Daisies for Hanitah

Tomorrow is Hanitah's 32nd birthday. Since we are meeting tonite for a discussion on a Buzz-Ar we're putting together, we plan to have a little birthday surprise for her. And since I am now hooked on sugarcraft, I decide to do a project for tonite's party. Yeay! Because of limited colours and supplies and also time constraint, I have to settle on a simple design. But still happy with the result.

Will have to go visit the supply shop to get more colours this weekend. I still have spare fondant left. Maybe a project with the kids?

My daisies garden

I have finally brave myself to start on a fondant project!!! Just a simple project. I am very pleased with the result. I made the fondant from the recipe Kak Min has on her Baking Project website. Attended one of her classes with Elina. Very hands on, highly recommend it.

I still have some fondant left. Maybe tomorrow, if the boys behave, I'll let them have a go at it. Might want to try making figurines. Maybe start with animal cartoon figure kan? Yeay!

Bunda, i want cookie cut!

My son no. 2 a.k.a the clown, insisted we should get new cookie cutter. why? I didn't ask, because he will give me reasons I won't understand anyway. so why not. Have not been to the baking supply shop since my forest's secret project.

We went to a shop in Sunway Damansara. Not 'the' shop, but one of the cheaper ones. Got ourselves some nice cookie cutters at a reasonable price, I think. My son picked out an ice cream shaped cookie cutter. Have not tried that yet. But will do, with him, of course.

Tonight, I tried the little birdie and bunny cookie cutters with a butter cookie recipe. They turned out well. I think, they can make good themed party favours, no?

Comfort Food

A friend came home from Umrah. Had a little homecoming 'kenduri'. Nothing formal. We decide to just have a small do. The theme was pink. Made chocolate cookies with pink icing. Guests arrived just when I was about to put icing on the cookies. An architect friend volunteered to work on the designs. Thanks Hanitah and Welcome Home Aleysha!!!!

Husband's Birthday

We didn't get to celebrate my husband's birthday properly because TWO of our children were warded on his birthday. Kesian them all. So, we did a belated birthday surprise party. Just a small party with 3 special guests from Melaka. Because the birthday boy is on a special no carbo diet ( a very good diet program because he manage to shed 5 kilos in a month, impressive right? ), I had to use the Splenda sweetener to replace sugar for his cake. I don't quite like it, because it has a funny after taste. I personally think, Splenda sweetener works okay for making chocolate cake. But for Orange Almond cake, I will stick to the good ol' sugar. Happy birthday husband a.k.a ayah!

Asked the kids what they want written on the cake, they gave me a long "Thank you" speech for ayah. Told them we won't be able to fit all of that on the cake. So, just a short Thanx Ayah saja should do the trick. Because the boys planned the party, we had to do it their way.

Step 1: Get the cake
Step 2: Put up decoration ( this I didn't do, because of time constraint )
Step 3: Keep ayah busy
Step 4: Hide
Step 5: Get ayah and SURPRISE!

Eggy day

My weekday mornings are usually occupied by the baby and my little clown. Although my little clown is four, and will be turning five this year, you would think he should be in preschool already and if he's not, he'd be missing out on the early development teaching stuff and he'd be behind all the other children academically. Thing is, I watched a documentary on Smart Babies last weekend, and they have proven that children learn at the same rate, regardless of the age they started learning. So, a child exposed to formal teaching at four, is not always a better student than a child who started learning at the age of nine. So, it's okay to not send him to school just yet. Plus good preschools are expensive. I rather give him a year of schooling at a good preschool than 3 years at a shabby one. If the school is good, he should be able to catch up fast, like his brother.

So, what do i do with him at home? He plays with his sister, I read him stories from his books, cycle around the frontyard, help me with do-able housechores. And his favourite is helping me bake. And today we made egg tarts. My little clown was an excellent assistant! He helped me cracked the eggs, pour in the ingredients, mixing them and volunteered to taste the first batch. Thank you darling, Mummy loves you too!

Cupcake Fun!

Had my niece and nephews over for a night stay at Bunda's. Didn't want them to play the 'evil' Wii too much, so got them to play with icing instead. It was messy, but FUN. And they were very pleased with themselves too. Thought I should share some photos.

I am thinking of offering Cupcake Fun classes to anyone interested. Am thinking of say a group of 6 children maximum. Age between 6-12. On weekends. Lesson will include measuring the ingredients, mixing the batter, preparing the icing and piping. All material will be provided. Just bring an apron and kain buruk (wipe cloth). Each child gets to take home 6 cupcakes. I am thinking of charging only RM40 per child. So drop me a memo, if interested.