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George’s Diamond Sword

November 16, 2013

If you've never heard of Minecraft then this may not mean anything to you. But let me tell you...this is the ideal weapon to save yourself from the zombie apocalypse.

Today is the boy’s 9th birthday. George requested a chocolate cake. His wish is my command. I can’t believe where the last 9 years have gone. I made Nigella’s Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake and it looks lovely. We can’t try it yet though as we are off to The Lego Discovery Centre. We tasted a […]

Catapult

May 25, 2010

There once was a boy who dreamed of his own catapult. Then he remembered this… His Dangerous Book for Boys has instructions for all manner of things. Including how to make a catapult. Ed was employed to assist in the design, here you can see the ‘technical drawing’. And the offcuts from the branch cut […]

George’s New Hobby

September 23, 2009

Just a little post from our little boy. There will be more baking news when I can publish the results of my Fresh from the Oven challenge, plus I am baking cakes for a friends twins birthday at the Weekend. Ed is in the midst of building a deck, so there will be photo’s to […]