I thought I’d share some photos from the last few days…
Spring has indeed graced us with her presence… today we’ve had sun, rain, wind, and weather so hot Ive had to strip off, only to find it so cool a few minutes later I’m reaching for my sweater! On the bright side, this blossom on our Golden Queen peach tree is breathtaking.
For my birthday I received a cake pop baking pan so the children and I took it for a test run. Before this weekend we’d never had cake pops, but I’m sure we will be having them again soon!
I seemed to spend a lot of time in the kitchen over the last two days. These two shots are of my kitchen windowsill, and just outside my ‘pet’ dragonfly. The stock and freesias smell lovely!!
Maia’s class topic for the term is ‘pay it forward’ so they are decorating bags which they will fill with games and activities they’ve made themselves and will give to Starship children’s hospital. Guess who spent the weekend cutting and sewing 25 bags?
Some children watch TV… here are mine watching ‘muffin TV’! They’re not so patiently waiting for strawberry muffins to cook for dessert. We used this recipe (I’d recommend you try it!!).
Carter has just got a spinning top which he is loving. So simple, but so much fun.
What to do with all those empty jars?
Fill them with orange, lemon and ginger marmalade and plum jam (the plums were frozen last summer). I’m sure Ill be making these yummy treats again soon now my marmalade stock is replenished!
Fresh plum jam and homemade yoghurt. Is there anything nicer?
Finally check these crochet cats out. They are made using my Caity Cat crochet pattern… aren’t they just awesome?
These ones are from Just made with love:
And these ones are from Stip & HAAK:
I love LOVE love them! I think they are better than the original!
Ok that’s all for now, back soon, hopefully with a finished project to show! Have a happy week! Love Janette xx
The Green Dragonfly 
I like the look of those cake pops, yum oh and the jam. I remember ending up making heaps for my kids class quite often lol. Gorgeous kiddlets and cute crochet caity cats ☺
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Thanks Wendy, Id never even heard of cake pops, but they are good. Just enough cake!! The kids had fun wit the sprinkles… they ended up all over the kitchen!
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your postings always make me smile. The cats are fab, nothing will ever beat your bunnies though. I still get asked for them. I have lost count of how many I have made. 🙂
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That’s so nice of you to say, it is indeed one of the most popular things on the blog, it comes up all the time in my stats! Have a lovely week Sharon.
J xx
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I love marmalade, especially homemade. I add some lemon rind to mine. You really can’t blame the kids for their vigilance at the oven..I am certain they aided those strawberry muffins along! BTW your kids are adorable. I still haven’t made your bunnies but they are on my Christmas project list..which means I got to get to them soon or they won’t be done by Christmas (they would then be called Easter toys). Thank you for reading my Canvas Rug post. I appreciate it.
Ta Ta for now,
Cathy the Bagg Lady
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Hi Cathy, this marmalade had 4 lemons (and rind in it) yum! Im not sure they made them cook faster, but they sure were cute 🙂 Jxx
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Your snippets are awesome! The cake pops look delicious!! Festive treat! Wow you sewed the bags that is so kewl!! Love the pay it forward!! I love your jams! I was just thinking too I should make some, I have never done it before. I have made freezer jam but want to make jam like yours!! Love the Caity Cats! Hugz
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Thanks Lisa, I agree, its good for children to think about someone outside their own little world 🙂
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If it was your birthday recently, I hope you had a lovely time :o) And slightly weirdly (based on the comment you left on my blog and the similarities in our thinking) 1) I have a dragonfly like yours on my garden shed – not as pretty though as mine isn’t coloured, and 2) I picked damsons last week to make into jam. I wouldn’t know where to start with homemade yogurt though, so I think the similarities end there! :o)
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Thanks Janette – your blog was so interesting. I like the idea of making jam – yours looks delicious. Thanks also for sharing the site’s for the cats – there are some lovely free patterns . Your cat pattern is gorgeous too. So thanks again for your thoughtfulness.
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A lovely post. I love the muffin TV. Just checked out your cat pattern and added to my Pinterest board – another to add to the list!
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Sounds like you had a lovely week!
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Such a range of images and activities, you have certainly been very busy. Sadly we are just saying goodbye to the summer here in Yorkshire, although Autumn is a beautiful season. The jars of preserves are my favourite, I love homemade jams and marmalades.
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Happy birthday. Your children are so cute waiting for their treat to finish baking While you are enjoying spring I am trying to absorb every color, sound and smell of the last of our summer.
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