Pumpkin Picking Preschool Outing

Autumn Photo Journal

Crazy Days of Summer

A beautiful place to live in Quebec City

 Cap-Rouge in early Spring (above) and Autumn (below)

Things a 3 year old says ...

Three year old:  "Remember Jesus loves you" (giving his Mum a hug!)

Kiwi Mum: Where does Jesus live? Does he live in heaven?

Three year old: "No ... (pause) not in heaven ... Jesus lives in a fruit shop ..."

Louise Cake (slice)

Louise Cake Recipe is a kiwi tradition of a shortbread-like base, with a raspberry jam filling and coconut meringue topping.

 Louise Cake (slice)
125 g butter
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs (separate yolks from whites)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups flour
1/2 cup raspberry jam (or any other berry)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup coconut
Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C.
2. Cream the butter and first measure of sugar (1/3 cup) together.
3. Separate the eggs and add only the yolks to your creamed butter mixture. Save the whites for the meringue.
4. Sift together the flour and baking powder, add to butter mixture and mix well.  Press into a sponge roll pan (I use a non stick oblong glass pyrex baking dish).  Put your dish into the refrigerator for 10 minutes (this helps to set the mixture a little before the next step).  Spread the uncooked base with your favourite berry jam.
5. Beat the egg whites until stiff, add sugar and salt and continue beating until glossy.
6. Fold in the coconut. Spread gently on top of the jam/cake base.
7. Bake for 30 minutes or until the meringue topping is golden.  
8. Wait until the slice is quite cool before cutting into squares.

Enjoy!

Preschooler Favourites

At 3 years of age, life is all about trains, airplanes, helicopters, buses, and more recently, dinosaurs, hockey and building towers.

A dinner time prayer from the lips of a 3 year old ...

"Thank you Lord for downstairs" (where he plays wrestling and football with Papa on the mat) "Thank you for set down, hut, hut" (football) - "Thank you for water, thank you for dinner, thank you for blue (??), thank you for the library, thank you for skating .... Amen"