Halloween Preparations

Going to show granny their costumes.















Mommy prepares the pumpkin lantern.


















Jean works on the Twaddles pumpkin and Mhairi helps to eat the chocolates.


















The end result seemed to please everyone.

Conjuring up Honey Bun Cake

My favourite little witch helped her mommy make a delicious cake yesterday and today I was allowed to take some to work for afternoon coffee time.

The cake is delicious and for those wishing to try it for themselves the recipe can be had from Yamboy's Garden.

Hartree reunion weekend

As chance would have it the hotel at which this years reunion took place provided a number of large brass ornaments which allowed my children to continue their theme of "killing bad animals"
In the lounge there was a brass warthog; in the dining room a large brass boar and a deer; in the reception, guarding entrance to the hotel , this big bear. All these poor creatures were subjected to various attacks throughout the weekend most of which involved being run through with "Aunt Kathy's swords" - you know who you are Aunt Kathy!
Little Ted did experiment with punching the bear on the nose but only once! Thankfully no harm was done and the hotel staff were very understanding. Pictures from the weekend are available on TartanTed's website.

Eddy's new mousetrap design

All day yesterday Eddy, who is four going on five years old, refined her design for a mousetrap. Recently she has been telling me that, when she grows up, she is going to kill bad animals. I pressed the point and was told that she had been learning about bears and wolves in nursery. I couldn't figure out if they were the "big bad" variety or the "you should really be into preservation of the species" types. Nevertheless she was quite intent on assassination in the future. Perhaps it is as well that she has turned her attention to capturing mice rather than stalking wolves! I am certainly very impressed with this work of engineering and I'm sure our mice will welcome the easy access it affords to their dinner.

The Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk Wheel

Today we visited the Falkirk Wheel with Anna; this is the second time we have been there and the second time we did not go on the boat trip. The kids were much more interested in the Irn Bru playpark which kept them amused for ages. However they were not impressed with the idea of sitting on a boat for an hour taking in the views from the canal. Oh well, maybe next time, when they are a little older we may be able to persuade them of the benefits of canal boat travel.