Museli Cookies {recipe}
This is a very simple and quick recipe for some healthy, delicious muesli cookies. I make them in my electric mixer but you could just as easily beat them by hand. Muesli Cookies Makes about 16 ingredients 150g soft butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 2 cups self raising flour […]
Bircher Muesli {recipe}
I was eating Muesli religiously every morning, topped with a dollop of yogurt. Then I got pregnant, and I found it not very palatable, so I turned to porridge. 1 cup quick oats, 1cup milk, microwaved for 2 minutes, with a squirt of maple syrup on top. Yum. My favourite breakfast. Warm, palatable, simple and […]
Rainbow
After the storm comes a rainbow. Beautiful, bright and magical. A promise of good things to come. A reminder that beauty and love and goodness exists in this world even in the midst of sorrow. A reminder of hope. A deliverer of joy. Deciding to make another baby after losing our precious daughter was easy. […]
Charlotte’s Hat
I had planned to make Charlotte a hat before she was born – something for her to wear when we brought her home. Something pink, because I had not knitted her anything pink. But I never made it in time. And instead, after her birth, I knitted this hat with my mother. Something for my […]
Easy cake for kids to bake {recipe}
I’ve seen this idea on Pinterest so I’m not claiming it as my own idea, but it’s a great idea. We’ve tried it a few times and the cake in this post was made by Elora, age 3. ingredients 1 can crushed pineapple in syrup 1 packet butter cake mix method – Mix cake mix […]
Notmeatloaf {recipe}
I made this meatloaf last week. I had never made or eaten meatloaf before. My family loved it. Even Matthew, our fussy eater, exclaimed that he loved it, even though he had never had it before! I don’t like eating meat every night. I like to have several vegetarian meals each week (I aim for […]
Writing on the wall
I keep finding Elora’s writing all over the house. Most of the time it’s on her paper or scrapbooks or notebooks. Sometimes she traces her finger along the window and writes or draws on the windows thick with condensation. Sometimes I find her writing on the walls, or doors, like in the above photo. I […]
June
I’d have to say that June has seen me transform, a lot. In January, when we lost our precious baby (no cause was found – she was perfect and I had a perfect pregnancy, so her death will remain a mystery), I thought I would never, ever be happy again. Ever. Five months later, and […]
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