Little bear is spoiled

Little bear has had a very rich weekend. First of all he had a trip to Temple Newsam. Then he had his uncle babysitting (good for an extra story!). Then he had a trip to a party for his 'girlfriend's' birthday at a softplay with an extremely hazardous slide - kids were, without exaggeration, bouncing off the netting at the bottom of the slide, little bear told me with glee that he flew over the bumps. He did his Christmas card for school and then he visited his Auntie.

OH's sister is lovely, and we dropped off some late birthday presents. And then the goodies for little bear appeared. Honestly, he could do no wrong. I sit there and fret as little bear is treated to a tour of the cupboards (in case there is anything in there for him, a strangely productive pastime). We cuddled the rabbit and had a nice chat.

I shall be sorting out a spread sheet as we have been given a float by both SIL and darling uncle, just in case something for little bear is needed. Sigh.

We have agreed that we will do something for Halloween, albeit on 30th October. My approach was, 'do you fancy doing something like letting little bear come trick or treating - you don't have to, but I know you have in the past and we could pop in.' This was met with, 'we have already spotted some great stuff to decorate for Halloween, and some great jokes, and I will be putting on a buffet.'

I have promised to do stripey jellies. I used to do them for OH's niece when she was little. First you make up a batch of red jelly and pour a layer into a few clear plastic cups. Then when that had set I would do a layer of green jelly, then purple jelly, then yellow jelly. It can be a bit of a naff raff as you have to wait for each layer to set, but the aid of a fridge and putting ice cubes in with the cold water topping up the jelly mixture can speed things up. I am also planning on making some CLEARLY MARKED adult versions, with the green layer spiked with gin.

(btw, you can set sweetened coffee spiked with rum or Tia Maria with gelatine and top with cream and it does look rather posh)