This day I love.......: hot chocolate

Almost a year ago we had a look at the weekend box. You can read our full review here.

A year later we were sent another box to have a look at. The girls a little older, would they enjoy it as much?

The concept to the box is still the same, something to cook, make, explore and green. Our box had an Aztec theme to it and it was great for the girls to learn about the Aztec.

Our something to cook was hot chocolate, this is a firm favourite of the girls and went down very well given the cold weather we have had recently. We added marshmallows into ours, they are a favourite of the girls and a real treat.

We go to explore and learn more about the Aztecs inside the box, with mosaics to make and build our own stamps. The girls loved making the stamps and dipping them in the paint to create stamp pictures. Their favourite activity was making the Aztec birds.

We were provided with powder paint in our box and everything we needed to make our birds, except from a card board tube. I could have rolled the box itself to form a tube but decided to just use a cardboard tube. The girls loved painting and sticking and soon made some great looking Aztec birds.

The great thing about the weekend box is that it provides you with ideas and things to do with the kids. Especially on those afternoons after school or those rainy days. The girls love to get the weekend box out whilst I'm cooking dinner too, it's safe to say that even a year on they weekend box is a huge hit.

You can even get a Weekend box free using the code LEYLA130. Only 1 code can be used per household.

We were sent a Weekend box to review, all words are my own personal opinion

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J loves snow. He is happy rolling in it, chasing it and eating it. He just loves snow

Spotty dog has never seen snow before. We let her out whilst is was snowing last night, but she didn't seem at all bothered. This morning she discovered that she could eat snow and so spent most of the morning running round to eat up the snow.

Having spent all morning out in the snow the girls needed to warm up. We decided to go inside and make some of our Nutella brownies.

My youngest seemed to really enjoy baking with Nutella, although more of it seemed to be eaten than used for brownies. We decided to add in some crushed ginger biscuit so give it a richer taste. I think my eldest just wanted to hit the biscuits with the rolling pin [Yes that is a spotty dog trying to help with the baking]

We got creative with our brownies and turned them into cups. It seemed fitting with it cold outside to have some hot chocolate and this seemed a fun way to warm up. By placing an empty bun try inside the bun tray with brownie mix in, the brownie cooks round the outside creating a cup shape.

The brownies made a great cup shape, but we had to be careful to remove the top tray in case it had got stuck. I tidied up the edges before removing them from the tray.

I decided to add a ginger biscuit onto the bottom of each cup, just to give it a bit more stability. I stuck it on using the gooey off cuts from the edges.

Our cups were now ready for our hot chocolate.

I decided to treat the girls to some of the new Gü hot chocolate. Gü Puds have recently launched a new range of Gü hot chocolate. The Gü hot chocolate comes in a 750ml carton and is priced at £1.99. The Gü hot chocolate can then be enjoyed cold or warmed in the microwave for hot chocolate. I warmed it a little for the girls and sprinkled some marshmallows on top.