Two Cups with a touch of Caramel

Ben's "Two Cups with a touch of Caramel"


Well here we are again.  Christmas is almost with us.

As part of our Advent activities we set a challenge for the children. They each had to make a Caramel Milkshake and present it to their father.  Dad was the judge.  (He didn't know who made which one)  Ben my 13 yr old made one he named "Two Cups with a touch of Caramel" and  Madeleine my 11 year old called hers "Caramel Boom Boom"  The children loved the challenge and went all out to win.  Of course , I took the photos.( As I do.)  Ben is sitting here with and keeps saying "Don't forget to say I won"  So there you have it. Ben won by .1!!  Very close competition. We love doing our Advent activities!!

I am linking to  5 minutes just for me (I will be home for christmas) and Simply Christmas Shabby Art Boutique.

Madeleine's  "Caramel Boom Boom"

Bens "Two Cups with a touch of Caramel"

The milkshakes were delish!!  The presentation was fabulous.  Well done kiddos.

A Family Tradition - Three generations of Of Wonderful Chefs (Not)

Well I can proudly say that we have handed down from my nana (on mum's side)  a tradition of not being able to cook!  But in saying that we do each have a signature dish.  That one thing that someone made the mistake of saying they liked  and we keep on dishing it up. The running joke when I was much younger and living at home was that if we told mum we liked something the next day a truck would arrive  with a years supply.  

Nan's signature dish is Trifle (Very nice)    Every family gathering ,birthday, anniversary etc.... (except christmas) without fail Nan does the trifle . Even last weekend Nan made the trifle for my Uncle's 60th birthday.  People there that hadn't seen nan for years said "Oh Yes Nana's trifle" Not a bad effort for nan who turned 97 this year. She is fantastic for her age  Nan still loves a good giggle,and  last weekend enjoyed a couple of  glasses of  gin and tonic.

Mum's signature dish is Irish Stew,  (Morning, Noon and Night. Slightly exaggerated)

I make a mean Pasta salad. People make the mistake of repeatedly telling me how nice it is....... and of course I keep making it.
I thought my daughter would break with tradition  and actually learn to cook, but of late my son has shown more promise.  My hubby is a great cook and so was my father.

I bring to you today Our Family Tradition of  buying a handmade Christmas Pudding. I have been for approx. three years wanting to purchase a handmade pudding from Mandi's Kitchen   I have seen them often at the Mornington Craft Market. I have finally purchased one. I also purchased her Brandy Sauce. 

The kids love her stand as they get to taste each of the puddings.   They are happy to buy each one.

Mmmmmm  Can't wait to eat it.   

I am linking to 5 Minutes Just for Me. I will be home for Christmas

and

Simply Christmas - Inspiration Friday

Have a great weekend.

Advent Calendar

Hi Everybody,

It's now getting to that time of year again.  I have been following Pinterest for awhile and have been inspired by Kimberley Peterson's Advent calendar. It is a very popular pin on Pinterest.  I will be sharing this post with Shabby Boutique's Simply Christmas event. I was inspired last year by Kerryanne's Simply Christmas to start the Advent Calendar. There are four of us in the family and each of us will have 6 activities to take care of. The activities will be kept secret from each other and NO PEEKING before the date.  I will start off  decorating the tree on Dec 1st.....  The family loved doing this last year and look very forward to this years activities.  The examples of activities we did last year were,  Having breakfast together (on a weekday ), Barefoot bowling, Go out looking at Christmas lights, etc........ If you haven't visited Pinterest before then take a look here.  It is very addictive. It is a virtual pinboard , and pinners pin their favourite ideas, images , etc to their own pinboard. There are so many great ideas.  My Christmas board is here for you to take a look at.  I have use alot of leftover christmas paper and stickers. I have sourced the words from a printable pin. I have tried to look for the source tonight and have been unable to find where I obtained it from. I will add it here when I find it. It was from Pinterest.

How I put the Advent together.

Gathering Tools and Supplies
1. Fiskars cutting tool
2.  Tag Maker
3.  Circle Maker
4.  Creative Memories cutting board
5. Hole Punch
6. Two pieces of  12 x 12 cardstock paper
7. Other scraps of cardstock.  (Colours that compliment your 12 x12)
8. Double sided tape
9. Ribbon  (That will fit through your hole punched holes)
10 Letters & Number stickers
11 Christmas Embellishments to your liking.




I cut the scraps of cardstock 2 by 3 inches. I used this measurement so I could fit all 24 pockets in.

Use double sided tape on 3 sides of your pocket.  My pockets are only able to accommodate the tag.














Using the tag maker , punch 24 tags.  The tag is actually too wide for the pocket. I then use the Fiskars cutter to crop the tags down to the right size.

Embellish the pockets to suit your own taste. Also use the hole punch to punch out some circles. I have numbered each circle accordingly.

Using the ribbon tie each of the cardstock pieces together. Tie ribbon to the top hole.

 (to allow you to hang the calendar)  Don't forget to tie ribbon to each individual tag. 

Hope this has helped

School Holidays

We are enjoying the second week of the school hols. The weather is wet and miserable.  Once you rug up and get moving it's easy to forget about the bad weather.  We took the van away and spent a few lovely days at a place called Echuca.What a lovely relaxing way to sit back and observe the family.

Is it a fish!!

Where are the kids???

Hope everyone is enjoying their time with their family.

I am linking to

A Beach Cottage - Good Life Wednesday

Have a great day.

Kelly

Belated Birthday!!

Hello,

Well here we are. Another week.  Very cold in this part of the world.  I have a few photos to bring you of my daugher's sleepover birthday.  Her Birthday was in March!!!   A few things delayed the celebration.  I don't think that she thought that she would ever have it.   (Quietly,  Shhhh. I didn't think so either). 
We had a bought ice-cream cake in the freezer for a couple of months. That's a miracle in our house. (Sweet things don't usually last that long) 

The theme of the party was disco. The colour theme was blue to match the disco hat that my daughter bought to wear.  (Guess what - She didn't wear it)  Still they had a good time.

I am linking to A Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesday.

Hope you are having a nice Wednesday.


Kelly

We made blue lolly & trinket cups for the girls to take home.

 Blue Spider (blue food colouring)

 Blue Cups again!

 Ice Cream Cake

Fruit

 Attempt at Purple Spider!

The girls made mini pizzas.

Then there were two left and they made green spiders!

The last of the roses

This post according to my stats had the most views in 2011. I haven't done much posting this year. I have felt the inspiration only recently to start posting again. (Christmas has a lot to do with that) I will be linking up to 2805 Postpourri Friday and French Country Cottage (Feathered Nest Friday)


Once again, Happy New Year  


Kelly

Hi Everyone,

I am posting to A Rosy Note today for Photo Feature Friday.   I am featuring the last of our roses until they get the chop ready for winter.  I must get more roses. We don't have many.  We don't have much of a garden........  I think of so many things I would like in the garden. I have also seen many things I would like. It's just a matter of starting. Being the non gardener that I am I don't know where to start.Perhaps one day..............  It is also worth mentioning that A Rosy Note is having a giveaway.  You really need to see all the beautiful photos over there.

Have a great weekend.


Kelly