Happy Friday!

Well so you know how a Thursday goes in my house- this is a Friday. And lest you think I am rather fond of a small libation mmmmm small children kinda lead you to a wee drink when they are snuggled at the end of the week!

Friday involves David and I having a  lovely gin and tonic. Tonight's one was made with a very special gin from Demijohn on Byres Road in Glasgow, I can testify that this gin is super smooth and very yum. If you are in Glasgow you must check Demijohn out.

And yes those are dry roasted peanuts- what else would a seventies obsessive snack on!

Have a lovely weekend everyone, Jo xx

Thursday/Friday

You know what I love more than anything these days- Thursday nights (I finish work for the week)! We get the Kiddos off to bed. While David says a final good night to the boy I come downstairs and tidy up. Put the toys away, wipe the breakfast bar and bring out the adult place settings (thank you Nicky), the wine glasses etc and then I cook something nice for us both.

Tonight was Caesar Salad with Crispy Chicken.

The rest of the week tea time usually involves coercing the boy to eat and helping the bubba to manage eating. Not much room for me to eat and food is definitely just re-fuelling! This is just for now anyway- family meals will develop I am sure!

So D and I just love a wee peaceful night clinking glasses and enjoying chat and food- re-charging our batteries!

Happy Thursday everyone,

Love Jo x

PS the poppy plate is Elizabethan 'Carmen'- very vibrant colours!

Till Tuesday

Not the usual amount of photos today, sorry. The kiddos wouldn't stay still in the house and we were out and about a lot today at playgroup, the library, the shops! Tried really hard to day to make every minute count with the kids before back to work and nursery tomorrow.

I cooked Magic Lemon pudding for the first time after being just about to cook Lisa-Marie's beautiful looking lemon cake I found myself reading my Mum's cookery book and was waylaid a bit by this pudding. My MIL comes for dinner on a Tuesday and she does love a pudding. Anyway suffice to say the magic works- sauce and sponge appeared- although I may add a little more flour next time to try and make the sponge a bit more substantial. Oh and it worked with oat milk and vegan spread which is good to know!

1. Gratuitous shot of new glass dish (thrifted at weekend in Perth) with my treasured catherineholm creeping into shot!
2. My Mum's much loved and used 70's cookery book.
3. Lemon pudding that we made today!

Till Tuesday

It has been ages since I did one of my weekly 'Till Tuesday's'. Not quite sure how that has happened!

Good old Easter egg hunt at the play group this morning- both kiddos snaffled lots of chocolate and ran off lots of energy!

A lovely parcel from Nicky at Raggle Taggle Hawker to open- I will show you the contents later in the week but in the meantime please check out Nicky's Etsy shop. If you like the same sort of retro stuff as me you will just die when you see the amazing stuff Nicky has- and all at a very fair price. She is super nice too.

Sadly as predicted the weather has turned to snow and sleet here today, but despite that we managed a wee walk in the woods and gathered lots of spring greenery and flowers! Bluebells I love- I just wish they lasted longer indoors. I think they are just trying to tell me- 'we look better wild!'.

And yes that is a vase made out of an old Calpol bottle! The boy decided to hand craft that for me! A scrap of materiel glued onto the bottle.

The boy and I decorated a twig with wee Easter eggs that believe it or not came from Poundland! We haven't done so much Easter decorating before but well the kids love doing and making so we gave it a go. Easter bonnet's are in production but the bubba's habit of eating the glue stick is slowing down proceedings!!

Oh and I made an Eve's pudding- easy and yummy- recipe from here. This is more or less the way my Mum made it when we were wee.

Hope you are all having a lovely week, Jo xx