Monday, October 09, 2006

*a Rainbow promise...*

Yes, today was promise day for the first intake of Rainbows at our newly formed pack in the village. I was reminded at 8.30 this morning that we needed to take some cakes for the promise party which was being held after the ceremony, so I whipped up a quick batch of rice crispie cakes, burning the first lot of chocolate, and having to resort to a bar of whole nut which Ed had hidden in the fridge!! Melted the second lot the proper way, with a bain-marie, and NOT the microwave. You wouldn't believe the amount of smoke generated by a small amount of chocolate catching fire...!!! Despite the lumpy nuts, the whole nut worked really well - the resulting cakes were delicious, if I do say so myself. They went down well with the Rainbows. I have a not-very-good photo of F saying the Rainbows promise; forgot to correct the red-eye, so she's looking a bit spooky!

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And a much better one of F, A and two of F's best friends - one face is pixellated because I haven't checked that it's OK to post on the great www.

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Had a real treat earlier in the day; looked after the divine Miss Elizabeth for a couple of hours whilst her mum went for an appointment. She was as good as gold - she can definitely come again!

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Isn't she a peach?!! She was such a good girl.

Has been unseasonably warm today; I just hope we don't suddenly go from a mild autumn to a bitterly cold autumn/winter - that's too miserable to contemplate at the moment...

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I do love Freya's 'burger girl' Rainbow outfit. It's so much nicer than the granny tabard.

Elizabeth is such a cutie and I love the hair xxx

suebaru said...

Oh my...that is one gorgeous baby!
Love the Rianbow pics, I'm about to put Holly's name down to join up!

Anonymous said...

Hi Jo, Miss Elizabeth looks absolutely gorgeous!! How cute is she?

Rainbows? We did Brownie's and Guides, and Sophie had such a blast with them including a trip to the Swiss Guiding hut last year, so I hope your two, have many happy years in the guiding movemment.

greyparrot said...

awww rainbows uniforms are way better than brownies! Elizabeth is a real corker :)

Anonymous said...

Fab pics Jo, what a cute baby!

Ann Freeman (mafswife) said...

Elizabeth is just too cute!
Fab photos as always Jo

Jen said...

What an absolute darling she is! And I love the Rainbow piccies. They've changed the uniform - again LOL Tee hee hee about the crocs. They mostcertainly ARE the most comfortable shoes ever to have graced my fat feet. I love them. And I want to be the first with some Mary Janes - must ask my colleague in the US!!!

Anonymous said...

your girl's always look so pretty, love there little rainbow uniform.

domestic goddess said...

doesnt freya look gorgeous, its Izzy's promise next tuesday :)
must remind myself to take my camera!!
gorgoues baby pic as well Jo

Debs said...

OY Missus... how scandalous of you to burn chocolate (insert shocked smilie here) ...
Love all the happy lil' rainbow photos and that baby is just beautiful!

PS You've been tagged