Trying something new - failure and success!

It has been a bit of a tough week this week.  

Rhys got sick with a bad cold and fevers on Friday night and over the weekend and I had to take the Monday off work.  By Tuesday he was snotty but okay.

I took the boys to Tita's school on Wednesday and Ben cracked the most massive tantrum and said he didn't want to go.

Bad mother of the year award to me, because he slept while he was there and got a massive fever on the way home.

He has had fevers ever since and boy they are hard to get down.  

Here are the boys in my bed.  Ben's fever was 39.9 deg.  Thank goodness he didn't have a fit or anything like that.

My poor babies.

It is the twins birthday tomorrow.

WoW

We are having a party for all the boys (they are 2 weeks apart) next weekend.

I saw a very cool Crocodile Cake on images when searching for crocodile cakes.  I asked a cake decorator for an approx cost and it was going to cost me about $155 (which isn't too bad but still $155 - not including travel to pick it up etc)

Greg said that he thought I could make it.  I thought Yep, I'm sure I can.

So, thinking I would save some time, I bought this "stuff" from a fancy cake shop near work.

It whips up into a frosting - called Creamy Fudge.  Cost $14.95.

Looks good too eh.......

OMG and then we ate it.

Rhys (who eats icing like a person starved) took two licks and said 'I don't like it"

Ben had a lick and said 'I don't like it"

I forced down a whole cupcake and then felt like I wanted to vomit for the rest of the day and chucked the rest to the chooks.

Greg had a taste and said "It's ok, but a bit gross"

Then he tried to wash it off his finger - but it wouldn't wash off.

I checked the ingredients - animal fat (I assume lard because it is pure white) and icing sugar!!!!!!

It must be at least 50% lard.

It was like I had a block of lard and bit into it.

VOMIT

I put it on Freecycle as only two spoonfuls had been used and then it was resealed.  Someone took it.  Good luck to them.  It was GOD AWFUL stuff.

Don't EVER buy it.

So, tonight I made Cupcake Jemma's buttercream icing as a practice run for next weekend.

OMG to die for.  SO yummy.  SO easy.  I will make it a bit darker green for the crocodile but not too bad, even if I do say so myself!

My Jemma literally licked the bowl, spoon and beaters clean.  She loved it.

It was seriously really easy to make (and I only have a hand held mixer).  I highly recommend it.

I also did a cake for the boys birthday tomorrow - YAY.

Some other little random things.  

I have been trying to have one or two meat free meals a week (difficult when you have a meat eating non veggie eating hubby).

Corn fritters are a big favourite round here.

Really easy and really yummy and really versatile.

1 cup SR flour

1 cup milk

1 egg

1 tin corn kernels

Plus, you can add anything else you want - bacon, ham, onion, capsicum - anything you want

Mix it up and fry spoonfuls in the electric frypan in some oil.

Delish!

Really yum with sweet chilli sauce and rice & lentil salad too.

We have been having some kookaburras visiting lately - I think they are getting food from the chook pen.

That is okay.  They are lovely.

Better go now and get some sleep............

Take care xx