All things nice

Major announcement time:

Today we made our first ever Christmas cake.
Yup. Forty-two-years-old and never made one before.

Tess has been very happy today. She was nominated 'Star of the Week' at school yesterday and told me last night that having something nice happen makes it easier to love people.
I have been reminded all day that she is a star and was told I had to tell her father that she's been 'not just half a star but a complete star'

Luckily it is true. She's been very good and very happy.

Carrots not sticks, hey?

The cake looks like a proper fruit cake and I think that's probably due to some very enthusiastic stirring

:o)