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#Blogging4Madeleine

I just cannot imagine the thoughts and emotions that would go through me if my little man ever went missing. Unfortunately this happens to many, many people every year.  Today, the 12th May 2013, is Madeleine McCann’s 10th birthday. I’m sure everyone will remember hearing about the day she went missing, on 3rd May 2007, whilst on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal. It has been over 6 years now since she went missing, and I’m sure they have felt like much longer for her parents, friends & family. We know that some children are found in less than this …

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Recipe – Chocolate lover cake

Many of my friends know I LOVE to bake. I regularly make chocolate cakes as my husband is a chocolate addict, and of course he loves my baking (who doesn’t?!). This one I made at Easter to take friends for after dinner, and it was so delicious, but a little sickly!  Chocolate lover cake Serves 8 Ingredients (for the cake) 2 eggs 135g self raising flour 160g butter 160g caster sugar 25g cocoa powder 1 tbsp milk I have stated 2 eggs on this recipe as a guide, but what I usually do is weigh my eggs in their shells, …

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Messy play – jelly!

At the moment all of our days blend into one, and little man soon gets bored doing the same thing over and over. So I thought it was time for some messy play! We (hubby & I) were going to make jelly worms, but we tried for 3/4 of an hour and just couldn’t get it right, so we just put jelly into different shaped receptacles in the end!  Let’s get set! Testing the water jelly! We don’t have anywhere/anything really for him to do messy play, so we just bought a cheap as chips shower curtain, and it seemed to do …