Today started well. Last day of the bank holiday weekend and last day of no alarm clock! The kids slept later than normal after using up all their energy the day before at my friends house, so I even snook in a crafty 30 minutes lay in bed reading - absolute bliss!
Obligatory hot cross buns for breakfast, it is Easter after all, would be rude not too. Then off I went on my mountain bike for some fresh air and excercise, leaving my husband setting my daughters up with the latest craft project. Now today is my first adventure out on the new bike, actually first adventure out on a bike properly since i was a child ( except for the odd flit during holidays) I decided to cycle up to a woodland area by my house, then round the woodland area and back. Well.... There's a steep hill to the wood and I can proudly say I didn't get off the bike and successfully made it there, however, I only cycled a short distance around the wood then cruised back home down the hill. I covered just under 2 miles, and wow did I sweat!! Point to note here I have Ankylosing spondylitis so big effort for me. But was worth it feel fitter and woods were really relaxing 😊
Now I also made the little mistake today of giving the children the luxury of choice for their lunch..... So of course they wanted completely different things! Morgan was easy, boiled eggs and soldiers, but Florence... Pasta! Here's my tip for quick easy pasta, chop cherry tomatoes and cook them with salt, pepper, basil and olive oil until caramelised then add Parmesan and stir in cooked pasta... 15 minutes in total and really yummy. 
Now I also made the little mistake today of giving the children the luxury of choice for their lunch..... So of course they wanted completely different things! Morgan was easy, boiled eggs and soldiers, but Florence... Pasta! Here's my tip for quick easy pasta, chop cherry tomatoes and cook them with salt, pepper, basil and olive oil until caramelised then add Parmesan and stir in cooked pasta... 15 minutes in total and really yummy. 
Won't bore you with rest of the afternoon.... Laundry, tidying and built a Building blocks world.... 
Then dinner was traditional cottage pie with a twist.... I used 50% normal potatoes and 50% sweet potatoes. Cook them and mash them together, it's a big hit with the kids and I always get clean plates. I find as well that if I put everything in serving dishes on the table the kids eat more veg, mainly because they like helping themselves, makes them feel grown up. Now I will say slightly annoyed as left pie in a little too long and the gravy bubbled up over the top, but still tasted great! Now my big secret when doing this is to make 2 cottage pies, then I have 1 for the freezer. So for a weekday when I know I'm going to be back abit late or my husband is cooking dinner I can take the frozen cottage pie out in the morning and then later it's just a case of popping it in the oven and sticking some veg on, homemade frozen dinners 😜
Then dinner was traditional cottage pie with a twist.... I used 50% normal potatoes and 50% sweet potatoes. Cook them and mash them together, it's a big hit with the kids and I always get clean plates. I find as well that if I put everything in serving dishes on the table the kids eat more veg, mainly because they like helping themselves, makes them feel grown up. Now I will say slightly annoyed as left pie in a little too long and the gravy bubbled up over the top, but still tasted great! Now my big secret when doing this is to make 2 cottage pies, then I have 1 for the freezer. So for a weekday when I know I'm going to be back abit late or my husband is cooking dinner I can take the frozen cottage pie out in the morning and then later it's just a case of popping it in the oven and sticking some veg on, homemade frozen dinners 😜
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