A trip to the movies, sharing some popcorn and enjoying a choc top in front of the big screen makes for one happy afternoon. And so my Finn was in little boy heaven last week when we all headed out to a special advanced screening of Cars 2. So special that we had to hand in our mobile phones at the door in case we were going to take photos or videos of the movie.
This is my engagement ring. It's a Georg Jensen fusion ring. I love it and wear it everyday. It really is perfect and I often receive comments on it from strangers. I feel the luckiest girl in the world. Or so I thought.
I don't know what to call these. The recipe calls them chelsea buns, I think they are scrolls and I'm pretty sure the americans would call them rolls. But whatever you call them, they are good. Really good. I'm a huge fan of PW's cinnamon rolls and the oh so buttery goodness. But they do use a lot of butter. These orange and maple scrolls are a bit more of an everyday treat with a lot of the goodness coming from the orange and sultanas. The recipe comes from the May 2011 issue of Country Living (British Edition) and tweaked with what I had in my pantry and I've also converted for the thermomix. Enjoy. Oh and I'll still love and make cinnamon rolls but these orange ones will be for the lunchbox!
Oh and set aside a morning or afternoon to make these as you need about 2 hours of proving time for your dough. Use this time to do your housework, hang out your laundry, feed the baby, change nappies and so on. Or read blogs. It goes quickly plus you are so excited to get these out of the oven that is worth the time you put in.
orange + maple scrolls
225g/ml milk
1x7g sachet dried yeast
40g caster sugar
450g strong/bakers flour ( I use this)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
45g butter, cubed
zest 3 oranges
1 egg filling
40g butter, melted
40g brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
100g sultanas/currants/raisins
about 1 Tbsp orange juice topping
caster sugar
maple syrup
in the Thermomix
Place orange rind in TM bowl and pulverise for 10 seconds on speed 10. Set aside. Pour milk into bowl and heat for 50 seconds at 90 degrees on speed 1. Now tip in flour, yeast, caster sugar, cubed butter, egg, cinnamon and 2/3 of the orange zest. Mix for 6 seconds on speed 7. Knead dough for 2-3 minutes on interval setting with closed lid.
*Place in clean, lightly oiled bowl and cover with a clean tea towel (or wrap in your TM mat). I use glad wrap to cover my bowl btw. Now you need to prove your dough for 1-2 hours. I did about one hour in my oven which I turn on for a little while beforehand then turn off and put my bowl in.
Now add your melted butter to brown sugar, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, remaining zest and 1Tbsp orange juice.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Knock down your dough and roll it out to a rectangle (mine was smaller than my cutting board). Spread with filling mixture and sprinkle over the sultanas.
Roll tightly into a swiss roll (or not which is what I did) and then cut into 2cm rounds. I got a bakers dozen. Place in lined or greased baking tray and cover with tea towel and leave to prove another 15 -20 minutes. Sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake for 20 minutes or so until golden on top. My oven is the slowest in Australia so it took almost 30 minutes. Now pour over your maple syrup and enjoy! The recipe called for brushing with a bit of maple syrup but go on. Drizzle it all over. Brushing is for wimps. It gets into all the little bits and is so much better.
Now if you don't have a thermomix (and I hope I'm changing your mind that you need one) then zest your 3 oranges and get a little bit of juice out of one orange for the filling. Heat your milk until just scalded then leave to cool slightly until it's warm. Sift flour and cinnamon into a large bowl and add in yeast. Rub in cubed butter and caster sugar and 2/3 of your orange zest. Separately, beat the egg and milk together. Make a well in the centre of flour mixture and pour in milk/egg mixture and mix until combined. You could do this in your kitchen mixer if you like. Knead until smooth and elastic either by hand or mixer. The recipe suggests 10 minutes by hand. And now follow instructions from * above.
Well it's Monday and a bit of a crazy day and all I want to do is sit down and get back to my knitting. I really got stuck in on Friday night and then the weekend just got away from me. But I did something I don't normally do. Instead of starting a new project I went through my stash and found something I started last winter. Wow. I'm actually going to try to finish something off. It's common sense but something that I'm not good at. But I love this pattern and I know if I get my skates on that it will be perfect for this winter for miss keira.
I love scones. So easy to make, no fancy ingredients and so good when they're warm out of the oven with jam and whipped cream. Keira loves them too. A little too much if yesterday's consumption is anything to go by. I made some a few weeks ago but they did not meet with her approval. So I decided to try out the buttermilk scone recipe for my thermomix. Success. So good that when I went to get one for my lunch today (yes, scones are perfectly acceptable for lunch) they had all been eaten. Let's blame retro daddy shall we. He has a habit of eating the last biscuit/piece of cake/baked goodie and leaving the container in the same spot to give the impression there is something left.
This is our favourite cake at the moment. It's really light and tasty and I love that it uses both the rind and juice of one orange. Oh and it's quick and easy, which of course I love. In the thermomix it takes a total of 1 minutes and 5 seconds from milling the sugar to caster sugar to the last step before baking. Now that is what I call fast. You'll find the recipe on page 131 of your everday cooking book. Below is the recipe if you don't have a thermomix.
The craft drought has well and truly broken here. I'm back! And knitting! For Elodie. And it feels so good to be making things. I am also determined to stick to my one knitted garment per child policy that I instituted here this winter. I must not fail. But so far this makes two for Elodie so I better get cracking on something for one of the bigger kids next.
I will probably add a button as it gives the jacket a cute shawl collar but I actually like it as a little unbuttoned jacket to pop over a few layers. It's knit all in one piece (oh boy I love those patterns so much) and then you add the ribbed border at the end. Too easy.
You could use Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran like the pattern calls for but I love Bendigo (and don't you already know that!) and used their Rustic in 12 ply. And it costs a fraction of the price which I always like to point out to retro daddy. Since my craft stash is taking over the house. Now the colour is a new one this year called Berry and I just love it. Not your usual baby colour but is still cute. It will also work well with other things in her wardrobe.
I know you'll ask me about sizing so I knit the 3-6 month size as Debbie Bliss patterns tend to run large. It's a perfect fit for this miss who is busting out of everything. I may have also only had 1 ball of wool and the 3-6 month size required 200g so I scraped in with a little bit of wool leftover.
And before I go, here is the 'what you talkin bout willis' shot. A classic.
p.s you can always find any of my knitting or crocheted projects on my ravelry page . It keeps me honest. This project can be found here.
I know what you're thinking. Enough already with the recipes and telling us how much you love your thermomix. We get it. Sorry, I do love it. But I just have to share this delicious chunky dip with you. It's so delicious, fresh and tasty. I also love the recipe as it makes a huge amount which means I can take a big bowl of the stuff out with me and still leave enough for retro daddy.
so here's what you need:
1 clove garlic
2 Tbsp grated parmesan
1 red capsicum quartered
150g sundried tomatoes, drained
160g raw cashews
40g/mls olive oil
40g/mls white vinegar
Just blitz all the ingredients together in a food processor until you have a chunky style dip. If you have a thermomix this recipe is in your 'everyday cooking' book. You just do 4 presses of the Turbo button as you want it chunky. It's nothing like the teeny tiny containers of dip at the supermarket and you will get at least 5 times the quantity.I 've had it with plain rice crackers, wafer crackers and carrot sticks and they all taste delicious. So give it a go. I normally just make hummus so this is a little bit fancy but definitely worth making.
I've put oil and vinegar as grams as that is how they do the recipes for the thermomix as it measures our liquids that way.
Yum. I think I have found my new favourite midweek meal. This recipe calls for assorted vegetables which I read as empty your vegie crisper of those little bits of vegies sitting in there. And so I had half a head of broccoli, a tired looking zucchini, half an onion and a couple of carrots. This was very popular and we ate ours with some hummus and crackers. The recipe is adapted from A Taste of Vegetarian cookbook by Thermomix. And for those with special diets - this recipe is vegan and could be made gluten free if you used a gluten free flour like gram/chickpea flour. And if you have a thermomix you could make that flour!!! I'll stop now.
Curry Vegetable Fritters
600g vegetables (onion, carrots, zucchini, pumpkin, leek, whatever you have)
2 cloves garlic
50g canned corn kernels (or the corn from 1 cob)
1 heaped tsp curry powder
2 tsp salt
200g plain flour
210ml water
If you have a thermomix then roughly chop your vegetables in 2 lots for 5 seconds on speed 5. Set aside with your corn. Chop garlic for 3 seconds on speed 7. To make the batter, add remaining ingredients to your bowl and mix for 20 seconds on speed 4. Add in vegetables to the bowl and mix for 10 seconds on reverse and speed 3. Heat oil in frying pan to medium heat and fry tablespoonfuls of mixture until golden on both sides.
If you don't have a thermomix. Grate or chop your vegetables coarsely in a food processor and set aside. Add your corn. Crush your garlic and add to the vegetables. Whisk together flour, salt, curry powder and water and whisk well until it forms a thick batter. Leave to rest 30 minutes or not which is what I did. Combine vegies and batter and fry as above.
The recipe suggests you serve the fritters with sour cream or avocado salsa. The kids were happy with tomato sauce. As children mostly are.
I've discovered polyvore! WOW! I'm learning how on earth to use it but I like! This is totally my everyday style. And if you have $3,500 you can look this good too.
Well it's coming up to 3 months since my Mum left us and a few weeks until her birthday. Not an hour goes by when I don't think about her and miss her. Not one hour. Recently the lovely Jennie emailed me a link to this video she found on Felicity's blog. I couldn't watch all of it as I was crying too much .
But I've sinced watched it and shared it on facebook. Tonight a lovely blog reader and customer emailed me to thank me for sharing because she made sure she booked her check up and told her family and it made her Dad go for his check up as a priority. Please watch this and don't just tell young people. Tell everyone. Get your skin checked on a regular basis. Early detection by a specialist would have saved my mum's life.
These really are addictive pants to make. The fact I've made 3 pairs within the week is proof. And part of the fun of making these pants is that you get to go through your stash and try to find the best fabric combo. I always find fabrics that I forgot were in there or those fabrics that I wonder why are they still there. Why on earth did I buy that? But for this pair I settled on some gorgeous fabric from the Hullabaloo range by Urban Chiks for Moda.
These will be for the days we don't feel like being too girly all in pink and I just love how these pants are reversible. Honestly everything in a baby's wardrobe should be reversible. Elodie has a darling little habit of bringing up a little bit of lunch or dinner on her when I'm not looking. I only tend to find it when it's dried on her shoulder or as I'm about to head out the door. Not the best timing. If I could switch around the pants to get me through school pick up before they hit the wash it would save me some time and effort.
Anyway let's hope we don't get food down these (I can hope, can't I). If you're worried about these pants not being warm enough for winter trust me they are. We just put some little sockies under them, a bodysuit and then our cardy or a little hoodie and we are set to go. And I promise that no child was harmed in this photo, we are still getting the hang of sitting up on our own.
Legs are warm, the pants feel just lovely with 2 layers of fabric and if you live somewhere a bit cooler than sydney think about denim, fleece or flanelette inside. Nice. I would't mind a pair in mummy size as house pants. Come in the door, put on my reversible quick change trousers and get on with it .
And for this pink pair I've used some lovely Flower Sugar by Lecien and then lined them with pink quilters muslin. This has actually made the pants a little lighter than the other pairs but they are pretty and for our pink and floral days.
So if you have Anna Maria Horner's Handmade Beginnings and haven't made these pants then you have to to. Go, Now. They are the best! And if you have bubs in cloth nappies make sure you go and read these adjustments on Sew Liberated.
Well it's been one week since I've had my thermomix and I'm still giving it a good workout. Tonight I made a delicious dip that I'll have to share with you soon- capsicum, cashew and sundried tomato. It was so fresh and tasty and might be my favourite dish so far. Everyone else in the house is loving these choc chip cookies. OK, I'll admit it. I love them too. They were my lunch today on the run and retro daddy was disappointed to come home to find the cookie tin empty. Oh dear. You snooze you lose. If you own a thermomix it's the choc chip cookie recipe in your Everyday Cooking book with my favourite combination.
250g butter
100g caster sugar
80g brown sugar
1tsp vanilla
2 eggs
350g plain flour
40g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
200g choc chips (I love all white choc chips or half/half white and milk)
100g macadamia nuts, chopped or crushed
Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until thick and creamy. Add in eggs one at a time and then gradually add in your sifted flours and baking powder. Once combined stir in your choc chips and nuts. Place tablespoonfuls on lined baking trays and bake about 10-15 minutes in 190 degree oven. These are a little soft when you get them off your trays so I like to use an egg flip to slide them from tray to cooling rack. Enjoy! I get about 36 or so cookies and they last 24 hours in our house. For something a bit more special go for white chocolate chunks instead of chips.
ok well I'll say it again, it takes me time to draw my giveaway winners. Really need a PA to do that sort of thing for me I think. Kind of like a personal organiser for this housewife. And if you were on facebook you'd know I needed one yesterday as I was having a mini crisis dealing with our first case of nits. Wet weather, backlog of laundry, 5 beds to strip and wash, 3 heads to treat, no idea what I was doing, retro daddy away, teething baby. I took some chocolate as medicine at about 2 o'clock and hope I've killed all those nasties. But back to the giveaway, according to random.org May's winner is number 51 - Patty from a Stitch in Time. Woo hoo Patty! Well done.
And the best thing about announcing the winner is - announcing the next giveaway. So how about a jelly roll and charm square pack of Ruby. The brand new fabric from the clever designers Bonnie & Camille who gave us Bliss. And I'm not sure it's hit stores yet so you'll feel pretty special when this arrives on your doorstep. Just tell me what you'll make with it and you're in the running to win. Wherever you live in the world and I will draw a winner at the end of the month. Promise.
Now I know it's been a long time between sewing projects but look here. Pants. Made for Elodie. On my sewing machine. Yes. Feel free to high 5 me! I was clearing out my sewing room (well overdue) and got very motivated to solve elodie's current wardrobe problem. She has plenty of good dresses and jumpsuits but is growing out of her everyday wear. The truth is she is growing so fast.
So these are the Quick Change Trousers from Anna Maria Horner's Handmade Beginnings. So easy to make although they take a little longer than regular pants as they are lined and reversible. So really you are just making 2 pairs of pants and sewing them together. And I have to say her instructions were excellent. I've made plenty of pants before but this was a different way of constructing them but it all came together.
And I love that all of the seams are hidden so there is no need to turn on the overlocker! Nice. Sometimes my overlocker doesn't like to work with me so I appreciated that. And they are also a great way of showing off a few special fabrics. Quick and easy to make. Warm for winter. Reversible. What's not to love. In fact I'm going to try making another two pairs so little miss can have a bit of variety in her wardrobe.
and can you believe she's 8 months old already! I really need to make more things for her and use up the mountain of sewing and knitting books and patterns that I have for babies. Plus if I make things for her then she gets to be the cute model that she is.
I know that it's wrong that I want her to stay a baby but I really do. She's still super easy going and I just love having her around.
Oh dear. I think it's official. I 've turned into one of those annoying people that just want to talk about my thermomix and how great it is. All the time. Oh my goodness I'm going to have to stop going on about everything I've been cooking on FB otherwise people will stop reading me. It's just so amazing. Since my last post I've made a delicious tuna pasta that tasted so much like a rich and creamy marinara sauce and the pasta cooked in the sauce not in boiling water, a loaf of bread, more porridge, an apple and prune compote, lots more vanilla custard, chickpea and vegie soup amd cashew and white chocolate cookies. And there are no leftovers. A good sign.
And I've told you before that I'm not food stylist. I'm sure the knife should have been at a different angle or the cute jam lid showing. But I just wanted to finish my piece of warm bread, butter and jam. I think if I stick to one slice a morning it won't be too bad for my health......or waistline.
And something I realised while eating this loaf was just how much salt and sugar must be in the regular store bought bread I normally buy. I've made bread before but I really noticed it with this loaf. And while I don't think I can commit to making all of our bread - I think I can manage a couple of times a week.
I love Ina Garten aka Barefoot Contessa. She is such a natural on her shows and has wonderful recipes. Through pinterest I was able to find her Hamptons kitchen and there are so many things to love that I want to incorporate into my own kitchen design. First up for me is the white cupboards and dark countertops. Classic and stylish. I also love the stainless steel in the kitchen (mainly because retro daddy won't be buying me a cream aga to go in my dream kitchen), the overall size and layout and that huge island. Imagine how many cute children I could feed seated there.
Now the first 3 pictures are of the recreated kitchen for House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year while the last picture is of her actual kitchen in her Hamptons home. And if you want to take a closer look (I know you do)then here she is in the recreated kitchen talking about it's design! I think I've watched this about 5 times. There are actually 11 videos in total which you can find here.
Do you love Hamptons style? Do you dream of a kitchen renovation or do you have your dream kitchen? And if you have your dream kitchen then I'm officially jealous.
I can't remember exactly when I first heard about a thermomix but I'm pretty sure it was on facebook or through a blog when the twins were babies. I nearly fell over when I heard the price but then when I saw everything it did. I was drawn in. And wanted one. Perhaps I even lusted after one. But that is wrong isn't it. I mean it's a kitchen appliance. But I tried to work out ways I could get one into the house. Then I'd see it on masterchef and wanted one even more.
I just love baking and cooking for my family so being able to make my own caster sugar and icing sugar from regular sugar, mix a cake, make sorbet, make bread, grate vegetables or cheese, weigh my ingredients and then cook them, make a juice, cook dinner, grind my spices, make peanut butter, a batch of cookies and so much more all in the one appliance. What's not to love. I love this little demo as I love seeing chefs use them.
So I might have let out a mini squeal (OK, I did squeal) when one of the sweet school mums who lives in my street invited me to a demo. I asked her how did she know I've wanted one. She said you told me last week. Oh. Bad memory. The demo was such a fun night and especially when you don't get out much like yours truly. The lovely Andrea (another school mum) made us berry sorbet, a tasty beetroot salad, hummos (I've now been making my own tahini in the thermomix), risotto, bread rolls and lemon creme patisseriere. Food, wine, gossip, a cute kitten to cuddle, a night away from the kids. Nice. I told retro daddy I'd be home at 9.30 and came in the door at 1am. I can't even remember the last time I did that.
And so I had to wait patiently for a week and my lovely new baby arrived yesterday. And I wonder how I've lived for so long without it. And I love how your friendly salesperson comes and instals it for you and you make a recipe together so that you know how to use it. We made chocolate custard and it was just the ticket for a cold afternoon. Then I was straight out to the shops to buy lots of ingredients to get cooking over the long weekend.
cookie dough
So far it's been here for 48 hours in my kitchen and I think you need to buy a pair of new jeans when you buy a thermomix. In that very short time I've made (and eaten!) vanilla custard, choc chip cookies, brioche, hummos x 2, mushroom risotto, apple porridge, apple compote, beetroot salad and lastly chicken and herb meatballs.
creamed cold butter from the fridge and sugar in no time
I won't lie, this is one expensive gadget and the price was a bit scary. Thankfully a couple of my Nuffnang cheques for my sponsored posts paid for my Thermomix so it could come and live at my house. I also served an amazing dinner to retro daddy with a very nice bottle of pinot noir. About half way through the bottle of wine he said what are you buttering me up for. What have you done? I just kept smiling wondering how he hadn't noticed it in the kitchen for the past few hours.When the wine was almost finished I heard this 'ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is the reason you're being so nice to me'. Now it all makes sense!
So there you have it. I now get why Thermomix owners are so evangelical about their machines. Do you have one? Do you want one? What's your favourite recipe? I hope to share a recipe a week with you here as I use it. I also need to make more of the low fat and healthy recipes or I will need to go up a jeans size.
I take attending birthday parties very seriously here. We have our party dresses which are strictly for parties and church and that's it. And when it's fairy dress code and your little sister wears dress ups to bed/in the rain/through mud/to the park - well then it's time for a new dress. Some of my long time readers would know that pre - twins I might have actually made the costume. But I am seriously lacking hours in the day right now so this came from the toy shop.
So here is my pretty fairy ready to party! I honestly couldn't have dreamed of more gorgeous children - inside and out! I wasn't going to show you this picture but can you guess who isn't going to the fairy party? And is devastated? Poor sweet Tillie. With her 'I just had my swimming lesson hair'.
And while retro daddy does the party circuit I am making choc chip cookies in my new thermomix! Big post coming up tomorrow on the latest addition to my kitchen.
We LOVE macaroni cheese in this house. In fact when I ask keira what she wants for dinner it's generally macaroni cheese. I had been making my own recipe and then decided to give PW's a go and it's so good. There was no turning back. More sauce and way more cheese than mine but I've worked it out so it's metric with low fat milk and it still tastes good! The best thing about this recipe is the empty bowls that come back. The worst thing about this dish is that I go back for thirds. And then maybe some more when I put the leftovers away. I can't help it.
Pioneer Woman's Macaroni Cheese my way.
500g macaroni
50g butter
2 1/2 Tbsp plain flour
2 1/2 cups low fat milk ( I use Shape for mine)
450g light vintage cheddar/any cheese you like, grated
1 egg
2Tbs dijon mustard
salt, pepper, smoked paprika
Bring water to the boil and cook your macaroni. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan and when almost melted add in your flour and stir well. It will be like a paste consistency and leave it on the heat. Once it starts to bubble you want to whisk in your milk. Whisk in mustard then heat and stir until sauce is nice and thick. Now you want to take out 1/2 cup of your milk mixture and add the beaten egg to this milk then return this egg/milk mixture to the saucepan with cheese. Whisk until cheese has melted and season with salt, pepper, smoked paprika and a dash more mustard if your name is retro daddy. add to your drained pasta and serve. Then watch your family come back for seconds.
Now PW keeps some cheese aside and pours the macaroni into a greased baking dish, tops with remaining cheese and bakes. We can't wait that long.
It's tough being a kid in this family. I mean cool toys arrive on your doorstep and your mummy asks you to try them out. It's tough. And so I presented Keira with the Fisher Price Kid Tough Camera and she was pretty happy. Not for a birthday or special occasion, just because.
Well cleaning and decluttering my house has taken me away from making things. Oh and children. Yes, they do take up most of my time too. Mustn't forget them. Anyway, I can't get anyone in to do quotes for my kitchen until my junk craft room is sorted. So I've made that a bit of a priority BUT somehow I have managed to do a few more pinwheels.
So remember my very personal post recently, you know the one where I showed you my shower for the Viva Shower Fast Wipes. Well we're going to talk shower cleaning! and apparently most people clean their shower while in it....naked. But don’t worry, this is retro mummy, the G rated family blog where we don’t swear or show nudity. Relax. The only porn here is of the fabric or craft kind.
One of the things I love about having children is shopping for clothes for them. Or maybe I just love shopping full stop. Thankfully when it comes to dressing my little ones, retro daddy turns a blind eye. Lucky. He'll always comment on their outfits and how great they look but he's not on my back about my spending. Or maybe he will be after this blog post.
Well Keira's party is over for another year. I normally have her parties at home and work myself into a tizz getting ready for them. This year I decided to have a stress free one by having a gymnastics party. Gymnastics because Keira loves it so much. The party was a-mazing and almost everything was done for me. All I had to do was make the lolly bags, pay the bill and of course make the cake. The lolly bags were easy. Cute cello bags and striped ribbon from Spotlight filled with pretty white, pink and red lollies.
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No arm twisting required here. Letting my little ones and all my lovely readers know all about Disney-Pixar Cars 2 which is due out in cinemas here on June 23. We are huge, read HUGE, Disney movie fans here. And nothing beats taking the whole family to the movies. The twins are just at the right age to come to the movies now. And the only movies we see as a family are Disney.
You've been asking me what has happened to our country plans. And I can report that we're staying. The reality of spending weeknights away from retro daddy and if his job changed and he was no longer interstate during the week, leaving friends, changing schools and other long term considerations mean we are staying. My family and friends are happy. Even my hairdresser said she was glad I wasn't going!
I love this one as it's large and would definitely be the heart of the home!
There is something about board games that just takes you back in time to your childhood! Like the time in primary school when my parents bought me trivial pursuit for christmas when I didn't ask for it and couldn't answer any of the questions. But I remember I was so jealous that my sister was given pictionary. It was such a fun game and everyone could play it. And I'm happy to report that it's still fun!
And so while we waited for retro daddy to come home, three little voices couldn't stop asking when we were playing the game. I may have needed to put the game in a 'safe place' for a while just to stop the questions. But sometimes you just have to turn off the tv, tell everyone to be home and sit around the table and do something together. Family game night! Keira loved it! The twins were obsessed with the dice and hourglass. And anyone with little children knows those neat piles of cards ended up all over the floor. More than once. Thanks Finn.
Now while the game is supposed to be for kids aged 8+, Keira turned out to be quite the pictionary wizz of the family. There were plenty of high 5's with her daddy. She was drawing and guessing with the best of them. The beauty of the game is that you don't need to be good at drawing. Trust me I'm not. You have one minute to start sketching and your team members (aka Daddy) yell out guesses.
It was a very energetic hour playing the game and there was plenty of yelling and excitement. I loved that you can choose the yellow cards for adults or green cards for the younger players. And the cards for the little people also have a little hint like starts with the letter or baby animals etc. It really helped keira. Here is a little taste of us playing pictionary!
See what I mean? Fun! Keira didn't want to stop playing. And can you guess what my clue is? Just leave a comment with your guess and one lucky reader will win a game of Pictionary for their family. This one is for Australian residents only and you can find all the fine print here.
Trust me you'll have some great family game nights. But just remember to put it away when not in use otherwise your 2 year old twins might draw on nearly every page of the notepads and think it's colouring time.
