Potatoes

Can someone please tell me WHY potatoes are so darn expensive??? What happened to them being cheap!?!? I don't understand how a 5kg bag of potatoes costs $10.99. It is ridiculous and has caused me to blog about it! ha ha. Looks like there wont be potatoe salad with our BBQ any time soon!



How do you like your potatoes? I like mine roasted.

Vegie Garden

I have really got into the vegie garden this year. My attempt last year was very poor. I just planted the goods in the ground and hoped they would grow and produce something yummy to eat! But obviously, didn't have much luck.

However, THIS year I have been super good! We have planted lettuces (already eaten all six - time to plant some more!!), cucumber, rhubarb, tomato's, zucchini, coriander and parsley. I have been watering, weeding and singing to my plants and the result has been much better already!

I haven't taken very good photos of my garden but here are my out of control vegies!

Left: Cucumbers Right: Rhubarb

Left: My WILD zucchini's Right back: Tomato's, Right Front: Coriander & Parsley

And, check out this bad boy!!!! I am so proud! Look how huge it is!! I am sure there is some contest I can enter for 'Biggest Zucchini of the Year'

Bubbles

Ohhhhh I just LOVE her! She is so much fun!! At the moment, there is nothing more she likes than bubbles...

Dogs next door

Laela LOVES dogs! Our neighbors have dogs (who like to POO on MY lawn AND garden - but that is a whole nother post for another day!) and she stands from our balcony and talks? to them. ha ha.

Here is her "Oooooo!" that is cool face!

And her cute little bum...

3 yr Anniversary!

Time flies when your having fun!! Can't believe it has been 3 years already! Have absolutely loved it :)

Jeremy was his usual FABULOUS, ROMANTIC, HUNK-A-SPUNK self. We had a great day! Started out with lots of presents and gorgeous flowers....

Then off we went to Zavito's for dinner. Food was sooo yummy! I forgot to get a picture of the food, we ate it too fast ;) I had the lamb and Jeremy had the Chicken - no surprises there!

Then we went to the Auckland Stardome. It was pretty cool. We bought tickets off grabone. $15 for the two of us. Bargain!

And Jeremy being his nerdy self...

Love ya babe! xxx

Beach Day

The weather is warming up so we thought we would go to the beach with the beach toys. It is funny watching Laela so fascinated by sand! Such a simple thing. It was really nice to get out in the fresh air with Jeremy and Laela. She ate a lot of sand and loved watching the seagulls.

What's this on my hands?

Is this what I am meant to be doing with the toys?

"MUM! Hats don't suit me!"

"Ta da!"

Laela's Monkey

Laela was wide awake and wasn't planning on falling asleep any time soon, so Grandpapa (my Dad) thought he would play a game with Laela.

Laela is super in love with her monkey, which if you look closely is right under the pink barbie dress ha ha, so Dad would stack all the random toys to see if she could find the monkey... and boy did she find her monkey!!

She would start from the other side of the room, we would ask her, "Where is monkey??" then she would storm over to the stack of toys and yank out her toy monkey and walk off. ha ha. It was actually the funniest thing! Girl with attitude!!

Grandpapa building the tower of toys.

Laela grabbing her monkey and walking away.

And this picture is just too cute! This is her latest thing. Every thing 'cool' she sees is, "Ooooooooooo!"

Long time no see!

I have been meaning to get on here for awhile and blog on the past 8 months of my life but haven't had or the time or just couldn't be bothered. It has been so long that I forgot the user name/ password to sign into my blog AND i couldn't even remember what the website address was for my blog ha ha ha. Shame on me.

There is a lot I have to blog about but I am not going to blog in any particular order because that would involve too much effort. ha ha ha. So, posts coming soon!

Never too young!

The other day Laela was having a bit of a grumpy day and I couldn't leave her with her toys to get dinner ready without her getting upset! So she joined me in the kitchen instead... helping! I must admit... it was pretty funny watching her feel the vegetables and even put them in her mouth raw and not being phased by it at all.

Mmmm.... peeled carrot skin....

Taaaaa!!

And by the end of it she was over it and wanted cuddles again :)

Allergy Friendly Cake

So I have to admit, I struggle with Laela'a allergies when it comes to thinking of new and exciting things to cook! I was looking online for a cake that I could make that would be nut free, egg free and dairy free... AND I found one!

SO! Today Carly & Ashton, Jessie & Grace, Jackie & Caleb came over for hot chocolates and I decided to make the cake for morning tea, so yes they were to be my guinea pigs for taste testing the cake!

I must admit, I didn't have high hopes for this cake but it was a hit!! Very moist! The girls said that you wouldn't even be able to tell that it was allergy friendly. I topped the cake with icing sugar and raspberries. Mmm mm! I think I may have found Laela's birthday cake :)


(Thanks for taking such a great photo Carly!)

First Mothers Day

What a perfect Day!

First of all, Laela gave me the best present by sleeping through the whole night! woop woop! Then she came and had cuddles with Mum before she gave me all my goodies!!

Starting with a note that she had imprinted with her feet! Now, when looking at the note, it looks like blood... but not to worry - it is tomato paste. Yes! Dad dipped Laela's feet in tomato paste and then stamped them on her note... so thoughtful! ha ha

I also got some flowers, some cookies, breakfast in bed and some other goodies :) Very spoilt!

White Choc Raspberry Cake

So for Mothers Day I decided to bake a cake for my Mother In Law (M.I.L). Laela wanted to help! So she got out the pot and wooden spoon that I needed to melt the chocolate in and started eating the spoon. But because of Laela's allergies that is as much as she could help with. This recipe pretty much involves everything she is allergic too!

And here is my creation people... I was so proud!

People tell me that it tasted pretty yum! But most importantly M.I.L enjoyed it! I have the recipe if you want it :)

Sausages Anyone?

So at 11pm last night I wanted a sausage in bread with tomato sauce and onions. So there I was cooking my almost midnight snack and of course Jeremy smelt my superb cookning (ha!) and wanted some too! Once all was cooked we jumped into bed and ate!

Mmm... sausage!

Autumn Photos - Part 1

So here are some of the photos that we took down at Long Bay Beach (the spot that Laela and I found last week on our little adventure)... I have labelled this 'Part 1' as we didn't get any family shots all together as we didn't have a photographer. 'Part 2' is in the pipeline. So Jeremy and I just took photos of each other with Laela. It was fun!

Dad teaching Laela about Autumn Leaves. They are Big, Crunchy and NOT edible :)

Mum and Laela playing in the leaves.

After we had some fun in leaves, we made our way down to the beach to determine if Laela was going to be a water baby like her Dad. The photos say it all....

ha ha ha. Maybe not a water baby? Although, I must admit... the water was pretty cold! ;)

After that I wrapped her up nice and warm put the dummy in and she was out like a light!! She must have been exhausted after all that playing!

Flexible!

I thought this was so funny. I was moisturizing Laela after her bath and I turned away for a moment to get her nappy and turned back around and found her chomping on her foot. It looked hilarious! I can't get over how flexible babies are!

This photo is when she realised I was laughing and taking photos of her. She is looking at me as if to say "What is all the fuss about!?"

Autumn Photos

I am a HUGE fan of the season Autumn. I absolutley love love LOVE all the different colours - the oranges, reds, yellows, the leaves that fall from the trees, the crisp fresh air, the idea of being able to buy some warmer clothes and pull out your old ones. Autumn for me is exciting!

I have always wanted to take some really nice family photos amoungst the beauty of Autumn, so Laela and I set out to find some nice spots. We ended up exploring our local beach / park and I think we found a nice little spot where these photos can be taken.

Here we are - all set to take photos of the 'potential' family photo spot! Mummy has got the camera and Laela has got her dummy!

Along the way we found some birds! I was a bit slow with the camera so only got a picture of 2 different types of birds. Laela loved it! She kept reaching out towards the birds as if she wanted to touch them. I am sure if she was walking she would want to chase after them and possibly throw things at them. ha ha

So I think below are the spots where we could take our family photos.... What do you think?

Laela and I were quite proud of our little outting and what we found! It was a fun Mummy and daughter adventure!

Oooo Laela is so cute!!

The Higgins Family blog lives!

My blog has been 'dead' for a few months and was lacking some coolness! So I thought I would give my blog a bit of a make over to get me excited and motivated to actual blog what our little family is up too! AND I am happy to say I AM BACK!