The Party aftermath

Ok - so we were supposed to have a lovely party for Miss E's 2nd birthday last Sunday. Unfortunately, we succumbed, one by one, to a little virus that saw much time spent in bed and/or on the toilet. Not happy Jan!

Master O went down first, then party girl, then Daddy - so we postponed the party on the morning of the celebration. Nothing like last minute!

I was nice enough to wait until the night of the intended party to succumb. So here are a couple of photos of some of the cakes I made that had to be frozen and the birthday cake - a teacup - an awesome creation by DH - that had to go in the bin due to him icing it before the bug hit!


This is our very lonely birthday candles ceremony - and yes Miss E did snaffle those Tim Tams as soon as the cake was put down!



and a closeup of the cake - we were stumped on how to do the handle - but will try something different next time. This attempt was a bit droopy :)



We did our own pass the parcel with Miss E, Mr O, Mr O's teddy and me. He was really looking forward to doing pass the parcel with all his cousins so we improved. And guess who won?????




My cupcakes in icecream cones. I was very happy with how these turned out. I hope they will freeze well!




And of course - here is the birthday girl enjoying her present. She absolutely loves it and won't let anyone else near it!

All seems to be fine, gut-wise, in the household now. Here's to good health and happiness! And remember to leave a comment on this post if you want to be part of the huge BLOG party giveaway for the launch of the new SEWN website.

Heart Palpitations

I've started having them!

Because the beautiful little jacket I just finished for E to wear to her birthday party on Sunday just might be too small!! She seems to be a bit wider in the chest even though I made the 98cm - have made her 92cm shirts but different fit I guess. And it was really really hard. But it is so cute and just so beautiful.

Am staying calm because I *did* put it on over her pj's tonight so will wait for tomorrow and try it on with the dress.

Calm, blue ocean. Calm, blue ocean.

On another note - here are the party bags I've made for sunday. Because we're (I say "we" but of course I mean "I") having a Tea for Two theme as Miss E turns that magical number. So the party bags are teatowels from Big W - you know the standard red, blue and green checked ones that I've made into aprons with just the plain white tape that you can buy from woolies. I based it on this tute and they worked out really well. Each child gets the apron and in one of the pockets is a biscuit cutter and a laminated biscuit recipe card. In the other pocket is a snaplock bag of lollies. They ended up folding up really neatly so I'm pretty chuffed with how they look and I think they'll be well received. The little tags have pics of E in a chef's hat and says "thanks for coming to my party" - with each child's name on the back of the tag in nikko pen. Some pics below.

And just because I can't keep it a secret anymore- here are some pics of what Miss E is getting for her birthday. When we drop O off at Kindy she heads straight for home corner and checks out the dolls in the big cradle then has to touch every dial and knob on the oven/ microwave/sink/fridge and then open every door several times. She then checks out the pretend fruit and then I have to grab her and leave! So here's what we've got her. We got it last weekend and put it together and it is currently hiding under a sheet in the office.

It's a bit pink, isn't it? And I'm thinking that eventually I will paint over the Barbie logo and put her name there.

Anyway - I know she's going to love it even though it goes against the feminist grain somewhat. However, she'll love it and that's that :)

Batman Boy!

I'm just putting up a few photos from my Big Boy's Batman party on the weekend. Husband and I worked out how to do a Batman Cake - he has been asking for one since his third birthday last year!

Here's a pic of the boys making the cake.

And the finished cake - it was supposed to be a Bat-cave with the Bat-mobile driving out of the mouth of the cave. I think we did pretty well!

It's a batman mask from kmart on a chocolate-iced Dolly Varden cake and with patty cakes as the number four.

He loved it and had a great time at this party.

It was a great success and O had a ball which was the main thing!