Feb '06 - The birthday thread

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CAMERON, 6th Jan, born to Teuch, DC1
PEYIA, 23rd Jan, born to TicTac, DC1
ALEXANDER, 24th Jan, born to Yeahbut, DC3
MAISIE, 26th Jan, born to ellenrose, DC3
JESSICA HELEN, 30th Jan, born to JuA, Twin 1, DC2.
EMILY ROSE, 30th Jan, born to JuA, Twin 2, DC3
T, late Jan, born to ChasingSquirrels, DC2
ASTRID, 4th Feb, born to EachPeachPearMum, DC1
LAUREN EMMA, 6th Feb, born to Morgan, DC2
PIPPA, 8th Feb, born to CSWS, DC1
LEWIS, 9th Feb, born to Phoenix, DC1
EVIE HARRIET, 10th Feb, born to Hotmama, DC2
RHUARIDH GEORGE, 11th Feb, born to MrsDoolittle, DC2
BEN, 12th Feb, born to Kelbelle, DC1
OSCAR, 12th Feb, born to Chloe55, DC1
OSCAR, 13th Feb, born to JoFan, DC
LUTHER, 14th Feb, born to Otter, DC5
BRAM, 21st Feb, born to mustrunmore, DC2
LUCA, 21st Feb, born to 2boysmacca, DC2
EMRYS, 24th Feb, born to Flamesparrow, DC2
ISABEL ERIKA, 24th Feb, born to Amiable, DC1
RORY JOHN, 25th Feb, born to dewmeadow, DC2
BOY, 26th Feb, born to Jas, DC3
SALLY ANIELA, 28th Feb, born to Thell, DC1
NEVE, 4th March, born to Frizbe, DC2
BOY, 4th March, born to damewashalot, DC3
BOY, 10th March, born to UniS, DC1

lol - flame forget to send them to me until this afternoon, and I haven't had a lot of time to think since then! Love ds1 name . Something like Henry George would go well though I think.

We're not dairy free any more dame - she has grown out of it . Was just talking to dh, and think we'll go for some bread (found some soft bread sticks in Sains the other day which might be good - most of the children I know don't really do sandwiches), and then stuff like sausages, cucumber, cheese (though dd doesn't actaully like pieces of it!), crisps (have some organix ones in the cupboard already I think), beetroot (to keep dd happy - she loves it), plain pasta and some fruit (better have lychees for poncey dd).
And of course cake. Have to have cake.
Oh suppose some meat and tomatoes for those that do, and some raw sugar snap peas, and some boiled eggs.
(Am writing it all down so that I can refer to this as my shopping list ).

Am ordering poncey no effort food for Saturday guests though . Will be aimed more at adults.

Are main problem with boys names is we picked our favourite 2 for ds 1 and keep having boys

Going to my bed, tired, night

Homemade pizza, cut into slices?

It's her birthday let her eat crap

I'd def go for sandwich's, they go down well with most kids (i often do ds ham sarnies for lunch and he eats the ham and leaves the bread, yesterday i used tortilla wrap instead of sliced bread and he ate the bread and left the ham ) he loves cubes of cheese. veg sticks/slices good. I know i'm only telling you stuff everyone else has but i am answering your question

We ended up getting ds the Britax Evolva car seat it came today so i'm gonna attempt fitting it in the morning.

Not taking much in - a whole new Psycho/shield thing going on and am all over the place

Hopefully will settle after some sleep

Can anyone tell me what i can do with mushrooms or how to cook them. I hate them so have no idea but ds seems to like them (strange child ) so i've bought some.

Ooh I love mushrooms, but dd doesn't seem to like the texture, so we don't have them much these days.

Do you just want to know how to cook them basically so that they can be served with other stuff, or do you want dishes that centre around mushrooms?

dd loves them raw just sliced.
put them in stew, casserole, pasta sauce (tomato or mushroom type), on pizza, in omelette, or scrambled eggs, lightly sauted on toast...

I'll give both anyway!

Just to cook simply you can either slice and fry them in a little butter (maybe add a dash of oil to stop the butter from burning), or you can poach them in a little milk (this is yummy and healthier, but I hate it when they get milk skin on them!), or you can just boil or steam them.

Meals using mushrooms include mushroom (and blue cheese) risotto, garlic mushrooms, mushroom stroganoff.

They are also good in stir fries or casseroles.

Just cooked really. If we have chilli, bolognese etc. dh could put them in cos he likes them too but ds won't eat things like that or not much of it at least the awkward little bugger

Ooh yes, creamy mushroom sauce for pasta. Had that in Cafe Rouge at the weekend.

He won't eat scrambled egg any more either EPPM.

What does he like these days Phoenix, except for mushrooms and deconstructed sandwiches?

He's just an awkward little sod lately when it comes to eating. He is getting better than he was a few month back but still not great. He eats plenty of fruit and veg and cheese though so it can't be too bad

eugh ... 'milk skin'

x posts csws, basically not much

this is making me hungry

Tis past my bedtime (was catching up with Grand Designs). Just keep on thinking about milk skin and that will quash your appetite .

Night all.

The other day while i was at work dh asked him what he wanted for his tea and went through a list of things which he mostly said no to except cheese and sweetcorn so that's what dh gave him lol

Goodnight

Ewww just thinking about mushrooms is making me feel ill

v tired too, am off. night night.

Phoenix - really easy method would be to put them in a lidded dish with a knob of butter and microwave em for a minute or so None of this cooking malarky

Thanks Flame, that sounds easy

It's pi**ing down and windy here today it's horrible

V windy here too.

Docs this morning .