Sass and Spice

A few years ago, I was fortunate to meet the lovely Clothilde Desoulier from Chocolate and Zucchini when she was promoting her book in Australia. I still remember the reading she gave which described Gâteau au Yaourt, or Yoghurt cake in English, and how it was commonly the first cake many French children learnt to [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Enjoying as much sun as we can during our autumn morning walk today. We are so loving parks with easily accessible and clean toilets at the moment. Potty training has improved ten fold even though we’ve had some nasty accidents* One in particular, [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Most Sundays, I get Lily to help me with baking. We usually make yoghurt cake as she knows most of the ingredients and it’s very easy to make (recipe on the blog to be posted soon!). She really enjoys it and it’s something [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Lily trying to blow her own bubbles. And a minute later she accidentally spilt the bubble liquid all over the floor…but luckily there weren’t any tears. How has was your weekend? Linking up to the Che and Fidel’s 52 portrait a week challenge

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ I couldn’t resist taking a ‘Look of the Day’ picture of Lily. She is wearing her new Kmart boots, a Zara dress and an Oobi baby flower clip in her hair. We are both enjoying the slightly cooler Autumn weather and I’m just [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Lily wasn’t particular happy after she spilt her babyccino in the cafe today. So I did the bad parent thing, and I put my iPhone on for 5 minutes so she could watch Peppa Pig on YouTube, and I could finish my tea. [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Dear Lily, You are patiently waiting for your sister to arrive. I have caught you taking out the baby toys out of storage, arranging them on the floor and then sitting down and staring at your arrangement deep in thought. I wonder what [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Lily is enjoying her new scooter even though we accidentally got her the 6yr+ size. She wanted a ‘green’ scooter after spying a boy in the park riding one, and we couldn’t resist getting it especially since it was heavily discounted. We are [...]

We had a good Easter despite me making rock hard hot cross buns because I left them in the oven too long. But at least the Easter egg hunt was a success. Lily ate all her chocolate, even though it took her half the day! We got to also catch up with friends on Good [...]

”A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ Lily is obsessed with babies. So she was over the moon when she got to spend Good Friday with our friends, who also happen to have twin baby girls. She loves helping out, as she kept running after them to put their hats [...]