2011

Its here 2011!


Even though you probably are still accidentally writing 2010 on everything its time to face the facts that 2011 is here and were all well and truly into it, Yasmines thread has a new look but unfortunately for some things don't look so pretty, its been so far a year of disaster with floods in Queensland , earthquake clean ups in Christchurch, too much snow on the other side of the world, Yet we were blessed in a quick trip to Auckland in New year Zealand's beautiful hot and sticky north island to see Grandma and Grandad and the super Uncle Stig.

more to come...

Changing tastes: recipes from seven to 12 months- eggy bread

Eggy bread

Eggy bread is a great stand-by meal, and is popular with most babies. It's a good source of iron and B vitamins.

Ingredients

1 slice of soft wholemeal bread
1 egg, well beaten
A little oil or butter for frying

Heat the oil or butter in a frying pan. Dip the bread in the egg, turning to coat both sides well. Carefully place into the hot fat, and fry until golden brown on both sides. Remove from the heat and place on kitchen paper to absorb any surplus oil or butter. Cut into tiny fingers, and serve along with some slices of tomato

Changing tastes: recipes from seven to 12 months

Cottage cheese and pea mash

This light meal is so easy to prepare. It will help your baby top up on iron and vitamin C.

Ingredients

50g frozen peas
50g cottage cheese

Cook the peas until just tender. Mash together with the cottage cheese and serve with fingers of bread or rice cakes.

2010!

Well, that's it.  I've finished for this year.  It has been one of the biggest years of my life.  I've had a beautiful baby girl who I absolutely adore, were almost finished renovating our little place, I've had a wonderful year and I am looking forward to spending some much needed holiday time with my beautiful Yasmine and hubby. Lots of time to spend at the beach and catch ups in NZ.

looking back at the things we've achieved this year and looking forward to setting our goals and dreams in motion for the year that lies ahead, stay tuned!

Thank you for your interest and for continuing to read my blog.  You are all so wonderful and very supportive. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

See you soon.

 slobber kisses and snuggle hugs
Love Shells and Yasmine

oh so festive

Ahhhh its freezing and meant to be summer ... rain rain go away please don't come on Christmas day, 

only 4 more sleeps!

It should warm up soon and then we can complain about how too hot we are.

glad to miss the Christmas shopping rush 

enjoying Chrissy cookies, cake and cherries

and we look forward to starting the new year in NZ

Happy holidays everyone !

8 Months!

Here are some of the things Yasmine does now....

still LOVES her food, and also now drinks formula

still eats mushed veges and added meat and sandwiches

The car seat has been turned around which she thinks is the best thing ever.

shes started shuffling/crawling you can see she thinks shes super clever, 

time to tie everything down.

 Is cutting 4 top front teeth!

she now says MUM! yay!!!,

she enjoys swimming

and about to go on her first plane trip overseas

she now weighs - 8kg

shes 70cms tall

and shes size 0

Love , Grass and Petals

 asked if I knew the saying about love and the daisy. Why, of course, I said, it goes like this....

he loves me,
he loves me not,
he loves me..

and you just pray that you have enough petals to make it to he loves me.

She told me that in French it is not quite the same as the saying goes like this.....

Il/Elle m'aime un peu,
Il/Elle m'aime beaucoup,
Il/Elle m'aime passionnément,
Il/Elle m'aime à la folie,
Il/Elle m'aime pas du tout

which translates to "He/She loves me a little, a lot, passionately, madly, not at all").
What more can I say except an example of the difference in the way in which we think.

mmm Grass /Daisy! Mooo