Harvest time

After putting Lexie down for her nap today, Dean and I ventured outside between rain showers to see what fruit and veg we could find! 

Finally, at the end of August, we're starting to see things ripen and become ready for picking! Dean absolutely loves doing this, and I left him to the blackberries which we seem to have an unending supply of this year!!

Maybe I will even get around to doing something with them!! (If the kids don't scoff them down first!!)

Banana cake!

With the summer holidays drawing to a close, the kids are getting a little antsy, and it's becoming increasingly harder to keep them entertained! 

So today, we decided to make banana cake! Killing 3 birds with one stone, we used up some old bananas, kept Dean busy for half hour, and also produced something for my ever hungry children to eat!

Dean is happy doing anything in the kitchen if it means he can help, so giving him the job of mashing the bananas and mixing them into the cake made his day!

Obviously tasting the cake after came a close second!!

Now I just have to resist eating it myself!! 

Here is the recipe for those of you who would like to try it, it really is a lovely cake!!

Carpet

Today, our task is to go and find some carpet for Dean and Lexie's bedroom!! They now have the room that was once our bedroom, but we gave it up so they'd have enough room! When we bought the house, it was the first room we finished, and were lucky enough to find good wooden flooring under the scrappy old carpet! We sanded and polished and got it looking beautiful!

Unfortunately, kids + hardwood floor = lots of noise!!

We put some money aside for some carpet, but just haven't found what we want yet. Just over a year ago, when Dean was first moved into his room, we decorated it with a Knights and Dragons theme, and so have always thought a green carpet would look good (grass and rolling hills etc ;) ).

So this is our challenge today... Find some nice green carpet, that is big enough for their room, but doesn't cost the earth! Roaring Meg here we come!

Update: So we found carpet, very cheap, and Dean got his way and ended up with red stripes!! Now we just need to organise a fitter...

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Hello, and Welcome to The Hopwood Family blog!

We are Richard and Georgina (Rich and George to those that know us), and have two beautiful children, Dean who is coming up to 4, and Lexie who has just turned 2! We live in Royston, Hertfordshire in the UK.

This is the place to keep up with all our antics, from mealtimes and school fun, to hobbies and party planning!

We hope you enjoy reading!