Hello Pumpkin!

We all love this pumpkin hat! I bought it for Jordan when he was one. It was the hat that made him enjoy wearing hats as a baby! Everyone enjoys wearing it at the moment! Luke went to sleep wearing it the other night! Last week was half term for us. We had a lovely time doing this & that. Jordan went to a holiday club at the local church every morning & had a fantastic piratey themed time learning all about St Paul. We also got a bit autumnal (hee hee!) over the holiday & made some delicious pumpkin muffins.
First we roasted the pumpkin in the oven & made it into a coarse puree when it was cooked. We mixed the pumpkin in a bowl with eggs & oil. In another bowl we sifted plain flour, sugar, baking powder & spices together....

...then we mixed the pumpkin mixture & the dry ingredients together in a large bowl that once belonged to my Grandma. (That is Luke behind the wooden spoon in the first piccie by the way!!) Oh! In case you were wondering where Timmy's mixing photo is- he didn't want to make muffins because he wanted to play with the train track! He was very keen to share the muffins WE made with everyone at school though!
The muffins turned out beautifully & tasted delicious! I topped some of them with pumpkin seeds too which I think looked really pretty!

We made lots so we wrapped up six to give to the infant teachers at school. The nursery teacher asked for the recipe so I think that means they went down well at school too! :D

Timmy & Luke each had a little holiday at Grandma & Grandad's house & did lots of wonderful things like walks along the canal viaduct at Chirk....

...and pretending to be an apple tree!...

... whilst picking apples from the tree in the garden! The boys loved coming back to Liverpool on the train & LOVED getting Virgin train activity bags from the man at Crewe station! Thankyou Mum & Dad for spoiling the boys & giving them such a lovely holiday treat.

The high light of the week for me & Lee was the Delirious? concert we went to on Wednesday night. We are huge fans of the band & have been for 12 years or more. We have even sung on one of their albums- Glo! It was about 8 years ago & we both took the afternoon off work & drove down to London for the evening (Ah! The mad things you do when you're young!! LOL!!). We spent the evening in a London recording studio with Delirious?, David Grant & a lot of other people who became the Delirious? choir for the night! We drove back to Liverpool the same night ariving home at 3am or some such ridiculous time! But, it was SO much fun!

Anyway, this is Delirious? last tour as they are disbanding at the end of the year which is sad & yet good too because the lead singer, Martin is moving on to use his music to raise awareness & money for people in poor countries through a charity called CompassionArt. The things he talked about during the concert & the verses he shared from the Bible about the work they have begun in India & Africa were deeply moving & thought provoking. I hadn't quite expected that from a rock concert!

It was a fantastic evening (even though we weren't right at the front moshing like we were back in the day! We arrived later with all the 'old' people who had kids to put to bed etc so we had to stand on the stairs by the balcony at the back!!). It was so good to see Delirious? again for the last time.

So! That was our half term! How was/is your half term going everyone? Do hope you are all keeping well! Goodbye till next blog! ;o)