a visitor!

the other week we had a visitor!

a local member of parliament, russell matheson, came to chat to us and eat cake :>

we also showed him our vege patch

weeding the garden 

checking that the veges are growing 

us and russell and our vege patch 

mums unite macathur rock!

so does tallowood for letting us have our meetings here!! 

the awesome child care ladies who look after the kids while  us mummies plot to take over the world...mwahahahahaha!!

Russell Matheson would like to hear from the people who really run Macarthur

THE MUMS!!!!

Come armed with questions and baking and your children

to a community liaison meeting at

Tallowood Community Centre

2 Littmer Way Ambarvale

On Friday 29^th July

From 10am until 2pm

FREE child care available

Please check out Mothers Unite Macarthur facebook page for more details

Or email Mary-Jane maryjane_lyng@hotmail.com

Clare clare@crafty-cow.com

pastry day

the other week in MUM land we had a big batch pastry day.

there were chicken sausage rolls, chinese pasties, nutella rolls and cheesy vege pockets to make and scoff and swap.

here are some of the mini MUMbakers in action trying their hand at pastry making.

an easy recipe from the day for pastry was this tried and true family favourite...

2 cups of flour approx-can be plain or wholemeal

5 big spoons of marg/butter

cold water

pinch of flavour-salt or paprika or chicken stock cube or basil or whatever goes with what you are cooking

smear butter/marg around the edge of your bowl

add flour cup by cup-mix in-between cups

add flavour

add water bit by bit until it is mixed nicely

knead until play dough texture

wrap in gladwrap and leave in fridge for at least an hour

take out and cut into 1/3's

sprinkle flour onto board and onto rolling pin

roll out to desired width

school holidays

well school holidays are here in force

and what to do with the kids over the 2 weeks

here are some ideas

http://www.inmacarthurguide.com.au/eguide/archive/2011/07.htm

http://www.schoolholidaydirectory.com.au/index.php?page=category&keywords=sydney&second=all

http://www.kidspot.com.au/thingstodo/nsw-sydney/school-holidays.htm?Days=7days&Price=&Age=

hope that helps keep you sane :>

There's only one thing stronger than a mother's love - garlic breath.

welcome to mothers unite macathur

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A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.  ~Tenneva Jordan