Leg-opener Loaf (this post should come with an M rating)

Ahem. Years ago S read a memorable review of the Australian Sparkling called Jansz that referred to it as a bit of alright and a leg-opener. Ever since then we never seem to be short of a bottle (thank you S). Recently, much to my shame, we had half a bottle left and as I hate wasting anything (where that phrase could be replaced with the word hoarder) I decided to add it to my sourdough.
I googled recipes on the interweb as there seem to be recipes using sourdough starter to make almost anything, but came up with nothing, nada...zip.Surely I couldn't be the only person to think of this...but then most normal people would probably just finish the bottle*. So I just replaced the amount of water with Jansz and bob's your proverbial uncle. The Jansz seemed to give the loaf a little extra something (it has that effect on me too) and I was really pleased with the results, as were the Friday bread munching crew aka my co-workers. So accustomed have they become to my weekly loaf that some of them now skip breakfast on a Friday so they can have a particularly thick slice of loaf slathered with butter.

*Jetlagmama would like to remind readers to drink responsibly and never waste their Jansz.

Star Wars Party!

Due to our trip to Sydney we decided to hold Jack's party the week after his actual birthday. Star Wars is the flavour du jour and so I had been planning a Star Wars style obstacle course for weeks after reading about this amazing party.
On the day the kids built their own droid and then had to enter the death star, escape the garbage compactor (how many kids parties involve kids playing in the recycling?), dodge blaster fire, spot the Ewoks, defeat Darth and his Imperial army, pin the ear on Yoda, don Wookie feet and race to turn of the tractor beam and finally to destroy the death star by getting a proton torpedo in the exhaust whatsit. Phew. This was followed by Wookie (and Yoda, C3PO and Darth) Cookies, fruit, star shaped sandwiches and a Death star Cake. Is it mean to ask children to blow out the candles when it's actually a sparkler?

 Our Leias and Lukes and Sith Lords left clutching their inflatable lightsabers and party bags and we sat down to recharge our force and work out what to do with the four litres of Milo that was leftover after I constructed the Wookie feet. Milo anyone?

Homework

Jack's homework has changed this year. Instead of photocopied pages of questions, he is assigned tasks to complete like maths and spelling, a chore (!!) and a creative activity. Last week's activity was to draw a tropical sea creature and label it so he drew a white tip reef shark. Doorselfins? Definitely.