10 Ways to Nurture Your Children

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Banana Bread

Banana Bread brings back many many nostalgic memories of my friend Kathy. I met Kathy when we moved into our first rental property in New Zealand. There was a knock at the front door and there stood Kathy with a freshly baked loaf of banana bread and a welcome to Shirley smile. Kathy has been one of God's best gifts to me. We live a few thousand kilometers apart now but we have the kind of friendship that we can pick up where we left off no matter how long it's been. Kathy used to add a cup of baking chocolate to her recipe so if you are in need of a chocolate fix feel free to add it in.

Ingredients

Gather your ingredients and baking equipment.
Sons are an added bonus and great helpers  ;-)

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 eggs
• 5 ml Vanilla Essence
• 4 over ripe banana's mashed
• 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

Method.

Cream butter and sugar

Add eggs and Vanilla Essence
(love the colour of free range egg yolks!!)

Mix till creamy texture
Add mashed banana and mix well

Add Bicarb, flour and baking powder.

Grease and flour your favourite bread tin
Add mix to tin and bake for 1 hour at 160 'C fan forced

Cool on cooling rack

Slice and serve plain or a light spread of butter and enjoy!
Store in an air tight container

 Blessings

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I won .... I can't believe it

One of my favourite things to do is look around at whats new and listen amongst home school Mums as to whats happening. I also really love seeing all the blog giveaways that happen.  One of my pet peeves is that they all seem to be limited to people living in America.  Sigh

I was over having a look at Stories of an Unschooling Family which is written by Sue.  I happened to find Sue's blog as I had read about The Nickleby's over at Seven Little Australians and Counting and wanted to know what it is all about.  I am in awe of anyone who can write a book.  I would love to write a book one day but for now will practice on my blog.....

The day that I happened to visit Sue's blog she was having a Free Give Away -- A Little Way of Home Schooling by Suzie Andres and it was an eBook and thus open to anyone. I left a note in the comments section and forgot about my entry.

A week later I received a note on my blog asking me to contact her as I had won a copy of A Little Way of Homeschooling.

I was in shock.  I had won.  Wow.  I have received my copy and it's waiting on my computer for me to read it. 

I am a hold the book in your hand kinda girl but lately have been wondering what it would be like to read an eBook on an eBook reader and whether or not to purchase one. I am considering lay bying a Kindle but at present am not sure what would be better.  Some advice from you my readers would be appreciated.  Or even better anyone got one I could borrow for a week ??

For now I would just like to say Thank you so much Sue for my gift of A little way of Home Schooling.  As soon as I have read it I will let you know my thoughts.

Blessings