2 Boys and a Train

We're off to the city on the train today.

I don't know which of my two boys is more excited.

Mirror Image

We've had so many people comment on how much Bradley looks like his biggest brother, that we thought we'd do a comparison.

The picture below on the left is Bradley, taken last year. The picture on the right is his brother, Nathanial, taken in 1991 when he was around the same age.

Question:

So what did we learn from this exercise?

Answer:

Apparently Bonds blue-and-white striped hoodies never go out of fashion!

Splash!

In case you were wondering just exactly what it is that Bradley gets up to on his journeys down the driveway...

(cute with sound!)

Colour Me Happy

There's been a couple of sewing creations that I've been wanting to share for a while, however I needed to hold off until they made their way to their new home.

Anyway, I finally dragged myself down to the post office and sent these off to the lovely Mel over at Beetlebums, so I can now share them with you!

These were made for her little girl, who loves rainbows and orange, so I had a lot of fun with these bright and happy creations.

Nothing like a bit of colour to brighten your day!

Sky Blue Ruffle Pants, with RicRac Rainbow:

Reversible Swing Top (wonderful pattern by the very talented Amanda at Kitschy Coo) in Orange Cord:

And the Reverse side in Vintage Flannel:

210 km to go

Stats to date:

500km driven
1 box tiny teddies and 2 punnets of strawberries eaten
300,000 episodes of In The Night Garden watched on the new portable
DVD player.

You do what you have to do.

Just a little dinner party...

A few weeks ago, there was a dinner party here at the Henhouse.

You see, earlier this year, MoederKip went on a strike in the kitchen.  And so Paul stepped in and took over for a while.

And as it turns out, he discovered that he not only enjoys cooking, but he's also actually quite good at it!

And so this was the menu we were treated to on the night...

Hors D’ourves

Antipasto (olives, artichoke, fetta, roast capsicum, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms)

Champagne

Entrée

Beetroot & pear salad with beef or haloumi strips on a bed of baby spinach leaves with apple balsamic dressing

Pinot Grigio or Moscato

Cleanser

Home Made Lemon Sorbet

Main Course

Chicken breast or mushrooms in sauterne sauce stuffed with truffle oil, walnut and camembert served on a bed of pumpkin, sweet potato & parmesan mash

Roast hasselback potatoes

Carrot & Bean parcel with honey

Lemon broccolini

Riesling or Shiraz

Dessert

Bombe Alaska with fresh raspberries and slivered almonds

Tokay 

Afters

Cheese platter

Chocolates

Coffee or tea and Liqueurs

Now that's what I call a dinner party!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, we were so busy eating and drinking and enjoying each other's company, that we forgot to take any photos.  So tonight we just had to make another Bombe Alaska for demonstration purposes.  Yum......