Kidzarama

I’ve had this recipe for a few years and haven’t actually tried it until now because Wren & Mr Bump have such sensitive skin.

Then it suddenly occurred to me that they don’t have to lather their hands with it.
We actually have some paintbushes in the house!

What a great idea: Painting with paintbrushes. D’oh.

Okay, so I’m not exactly painting with a full palette at the moment.

You will need:

• PVC glue
• Shaving Cream
• Food coloring
• Paint brushes.

What to do:

Put some pvc glue into a small container and add shaving cream.

Mix gently until the consistency is thick and even. Your mixture needs to be thick but still puffy.
Does that make sense?

Add some more food colouring for stronger colours. Make all sorts of different colors in separate containers.

Paint thickly to create puffy artworks and allow to dry.

Other thoughts:

• Jazz it up by adding a bit of fine glitter.
• Use a black permanent marker to draw a picture that has large areas to fill in.

By the way, Wren wanted me to say a huge “thank you” to everyone who said “get well soon”.

~She’s back on track and arguing with her brother again.

Life is back to normal, thank goodness.

Wren loves adding nice~smelling, colourful stuff to the bathtub and having a soak.

The problem is that she’s not that sparing with her sprinkling, and those sprinkles don’t come cheap.

So this is an easy & cheap way for mums of girls keep up with the demand for bath salts. Not to mention fun for the kids to make.

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This is a totally scrummy recipe that WonderHubby has developed over years of trial and error, with me as the innocent guinea pig.

Now, I am not a fan of pumpkin. I don’t even like it in baked dinners.
But this… oh, this!

And on top of that, it’s extremely healthy.

But please don’t tell my kids that.

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This photo was taken when I was 9mths pregnant with Wren, doing cross~stitch and being laid upon by my much~adored cat Tiki.

It’s not a very clear picture, but it’s important.

Tiki had developed feline diabetes about a year earlier, and not long after Wren was born she passed away.

I adopted Tiki when I was 19 and very ill. She was the best company I could have had, and she loved that I spent so much time cuddling in bed with her. CFS does that to a body.

It’s been over seven years, and I still miss her every day. Particularly now that I’m in the middle of a relapse and no longer have her to nap with.

But I can still feel her with me.

Tiki was really something special.

Since it’s Anzac Day, we’ll be baking up a batch of Anzac Bickies today.

I had planned to add a photo once they were done, but I got so caught up in eating cooking them, that I just plain forgot.

This is my Mum’s recipe & it’s super-yum, so I hope you’ll give it a try and let me know what you think.

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