Bub's 1 Month

Celebrating B's one month milestone together with my sis F's birthday today - perfect day for a monkey cake!

Impromptu Baby Card

I was on maternity leave so mum thought she'd drop by and ask me to make a baby welcome card for one if her colleagues... This is what I could come up with on short notice :)

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

B woke me for a cheery pick me up today - he's gotten the tree out and put on some carols.

Here's the tree we decorated together. 

Can you see our special holiday friends - ChrisMOUSE and ChrisMOOSE? 

Happy Fifth Birthday Renae!

My little sister is 5 and she wanted a rainbow princess cake and cupcakes ~ I was more than happy to comply :) I hope she and her guests liked it!

A Cake for Iain

Baked this one for my lovely godson Iain Alexander for his naming day.

Beautiful day ~ touching readings, yummy food, lovely company and great weather!

F's Monkey Cake II

Mean ninja munkey for Fritzy-pot-pot's birthday this year.

It's a peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting (tastes like Reese's).

M & G's Baby Shower

Averaging one baby shower a month hosted so far! This one is for my brother M and his wife G's very first baby boy, Miguel. Yep, the very bub that the blankie in the previous post was made for. :)

J's BabyShower

Honoured to host one of my closest friend's veri first baby shower and loved making lots of crafty things for the party...

Happy New Year

My MIL found a recipe for this black forest cake and it took very little urging for me to give it a go!

it was a nice and light close to a meal on NYE.

Gallery of Modern Art

 

Thought I'd post this coz it's so cute! B and I took our nephew S and niece E for a day out at the Gallery of Modern Art (we played with awesome Lego, went on teh giant slide and became members of Alien Nation)! We also went to the Museum and had lunch at the Brissie State Library.

Black Forest German Restaurant

We went to the Black Forest German Restaurant in Highgate Hill to celebrate (again) my FILs' 60th. lots of fun was had as we battled through very generous (and very authentic) German fare. (oh yes, they had wild swine - B had it for a main!) 

We all started with a beer then I had a ham & pickle salad, a schnitzel with spaetzl and a Schwartzwald Becher for dessert.

     

Oh wow...I have never eaten sooo much (I had to take half my main home for lunch the next day! LOL)

Brissie Christmas Day Lunch

We spend Christmas day at my lovely SIL's home with PILS, nephews and niece.

Christmas menu:

     entree: vege stack

     main: whole fish baked on the barbie, various salads and turkey

    dessert: christas ice cream pudding with gingerbread stars

Canberra Christmas

Canberra Christmas was at Dad's this year and it was heaps fun. Lil sis R1 is really into the spirit of Christmas and helped Santa Nan give away the heap of presents under the tree!

Here's what was waiting for me under the tree when we got home.

(I loved this tea set from the moment I saw them at Oxfam).

Oh and the tiramisu I made for after dins.

Christmas Treats at Work

S made these yummy treats for all of us at work.

They were so yummy (and oh so rummy too...mmmm)!

I made these from the recipes from my MIL for the lovely QAT corner.

They're White Christmas and Rum Balls Boys!

Carols by Candlelight

Mmmmm, Christmas is in the air...these are photos from Carols by Candlelight at Stage 88 on Wednesday. Loved singing with everyone and just having a relaxing time, chilling with the girls from Rotaract.

changing light

everyone getting into the spirit

(love the little girl in sunnies!)  

Christmas with the Gang

B and I hosted the Gang's Christmas lunch this year and it was a blast! I managed to get most of the pressies under the tree and set up Santa's sack for kris kringle just in time too! Whew!

This is the choc mud cake I made for J and S's birthday that we celebrated that day too. Happy  to report that everyone loved how chocolatey and moist it was (oh and they really liked the Cherry Ripes and Maltesers on top too).



 

Looked good as a centrepiece too. :)

Ahh ready for lunch!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Christmas 2010 is upon us! It feels like it came in a blink.

The tree's up and the newsletter's in progress and cards are being made.

I truly enjoyed making the cards (left)  at stamp camp at M's farm on the weekend and couldn't help myself and continued to make more (right) using the lovely materials my sister-in-law P sent for my birthday. Ahhh, wonderful holidays...

Congratulations J & E!

Just a note, short and sweet to congratulate J & E on their wedding.

Thanks for inviting us to celebrate this wonderful day with you.

Sugar Craft Day Part 2

Sugar Craft Day will take place in Moss Vale, Southern Highlands on 11 December 2010.

Theme - Christmas and Summer

• Cookie Decorating - piping + fondant
• Cupcake Art - butterflies + flowers
• Figure Modelling - reindeer

Please leave a message if you are interested to take part.