Tea and Scones

For the past week or so we have settled into a semblance of a normal rhythm at home which has been a relief to all of us. But before that, when the kids were down and out with back-to-back sicknesses, we had to get creative with our daily entertainment. Since we don't have most of our toys, books, or games, the kids spent a lot of time on their iPads.

Here is Justin, being a total trooper with a fever and a sore throat, reading about the T on his iPad, and resting on our "couch" which was made up of camping mattresses and Ikea pillows. (We have a real couch now, thank goodness!)

But we also managed to invent a few recipes. (My recipe binder is in the moving container along with the kids' toys.) The kids decided that, being in England and all, we should make scones. I'm pretty sure the recipe we came up with did not constitute a proper scone recipe, as it involved whole wheat flour, maple syrup, coconut oil, and whatever other ingredients I could throw together from the limited food we had. They tasted good, though!

And that jam? So, so good. It's a pure fruit spread from France and I could eat it by the spoonful (but I don't...) We also made whipped cream, and I only had a whisk, but it still whipped up so much more quickly than when we did it by hand in California. Is it possible that British cows make thicker, easier-to-whip cream than American ones do?

And here are our sweet kids, smiling through their sickness, eating our scones.

Oh, and we had tea, too, but we didn't even do that part right...herbal instead of proper black tea. Do you think they'll let us stay?