and last night it was only after reading this that I remembered to take my bra off as we had been dealing with a Huffy Gabbie as to why she could not take her Easter Bumble Bee to bed with us ( it squeaks and rustles plus her Brother had already destroyed his Sloth and was eyeing Stripes ( name of Bumble Bee) up next! As I read through the book, this is a book with humour and with anecdotes that parents may be able to relate to in their own lives. I think one think I appreciated about this book was there was no frills about how tough parenting can be; but it’s still the most amazing thing you can do! I had a large family, she made a gallon of this liquid lusciousness, and we drank it in small punch cups with never a drop left!

Hubs treated me to this after it was mentioned on MEET THE RICHARDSONS , we are not Parents to Human Children but we are Parents In our own fashion. Traditionally we served it with coconut cake and ambrosia (our ambrosia was fresh fruit and coconut, no marshmallows, whipped cream or mayo! There are some serious moments too, about hormones, the changes within her body whilst being pregnant and the challenges of those night feeds. Today I am on a blog tour for an entertaining non-fiction – autobiographical book – Drinking Custard – Diary of a Confused Mum.I always find Eggnog too ‘nutmegy’ – I’m glad to learn there is an alternative, similar style drink.

There are sporadic interjections from husband, Jon Richardson, reminiscent of their successful telly programme, Meet the Richardsons. He needs to stick to panel shows, where he smiles like a rapist that has just gotten away with his crime. Divinity candy, Italian or Swiss meringue frosting, pure white cake, angel food cake, meringue cookies, combine with whole eggs and make your own Egg Beaters. This book is for everyone, not just for the “moms” out there - great insight for husbands, boyfriends, brothers, sons etc ( hope that covers it all without offending) Lucys humour and take on it all is just brilliant, as with everting she is on! I am going to whip up a batch here in Texas to take to a friend who is getting a coconut cake from us.This book tells of her experience of motherhood from the day she decided she wanted a baby to the present day when Elsie has just turned 5. But in lieu of eggnog’s nutmeg and cinnamon, you get a heady dose of fragrant vanilla–and the eggs aren’t raw! Not saying this because it will make them feel better about their own parenting skills no, but for the feeling of comradery amongst mothers alike.

This is her story on finding love, becoming a mum and dealing with all the things us normal mums deal with! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Her mother used to turn up at her school and pretend to be the queen and once hid in a bush to check she was ok. My only experience of raising children is being a fairly surprised 15 year old when Mum announced she was ‘with child’ over dinner and now daily Facetime chats with this ‘child’ who has 2 of his own under 3, I love the chats but am no parent and am pleased to press the ‘End’ button when the noise gets too loud….

Every chapter is a joy to listen to and each one is full of funny situations which are quite often made even funnier by Jon's added comments.