We thought our son Ru had the chicken pox. Long story short, he didn't. He merely had what the walk-in centre thought was "a non-specific viral infection". Which didn't really help us out at all. They asked if he had come into contact with cat or dog urine. Well, the cat urine goes in the cat litter tray which is out of his reach. The dog urine however could have easily come from my sister's dog who had peed on the gravel in my mum's garden several times. Despite my mum and I rinsing the gravel where the dog had pissed with warm water, apparently it did't help.
In the end, they just said to keep dosing him up with Calpol and baby neurofen. Great. Calpol as E122 in it, which is actually banned in several countries, and Stephen and I are very loathe to give Ru Calpol for this and a couple of other reasons.
We both despise some parents immediately running for the Calpol bottle as soon as their child has even the slightest sign of a sniffle or the slightest raised temperature.
Whatever it was that Ru had, gave him little bumpy spots on his face, right across his cheeks, with a few dotted over one arm and one leg.
And it's pretty much gone now, a couple of weeks later, but he's still got a few bumps on his cheeks, but at least he's back to his usual happy, sunny self!
Bad news, we still have chicken pox to come!
Anyway, made more cakes... nothing special I could put on my '101 Things In 1001 Days' though, but it was fun to experiment with the icing and to make roses for the first time...
Yes, it pretty much WAS an excuse to use pink decorations and play with icing!
I tell you what though. Buttercream? The perfect one that pipes on perfectly? Kinda solid, but still gooey when you eat it?
I can't make it.
I tried the Pioneer Woman's buttercream recipe, and that failed massively. It didn't stiffen, and it tasted more sugary than the buttery-ness that I so craved... :( *sad face*
However, I have a new recipe to try, from the youngest of my three bridesmaids who made the most beautifully decorated cupcakes for Steve and I for the wedding. Will have to report back how it goes.
Maybe I'll try it next week when I make a whole heap of cupcakes for Stephen to take to work to sell to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice. (A post on this coming soon!)
Right, gonna do the other stuff in a seperate post, as they fulfill criteria for #'s 1 and 2 on my '101 Things' list!
Love love love,
Emi, x
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