Baked zucchini, bacon and tomato frittata

I love finding new tasty recipe's so i thought i'd post one that the whole family enjoyed.

I found it on taste.com.au

Ingredients (serves 4)
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1 green onion, chopped
2 rashers of bacon, sliced
1 small zucchini, shaved into ribbons using a peeler
2 tablespoons self-raising flour
2 tablespoons milk
Salt and cracked black pepper
1/3 cup grated tasty cheese
8 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
Chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve


Method
Preheat oven to 175°C. Line a 16 x 26cm (base measurement) baking pan with non-stick baking paper. Place the eggs in a large bowl and add the green onion, bacon, zucchini, flour, milk, salt, pepper and half of the cheese. Stir until well combined.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Arrange tomato halves on top, pressing into the mixture slightly. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Cook for 20-25 minutes or until set and golden on top. Sprinkle with chopped flat-leaf parsley to serve. Slice and serve warm or refrigerate and serve later.

Enjoy!!!

Emma's 1st day at Kindergarden

A sad but exciting Morning...



Emma got up nice and early and i helped her get ready for school. Harrison was not awake yet and Will had already left for work. It was just the two of us.
It was a quiet morning that I think I'll remember always. I helped her put on her dress, socks and shoes. I brushed her hair and put it in pony tails.
I began to talk to her about what she needed to do and what things to remember and a thought came to my mind. 'I wouldn't be there all day to tell her where she needed to be or that she needed to eat all her lunch. I have to let her go and trust that she will follow her teachers instructions. But what if her teacher was vague or unapproachable? What if Emma doesn't like her? The school is big what if she gets lost?' I think then was the only time I came close to crying. Just the thought of her starting a new chapter in her life. I really hope it all goes slowly and I can enjoy it. I had a flash forward moment where I pictured what it would be like getting her ready on her wedding day. But quickly changed my thought pattern before there really was some water works!

So i got my camera and began to take some photos....

She was so excited. She had been counting down the days for a week.

Emma, taking her first walk to school.
We got her a bag that fit everything she needed and didnt look too big for her.

Will made sure he was there for Emma and gave her a big cuddle and wished her luck on her big day. He also thought that turning up in uniform may discourage anyone who wants to mess with his little girl hahaha

Cheeky little thing!

Ashton also started with Emma. They are different classes but the rooms are next to eachother, which makes it easier for us mums. There is also quite a few kids from church going to this school and it was one of the reasons why we liked it.

Harrison loved Emma's classroom and wanted to stay longer. He got really upset when i made him leave but we did give emma big cuddles. He does miss her and constantly asks for her when we're at home. But it's gonna be nice to have some one on one time with him.

A couple of years ago i studied a little bit of Interior Decoration and i fell in love with it! I would like to one day continue with it but at the moment its just a hobbie. So when we bought our home i certainly had a few ideas on what i wanted and was pleasantly suprised at Will's talent for picking colours and creating a look in our home.

There are a few little personal touches i have made in my home that i love. I dont mind picking up a brush here and there, hmmm i am Mario Caballero's daughter hahaha

Anyways, here they are.

When you walk in the front door this is hopefully the first thing you see :) This chandelier is painted in brown paint on top of material which is stapled onto canvas.

Our bedroom has a interior sliding door so once you open it this in painted on the side of our built in. We screwed in little nobs so i could hang things on them.

I painted these canvases before i had Harrison... Love them!

Emma's tree. I wanted her room to look like a garden... We're getting there.

I would love to one day say hi, yeah im an interior decorater and i specialize in childrens rooms!
but i have ALOT to learn still... dream, dream, dream.

Princesses

Sometimes the only way to get through to my little princess when she is doing something unladylike is to ask her "Emma, would Aurora do that?". Because thats her favorite princess.

Sometimes is works and she'll stop whatever it is she is doing. Other times she needs some extra pursuasion :)

But in saying that Princesses arnt always serious and boring right? They know how to have fun. They dance with animals in the forest, they sneak around after dark in enchanted castles and sometimes disobey their fathers.

So all in all i hope Emma learns to have manners and to be kind to all she deals with but i also hope she has a sense of humor and know how to have fun.

Hide and Seek

Since moving into our new home the kids have discovered a few good hiding places and we've had a few fun games of it recently. Hopefully in the near future the backyard will look less like a construction site and we'll have many more places to hide. But so far this is Harrison's fav place to be even when we're not playing...(and especially when Im trying to get him to finish his spaghetti) The pantry!

I quite like the size of it. Both kids can get in easily.... even I hide from them in there when they are driving me crazy or when I'm on an important call hehehe

Can you guess which team I'm on?

Some cute pics...

Recently at a baby blessing Scarlett and Jony were kind enough to take some photos of everyone and I was able to get a hold of a few. These are my favorite! Thanks guys.

My handsome little man...

Our beautiful princess who only loves to wear dresses

that go up when she turns.

I love this picture and I love my gorgeous hubby!