Do You Know The Muffin Man?

Remember the song....


"Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man, do you know the muffin man, that lives down Drury Lane"?


Well, I can now say that....


I actually know the muffin man!


That's right.....


My lovely friend who I have known since primary school, has up and left me and is now living in a lovely country town 2 hours away!


The town is called "Toodyay" and I decided to pay her and DH (Dear Husband) a visit.  


They have just taken over the bakery and I needed to know if it was the best bakery in Western Australia!


So I packed up the cherubs, packed my banana and coffee, picked out the DVD's for the trip, and off we went, very early in the day!


The trip, although 2 hours, was actually very pleasant....and seemed to go by fast, not even 1 toilet stop (which is a miracle when you have girls!)


Not even a "are we there yet"? was muttered from the back seat....!!!!


Toodyay is the most quaint little town I have seen!  There was 1 long main street, lined with shops, and fares to eat, but beautiful.  We started down one end, and looked through every shop along the main street!


I loved it as all the things that were being sold were not the sort of things you would see in the major shopping centres around Perth.


Next was the Bakery....would is stack up to it's reputation?  Would the food be any good?  Could it possibly beat the "Dunsborough Bakery?" Hmmm, we'll see.


So my first order of the day.....


1 coffee profiterole (of course) plus 1 coffee!! (ha ha)


Absolutely Divine....coffee profiteroles are to die for!


Kids had custard tarts and jam and cream donuts!  Mmmmmmmm!
(fabulous)


But the real test was going to be the meat pies which we were having for our lunch.  Many many flavours to choose from....


"crocodile", "emu", "cat", "dog"....you name it, they cooked it!


(ha ha gotcha....not really)


more like


"steak and kidney", "mushroom", "curry", that sort of thing!


So we grabbed our pies and headed back to their lovely country home.


It's 5 acres of property, that overlooks a dam and rolling hills.....my mouth gaped open most of the afternoon!


So a little mishap....daughter #3 walked into the glass door on the way outside to eat her pie, (obviously because Linda keeps her windows so clean!)


and down goes the pie right infront of the dog.....(mmmm said the dog!)


So no pie for Lauren!  But her gracious friend shared half her pie!  (Thanks Bethany)


The nicest part of he afternoon for me, was sitting in lounge chairs overlooking her rolling hills and dam, watching our kids climb trees, play in the mud, chase each other around, and generally have fun "being kids"!  


You don't see that much these days, and it took both her and I back to our childhoods!


Unfortunately the afternoon had to come to an end, and we had to make a move!  Packed with a bag of fresh bread rolls from the bakery, we headed home.....


What a wonderful way to spend a day, something a little different, something fun, and a great load of company!
(and yes it does beat the Dunsborough Bakery....!)


Next day I noticed, they had given us so much more than I was expecting.


Daughter #4 came to me and said "mum.....what's this on my neck"?


S.T.E.L.L.A...........


"Oh honey, that's just an elephant tick"!


WHAT THE?


:/