, slideshow, background "Alice in Wonderland" film, balloons, decorations, cake, etc, etc.

It was a great night and we hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did. Before we tell the story we'd like to say Thank You to everyone for their kind wishes, cards and presents....and a Special Thank You to those that turned out in fancy dress, some of which were truly fantastic. Now on to the story.

Once Upon a Time......

A picture of an invitation. Actually two invitations so you can see what is on either side. We chose Alice in Wonderland for our costumes and themed the invites on the same, hence the giant playing cards

Birthday Boy and Girl

Cake display

The cake, which D spent hours decorating

King & Queen of Hearts

K as Alice

C with her Man, J, AKA Cap'n Hook

Tinkerbell and Shrek Jr.

Shrek Family. Excellent effort. Even the Queen of hearts looking on was impressed

More excellent costumes. Robin Hood and his Hunts woman

Lookin' good. Scarecrow and Pirate

Mark-Anthony and Cleopatra. Bling meets Brawn. More great costumes

The Broons

Robin Hood and Maid Marion. Good photo and more great costumes

Shrek and Fiona get together with Legolas and Granny. Fooled you, it's difficult to tell but S is actually a wolf dressed as Granny.

The kids, many of which had lost their costumes because it was too hot to run around with them on

R as Giselle, the Enchanted Princess

Scarecrow mid-sprint

The Gladiator game proved popular with Adults and Kids. Shrek challenges the King

Granny is getting on a bit in years but still managed to challenge Legolas before her bedtime Ovaltine

On your marks....get set....Batter each other

Robin picks on little girls

and uses dirty tactics

No wonder he triumphs!

C with her friend N. Nice outfits

Minnie and Genie get together. That outfit must be hot. Excellent effort

Some of the girls

Meow

Some of the boys

Milky-Bar kid tries to sweeten Cap'n Hook with some milk chocolate

It worked