"A mother's work is never done"
....according to Richard Scarry in his utterly cute Busy Town books. He was right - it isn't, but it's all good and enjoyable and fun although I did struggle to stay cheerful when I even got interrupted about 5 times while I was trying to eat lunch *rolls eyes*.
Been doing loads of stuff with the kids today from regular "school" work to crafts and just play. We've been enjoying the very warm weather and been outside lots (the weather that is, apparently, going to be totally baking by early next week!)
I also made an apple and sultana cake - very delicious - recipe after the picture!
Preheat oven to 190/375/gas 5 and grease an 8" round cake tine.
Ingredients:
7 oz/225g self raising flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 oz/25g cornflour
4 oz/110g butter
4 oz/110g golden caster sugar
1/2 lbs/225g apples (peeled, cored and diced into very small pieces and blotted on kitchen paper to remove excess juice)
1 lemon (zest)
1 large egg beaten into 1 tablespoon milk
2 oz/50g sultanas
For top - demerara sugar
Method:
- Sieve flour, cornflour and baking powder into bowl.
- Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs
- Stir in the sugar, apples, lemon zest and sultanas
- Bind together with the egg/milk mixture
- Spoon into tin and press down gently
- Sprinkle top with demerara sugar
- Bake for around 30-40 minutes (poke a skewer into the centre to see if it's done - it should come away "clean")
- Cool in the tin before turning out onto a cooling rack.
- Eat (preferably with a cup of tea!)
Tim got given another music job today - this time accompanying someone for a singing exam. It was through the same guy that gave him the Seussical part. This is soooo great - the more stuff Tim does like this the better - I'm really pleased for him :)
Oooo! and talking of music - The Proms starts on the 16th July (the day after my birthday in fact!) This is always much enjoyed by Tim and I over the summer months so I can't wait!
Anything else?..... Ummm... Rosie's off to camp with the Girl Guides in August! She's really looking forward to this - the camp isn't too far away but it's for 4 days and they are going out on daytrips and stuff as well. April's also out with her Guide Rainbow unit on the 8th of July on a farm trip so she's thoroughly excited about that too!
Finally, George Osborne's comment in his budget speech about people leaving the house at 6 or 7 in the morning to go to work while their unemployed neighbours sit at home with their curtains drawn. Two observations - firstly, maybe their neighbours can't get work - I'm pretty sure that not every unemployed person in this country is deliberately trying to stay that way. Secondly - 6 or 7 in the morning? Ha! Tim leaves the house at 4.45 in the morning! 6 or 7 would be a lie-in!
Oh how we laughed.