Life giving us lemons

Our lemon tree is laden with fruit.  But what to do with all these lemons?  With one child unable to eat citrus foods that pretty much rules out baking anything lemony and delicious for the rest of the family to enjoy.  Believe me, there is no enjoyment when one child can't partake and our ears bleed from hearing about it in a loud, crying "it's not fair" screaming voice.  Besides, most yummy puddings or slices don't really use more than one lemon, so it's not going to help us.

With my number one helper in the kitchen by my side, we endeavoured to use up our first bucket of lemons by preserving them in jars with cumin seeds and cinnamon sticks, and juicing them and popping them in the freezer for when you have a recipe that requires lemon juice and you don't have any lemons.

Now if only we knew what to do with the second and third buckets of lemons.  Maybe we could set up a little table on the front lawn and get the kids to sell the lemons to people driving or walking by. I can't see it paying off the mortgage, but it could teach the kids some business basics.

What's a Boo to do?

When his big brother and sister are at school our little Buster Boo loves spending time at home.  In fact, he very rarely likes to leave the house claiming he "hates going anywhere".  As a result, we spend our days snuggled up reading books (Dewey Readmore Books, a story about a library cat is his current favourite) or other activities.



 

 

 

As always, clothes are optional. 
He likes to proclaim "It's an underpants day!".

He loves helping in the garden, especially snipping followed by unraking a pile of leaves Michael has done.

We love baking together.

Sometimes he just falls asleep.  It's not easy being a Boo.

Nice selfie!
He loves taking photos and has even picked out a digital camera he'd like for his birthday from the JB Hi-Fi catalogue.

He took this picture of me on the weekend.

Mind the gap

Grandparents day

Just before school broke for the holidays the infants classes (Kindergarten to Year 2) held a Grandparents Day.  It's a day where a grandparent or carer can visit the classroom, watch some performances and have a morning tea.  With only one grandparent within cooee, Nanoo was delighted to visit Milly at school.

 

Nanoo got to sit with Milly at her desk and help her work on an Easter craft activity.  It was pretty full in the classroom as many grandparents, parents and family friends squished in together. 

 

After a little while we were led outside to find a seat to watch the choir and some of the classes perform.  Milly is in the Year 1 choir and they sang a beautiful song about the rain.

 

 

Then it was time for the kids to have recess and us visitors to enjoy a cuppa and something sweet.  It was a lovely little morning and would have ended perfectly for Nanoo had Milly agreed to have her photo taken with her.