Being two and a half, Wee Daftie does sometimes get her words mixed up (which is hilarious) but she professed earlier in the week on that she “needed” a flapjack. I think she just wanted one but absolutely insisted that it was essential to her existence. With that in mind, I planned our day today around sourcing the life-giving treat.
Look at her eating a tree in her coffee!
Now, I love to bake and I reckon I am reasonably competent at it. However, flapjacks? I never seem to get them as good as I feel they should be. They are either too crumbly and buttery or too chewy. Shop bought ones always seem better to me.
I decided it would be worth a big walk in the caboo as the weather looked fine and we had 10,000 steps to do. So I decided on walking to Craigleith shopping centre as it has a Costa, a small slide and climbing frame and is a good 45 minute walk away from home. Sorted.
Another bridge, another opportunity to shout nonsense under it.
We set off not long after brekkie and had a lovely walk where we watched cyclists, joggers, dog walkers and listened to birds singing away. It was lovely and sunny but my goodness the wind was sharp at times! It probably didn’t help that I hadn’t wrapped up a lot. The sunshine was fab but instilled a confidence in a warmth that just was not there.
Peek-a-boo!
We ran about the slides and climbing frame a bit before heading off for the aforementioned coffee and flapjack.
After we had coffee and some colouring in at the coffee shop, we walked to get the bus home. I say walked. We played “Stop and Go” again. This time though, Wee Daftie added a few new bits in. Instead of just shouting “Go!” she now says, “Green means go!” And “Red means stop!” Super fun.
Baking muffins. Much more successful than flapjacks.
We made it home in time for a lunch of tasty carrot soup and bread, before a big nap and muffin baking before dinner. We had some soft pears and a slightly wrinkly apple so boom. Tasty treats!
She had a great time mixing and helping me measure the ingredients out. And she especially enjoyed sprinkling oats over one of the twelve muffins we made. It was meant to be over all of them but she really seemed to just focus on the one in the middle.
Seriously. All the oats.
It was a good day today. Not that other days aren’t but today felt special; chilled out and fun.
Here’s to another fun adventure tomorrow. Seeing as I know where we are going but I don’t know exactly how to get there means it really will be an adventure! Wish us luck.
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