Breastfeeding a 20 month old means sometimes having a small truck drive across your boob.

This is not a metaphor.

:)

Right now…

I am typing one handed (and left-handed at that!) because FB is having the second half of him nap on my lap.

I can feel the baby kicking and FB breathing against my belly.

I am surrounded by boxes (12 days to go!)

I am wondering where the washing machine should go?

When I went to London a few weeks ago, I bought some Rowan Lima to make a blanket ready for No2 when they come along. It’s incredible stuff – light and fluffy (because it’s chained) but it’s also going to be lovely and warm because of all the alpaca in it.

I couldn’t pick just one colour, so I ended up with 6, and I’m making a striped version of Pine Forest Baby Blanket (Ravelry Link).

It was perfect knitting for while we were away – mindless but not boring, and with a yarn that was airy enough to cope when it got hot. I’m on my 4th colour, and I’m just working out whether it’s going to be big enough. (I want it to be the same size as the one I knit for FB, since it has proved wonderfully useful, even now.)

In celebration of his grandad’s birthday, FB (and us) got to spend a week away with his cousins in France.

His highlights included a lovely sand pit, which he learnt to say within the first 24 hours, and which were the first words out of his mouth in the morning, and the last words out of his mouth at night.

We will need to scope out a suitable spot in the new garden for one of our own, and we brought back a bucket and spade ready for it.

(In the background you can see me knitting the blanket I’m making for No2. I’ll post about that tomorrow. :)

Another highlight (for all of us) was the tree frog who chose to sleep one of the days away at the top of one of the sliding doors to our room. And ‘frog!’ was another new word mastered.

I think frogs are great, and it’s lovely to see FB so captivated by one.

In my recipe folder I have added a note at the top of this particular recipe that says: ‘Wonderful + good for travel’ thus they are becoming our family travel snack of choice (along with sausage or egg sandwiches for long car journeys.)

We went away last week and along with little boxes of organic raisins, made a big batch of these.

And so I thought I’d share the recipe with you. :)

Easy Cheesy Biscuits

100g plain flour

50g butter

50g cheese

splash of milk

1 egg yoke

1tspn paprika

1) Mix flour and paprika.

2) Add butter – rub till fine like breadcrumbs.

3) Add grated cheese and make a well in the middle.

4) Add yolk and milk and mix all together to make a firm dough.

5) Knead on a flat surface for a bit, then divide in two, and roll each half and cut biscuits till there is no dough left. (The biscuits shrink a bit when cooked, just so you know.)

6) Cook at Gas Mark 5 for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

Enjoy!