Plants Vs. Zombies

Yesterday Dad came home with a present for us. It was a computer game called Plants Vs. Zombies.

Now we are not big computer game fans. No way! I haven't played any in ages, but we do sometimes like to curl up with our computers and have a bit of fun.

My first thought was Zombies??? We don't usually like zombies. We find them horrid and revolting. We asked Dad about it.

"I hear it isn't that bad," Dad told us. "Just try it."

We installed it and then started playing. To our surprise Dad was right. It wasn't bad, it was fun! We enjoyed ourselves a lot.  They aren't normal zombies.

In the game you have to set up a defence in front of your house using plants, to keep zombies out so they can't eat your brains. Brains don't really come into it that much, unless a zombie gets to your house and then it says they ate your brains and you try again.

I really would suggested this game for you to play. You wouldn't want really young kids playing it because of the zombies, and I know different families have different ideas at what age children should be allowed to play these things, but me and Olivia think that nine and up is a good age limit.

Have you played this game? What did you think of playing it? Are you like us and don't like zombies?

Super Treats for Everyone

How hard is it to make a yummy treat? Not very. We have heaps of favourite, simple treats that we would love to share with you.

Riley and I adore greek style yogurt. We love it's tang. It is so much better than the sweet stuff you can get. At least we think so. It has a nice real taste to it, unspoiled!

Here are some things you can do with it or any other plain yogurts:

Dollop some into a small bowl, drizzle honey all over it and tip plenty of rolled oats on top of that. Don't skimp on the oats! Mix everything together, add some more for whatever you think you don't have enough of and then eat. Warning, more honey is better than less. Make sure you can taste it!

Chop up some fresh strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and put them in a bowl of yogurt. I like more rather than less strawberries, but Riley doesn't like the juice getting all through her yogurt. You can do this with any berry or you could buy some frozen mixed berries.

What is better than rice pudding? Well we all love the really creamy rich taste. For days we are in a hurry we have quick recipe.

Here is what we do:

Cook enough rice for however many people are eating, put it in a saucepan and tip milk in so your spoon can go around the pan, but not so much that it is all milk. Just a bit.

When it is bubbling grab some sweetened condensed milk or just cream if you don't have any. Tip in a good bit and then mix up. Put a tiny drop of vanilla essence as an extra if you like.

There are a few good toppings for this. One is cut up chocolate. We also like honey and cut up almonds. You can play around with what you want.

We love fruit. The best way to have it is for dessert. This is the second easiest dessert on this post.

If you are using canned fruit like peaches (which we adore having) drain them and tip them into your bowls. If you are using fresh fruit like strawberries or mangos cut them up and put them into the bowls. If using canned fruit, tip a little juice into the bowls for an extra yummy taste.

Get a bottle of cream and put a good bit in each bowl and eat. Nothing easier. We all know this recipe!

Last of all is the easiest. All you need is a bar of chocolate of your pick and some hungry people. Break up your bar of chocolate and pass it around, yum!

I hope you liked these super easy recipes and that they are easy enough to follow. Thanks for reading and please try them out!

I would have given you some exact measurements for ingredients in the rice pudding, but there aren't any. It is just what you want to have.

Do you know any great recipes I would like? Where can I find them?

We Are On These Sites...Is That Bad?

Today Olivia and I wanted to tell you about some favourite sites of ours. I know most people do posts like these, but I would like to know some of your favourites and to tell you some of our favourites.

1. Goodreads. This is a books site. You can get books recommendations, list out books you have read, take quizzes, find quotes from most authors and so much more. You can find us as by typing our personal email addresses in. We would be delighted to be friends with you. My email us thunderbird1.riley@gmail.com and Olivia's is thunderbird2.olivia@gmail.com 
2. NaNoWriMo YWP. We have done this twice. But our accounts are new. We made them just this year. We used Mum's email address before and shared the account but now we wanted our own accounts. NaNoWriMo is where every November you write a fifty thousand word novel, pretty hard I know! The YWP or Young Writers Program is the same except you get to chose your own word count goal. On both sites there are forums to go on and meet other people. If you want to buddy us are usernames are bookwormatitsbest and abstractprincess!
3. Gamestar Mechanic. This is a game making site where you make and play games. There are also quests to do and challenges to win. We haven't published a games yet, we are too scared. But we are going to. We have played many of other people's games. Our usernames are: Phantasmorania and Petrova!
4. WeHeartIt. A great photo site. You see a photo you like and you heart it. Nothing easier. This is a great place to get some of your photos for novel covers, character ideas and blog posts, plus other things. That is where we got the pictures for out blog header.
5. Pinterest. Olivia is on Pinterest more than me, but I do go on it sometimes. It is were you see a picture and pin it to these boards you have. It is a bit hard to explain, but we both think that it is worth mentioning.

Well that is all we could think of for the moment. Please check them out follow us and most of all, enjoy yourself! Thanks.