Cooking for the family on Mother's Day

Yesterday I cooked lunch for 15 and we had a fantastic day. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to cook as we all have different favourite dishes in the family. As I was in the mood for putting on a bit of a spread this is what I prepared...

What a feast we had

I cooked a long slow chicken curry (bhuna style), but kept it fairly mild for the children, and poached salmon with a medley of prawn, scallops and baby mushrooms in garlic butter. Then there was cauliflower cheese with sliced tomato with more grated cheese on top, pilau rice, roasted parsnips, carrots, suede drizzled in a tiny amount of maple syrup and lots of creamy mashed sweet potato with chopped up spring onion.

I also cooked a pasta dish with red, yellow, green peppers, courgettes, red onion and basil - the kids loved it and there was plenty left over for their packed lunch today.

Having fun in the sun

I'm having a lovely week with the children and the sunshine.

What a difference the sunshine makes to our lives. We went to the park at the weekend, tidied the garden and sorted all the children's outdoor toys out.

Blake has his own little house in the garden with little yellow windows and door, and on Sunday we put a carpet into the house. On the door there is a sign that says 'Blake’s House' – he loves it. 

I find myself smooched up against the roof occasionally serving make believe cups of tea through the window! It really is a sight.

I’ve put a picture of Blake and I in for you to see just how big he’s getting now. He’ll be three in June – wow, where does the time go?
 
What lovely memories do you have with your children and the sunshine?

Speak soon

Love Claudia and Blake
XX

The fab Silver Day event

Yesterday we had a customer event where a selection of our customers came along to preview Silver Day - it's on Sunday 15th March. It was such a fab opportunity to meet up with some of our regular customers and share our passion for jewellery.

It amazes me just how many pieces some of our ladies have in their collections.  I must admit, its pretty difficult to decide what to go for when there is such a huge choice. I have decided on a stunning pair of concentric hoops and the fact that they're on three Easy Pay makes my 'justification' for them much easier.

Hello to all the lovely ladies that I met and hello to everyone I haven't met yet. I hope one day to meet you too.

Why don't you tell me what you're going to be buying or have bought on Silver Day?

Love

Claudia

What makes Mum so special?

Mother's Day is a special day for me as it gives me the chance to spoil my lovely Mummy, Eve. 

I worship the ground she walks on and could not be more blessed than I am to have a Mother like her. Throughout my whole life she has always given me strength and support to achieve anything I set my mind to. 

She is strong and determined, hardworking and dedicated and is always helping other people. I've learnt a lot of positive traits from my Mum, like not complaining about things in life but to just get on and make the best of difficult times or situations.

I've learnt to be a good Mum myself to my three beautiful little children and that's probably the most important gift she has given me.

What makes your Mum so special?

I'm now Vice Chairwoman of the BCC committee

Good day to everyone!
 
Last night was the monthly Breast Cancer Care meeting that I attended at the charity’s HQ. The picture (left) is of us discussing new ideas for fundraising.

I’ve been involved with BCC for four years now and last night I was asked to become Vice Chairwoman of the committee and am pleased to say I’ve accepted. Breast Cancer Care means so much to me and I will do all I can to support them.
 
Seeing as I’ve had such a terrific response to the volunteer programme in my last blog post, I thought when the time comes to ask for some assistance, I’ll post it on my blog and you can see if it's something you can help with.