On Monday I baked a carrot cake with caramelised carrot as a decoration. It was a tasty cake, Sasha loved it a lot, and methinks I'll have to bake it again soon. He didn't mind that the icing was applied in a rather haphazard way. I don't think I'd be applying for MasterChef any time soon.
I love discovering new teas, and this beautiful 1000 Day Flower tea was a lovely surprise. It looked gorgeous and had a delicate taste.
My strange son likes going to the dentist for two reasons: he enjoys cuddling the gigantic teddy bear and he always gets a sticker. Plus the dentist always makes him laugh, so make that three reasons. I wish I were so relaxed going to the dentist. I usually have panic attacks, and feel like running out of the clinic screaming.
On Thursday I cooked chicken fried rice with exotic mixed mushrooms. It was very tasty.
All the school kids from Eddie's class ran out of the classroom wearing the masks they made. Eddie was mighty proud of his artistic creation, and refused to take it off, so we marched home just like that.
Doesn't he look like butter wouldn't melt in this photo? We do have a problem with a child in Eddie's class who's not a good influence. This boy scratched Ed's face in the past, spat on him, pushes him regularly around, yet my silly child keeps playing with him, saying he's a friend. Even the teachers are not happy about it, and try to keep them apart, at least during the class. Now that my husband has seen them in action at a birthday party of another class mate, he came home huffing and puffing, saying we need to do something about it. But what can I do? I keep telling my son not to play with that boy. What would you do in this situation?
Love the carrot cake and so nice that your boy actually enjoys the dentist!! Re. the school friends it's a tricky one - friendships and playmates are such a personal thing to them and it is difficult to keep children apart in the school playground!
ReplyDeleteThank you, the carrot cake tasted lovely. Next week will be baking another one.
DeleteLove Eddie's mask - looks brilliant although the issue with his "friend" does sound a tricky one to try to manage. The carrot cake and chicken fried rice look very yummy and so glad that your son is so relaxed about going to the dentist - hope that will always be the case.
ReplyDeleteThank You, Louise! The friend situation is very tricky.
DeleteThere's a 'long petal' theme with the carrot cake, the tea and Eddie's mask. They all resemble those long petalled chrysanthemum varieties!
ReplyDeleteAs for the 'friend', hmm, tricky. The trouble is that the more you keep him away, or try to, the more Eddie will be attracted to this lad. Perhaps explain your reasoning to Eddie and gently point out the previous problems and incidents, then let him reach his own conclusion in time. You could also point him in the direction of other kinder children, maybe set up some after-school playdates with them, or ask if they'd like to join you at the park on the way home so Eddie can foster other relationships too. If he has other nicer children to turn to, he will at least have a contemporary to turn to if things go wrong again with the other chap, and hopefully in the long term he will see the benfit of nicer friends without your prompting!
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DeleteI think part of the problem is also that Eddie feels sorry for this guy, as because of his behaviour not many people want to play with him.
DeleteYour caramlised carrots worked better than mine, I didn't take a photo! Love Eddies mask.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alison! Would have loved to see what you baked. How could you not take a photo? :)
DeleteI think you should be proud your son can see the good in this child and wants to make the other child's life a bit more tolerable at school by being his friend, maybe the child has a rough homelife and what he displays is maybe what he gets at home? I also agree that best ignored as the more you mention it the more he will be drawn to him.
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks great imo you should see some of mine....lol, and the fact it was eaten was the main sign it was good.
Love the pretty glass teapot.
Thank you Elaine, I love that little teapot from Whittard's and use it a lot, it's just the right size for me.
Deletei lovely cake and I like the mask, in regards to the children not playing with one another it's very difficult, my first thing to say is speak to the school but the teacher sounds like they are doing the right thing already and keeping them apart, are there other children you could invite to the house for your son to play safely with and develop new friendships away from this other child?
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