Lachy has sum News!!

Yay!!

More on this when i can stay awake a bit longer!!

Toodles!!  :)

'Live for a Life without Regret'

Fun in the Sun/The cake part 2

We're gunna ignore the fact that this was sposed to be posted however many weeks ago (you know, at the actually weekend in the pics) and just carry on like it happened this weekend just gone!!  

Any who, this is just one large photo dump of monkey bum!!  Trying to help daddy mow the lawns, at the park, and my second attempt at Lachys birthday cake!!

Looking for Daddy

Found him!! 'Look Daddy i'm helping!!'

'Why isn't mine making that noise??'

Taking a breather

At the park!! 'Check me out on the jungle gym dad!!'

Checking out the other kids hat

 

 

Yay, slide!!

Wahoo, new car!!

'I eat the car...om nom nom!'

Slide again!!

Ooops, possibly let go too soon!

And now because i know your all waiting for a good laugh after my first disaster, here is

 Cake number 2

Much improved on the last one for sure!!!

And the icing was AWESOME!!! Marshmallow fondant found here!!

 

This fondant was just like the real stuff! (not that i have even touched the other stuff in the cake icing process)  The finished product was alot closer to what i hope to achieve for monkeys birthday, i'm sure with a bit more time and practice il get it perfect!!...(my idea of perfect may be slightly warped)

Going, going....

Gone!  Off to the land of nod!!

This is the first time monkey's ever fallen asleep in his high chair (i think, my memories not the most reliable though!) His day was obviously far too exciting!! (I know the feeling, i really do!)

Anyway! Its well past my bedtime now, so im off!!

Toodles!!  :)

'Live for a Life without Regret'

Finagle a Foto Challenge

I love these challenges!!  I hope i can get off  my bum and do them more often!!  Here are my 2 entries for this week!!

Sky's the limit!

This is on the drive to drop my monkey off first thing in the morning!!  It's kinda nice driving into daylight!!

Rule of Thirds!!

So im still getting used to this one and imagining my wee grid....Im getting there!!  Monkey-bums cuteness makes up for my lack of skills anyway!! :)

Hopefully i get in a bit earlier with next weeks challenge and not leave it til the day before it closes!!

Toodles!!

'Live for a Life Without Regret'

The Cake...

I truly don't like cake.  Sure il eat it occasionally, but if i had a choice fudge would win every time!!  This weekend i decided to attempt a practise run of the cake i want to make for Lachy's birthday in a couple of months!  It was in fact a friends idea (thanks Carena) and im so grateful to her for this suggestion, cause things did not go to plan!!

I got to try out a fancy mixer type thing for the first time, and apart from a few mishaps, i loved using it!!  I chose a chocolate cake recipe that i'd seen my friend use and this turned out well, then i watched a few YouTube videos to try and figure out how to make the 'Wonky Cake' that i so desired!!  My next mistake was to see a sponge cake as the perfect cake for a top layer, i mean, it's nice and light and wont likely sink so who wouldn't pick it!?

What didn't occur to me (and probably should'v) was how crumbly a sponge can be when cut, and my top layer needed a lot of cutting!!  Not to mention bits added on!!

Hubby was on hand for clean up duty...

So i layered and shaped and iced the bottom layer, and it turned out reasonably well!  Not the color i was trying to achieve but i didn't want to use more in case i coated everything with it.

The bottom layer was a disaster!!  The sponge was falling apart as i tried to shape it (Who knew sponge would crumble?!....Oh, Everyone??), then it stuck to the icing as i tried to ice it, and then the icing pulled the top layers off the sponge tier and nearly made me cry!!

The results...A square cake with a slightly munted mushroom on top.  (Please note, i was not trying to make any form of mushroom on this cake)

The moral of this story is, practise is a good thing....a really good thing!!  Attempting this was heaps of fun, but i think some more research is in the cards before my next attempt! Now if you'll excuse me i'm going to go and drown my failure with the Russian fudge i just whipped up!! :)

Toodles!!  :)

'Live for a Life without Regret'

40 before 40!!

After catching up on one of my fav' blogs i found this and thought what an awesome idea!!  I can pretend all i like, but my chance at 30 before 30 has passed!!  It's now time for *dumdumduuuum*

40 Before 40!!!

1#  Own our first home

2#  Make a meal using only ingredients i have made/grown myself

3#  Teach Lachy to read

4#  Tour the South Island

5#  Have a honeymoon

6#  Prepare a 3 course meal

7#  Decorate a cake using Fondant

8#  Go on a BIG shopping spree (i mean HUGE!!)

9#  Make a 'Babies first year' photobook

10#  Have a complete 'Do' (cut/color/etc) at a fancy salon...you know, the kind that offers you a cappuccino whilst you wait!!

11#  Pay school tuition for a child whose family doesnt have the means too

12#  Run a Marathon

13#  Plant fruit trees

14#  Read 40 Books (suggestions welcome) (0/40)

15#  Complete Insanity's 1 month workout

16#  Be a SAHM til i have kid/s in school

17#  Host a family Christmas

18#  Build a tree house

19#  Volunteer for something

20#  Mystery number :)

21#  Bake a 'Wonkey' cake

22#  Make 20 Pinterest crafts (0/20)

23#  Have a clean/permanently organised pantry and plastics cupboard

24#  Recollect my book case of 50+ books (0/50)

25#  Make some costumes/dress ups (Not part of pinterest challenge)

26#  Learn to play a song on a guitar

27#  Host a blog giveaway

28#  Climb Pirongia and Rangitoto

29#  Go to see a ballet (preferably Swan Lake or the Nutcracker)

30#  Attend an opera

31#  Take a beginners photography class

32#  Pay off all Small bills (Not Mortgage etc)

33#  Take a cooking class

34#  Try Aqua aerobics

35#  Have our first family camping trip

36#  Edit a full photo album myself

37#  Spend Christmas in a country that has a 'White Christmas'

38#  Tour a Foreign Country

39#  Have a Fancy dress party for my 40th!!

40#  Mystery Number :)

So there ya have it!!  The challenge is set, wish me Luck, and hopefully those two Mystery Numbers will reveal themselves along the way!! :)


Toodles!!  :)

'Live for a Life without Regret'