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Project 366: Week Four

January 22: Happy Feet Two - The kids wore their potato-stamped penguin shirts to see Happy Feet Two at the movie theatre.

January 23: The Bird Song - While organizing the shelves in my office I was listening to the birds singing in the tree outside the window.  This drove the dog absolutely crazy. So in-between singing, I was forced to listen to barking too.

January 24: After the rain - snails love to come out on rainy days.  I found this one leaving tracks outside the front door as I came home.

January 25: Australia Day - Just because we aren't there doesn't mean we don't celebrate.  Little man wore his special Milo Cricket outfit that he was given for Christmas.

January 26: An Award - A proud mummy moment.  Flynn was given a reading award.  He loves to read.

January 27: National Chocolate Cake Day - and I celebrated wtih a big slice of chocolate cake. It was delicious.

January 28: Yarn and Bread - I met up with a friend at Panera Bread where we chatted, and ate, and worked on our latest knitting projects.  It was a great morning.

Documenting our day.  For 366 days.

Photographs taken with a combination of Camera+ and Instagram iPhone apps.

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National Chocolate Cake Day

Did you know that today (January 27) is National Chocolate Cake Day.  It's an annual event apparently.  How could I have not known about this before?  I found out via Twitter this morning.

It would have been against everything I believe in (aka chocolate) to not participate in such a momentous day.

Frosting:

Whip equal parts nutella and cream cheese in a bowl, then pipe onto your cupcake, topping with a little shimmer dust.

Tip:

When you discover that there is a National Chocolate Cake Day and you are not prepared for it in any way, and have been traveling on and off for the past month and a half, so are seriously lacking supplies, then you MAY have to resort to using a trusty 'ole box of Betty Crocker that you have in your pantry for emergency situations ... like this ... hence the creative use of nutella and cream cheese for the frosting as well.   

Never fear though, I have a fantastic tip for you that I picked up when I visited the Martha Stewart Show last year.  Do not put vegetable oil in your cake as the box advises, instead, substitute with the same quantity of apple sauce.  Your cake and your tummy will thank you.

Also, did you know it's World Nutella Day on February 5th. 

 

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