What to do with a newborn baby

I have a newborn baby at home, plus a Dear Husband (currently on leave) and a willful toddler. We are all adjusting to the changes that having a newborn baby brings - which are changes that are changing all the time!!

In the meanwhile, it's also the season of birthdays amongst Little Miss M's friends. I love this concept - "Little Miss M's friends" - they're actually my friends that have kids and we use birthdays as an excuse to have a party and pig out. Little Miss M is just starting to play and acknowledge other children as her friends. Luckily, she has acknowledged my friends' children as her friends now.

Anyway, we've been busy sewing up a few "reading" blankets. And, of course, they must have their names on it. What's a reading blanket? Just a lap blanket to use while reading a book or lazing in front of the television. These ones are made from a luxurious flannel on one side, cotton batting in the middle and a soft cotton on the other.

I'm pretty pleased with my "mitered corners"

And Little Miss M scored a blanket as well

It's my first attempt at these blankets and it's a kinda step into the quilting world. I'm still deciding if I like the quilted look.

And what post would be complete without a few photos of my new baby? Look how much weight she has put on.

And here's a couple of photos of my two babies... Little Miss M at 2 days old and Baby M at 2 weeks old. Sisters for sure!

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Pop Pop Pop

Caramel Popcorn - devil's food, I'm sure. I am addicted to this stuff. Once in a while, I buy that awful stuff from the supermarket and binge on it. Sadly (or thankfully - I don't know!!), I seem to be the only one in the family to love this stuff. I thought I would try to make some at home. So...

I made a batch on Tuesday night - one jar full plus 4 and a 1/2 brown bags full. I gave away one bag to a neighbour. I gave the 1/2 bag to my husband for work. And I "shared" (as in I think I ate the lion's share of it) one bag with some friends who came over on Wednesday. I was surfing Pinterest last night. And on Thursday morning, I wake up and this is what I'm left with...
Before the photo shoot...

After the photo shoot (I took about 3 photos!!)...

And that's it - no more after this jar is emptied!!
On another note, I had a go at creating "art". Art, as in something to hang and display. What do you think? The inspiration cam…

Monkey See; Monkey Do

I was just monkeying around the kitchen...
I had some dough leftover from baking dinner rolls and cinnamon buns (yeah - it was alot of dough!) and I had seen this idea from the Pioneer Woman previously. Cinnamon, butter, sugar and a dash of sweetened condensed milk - yes please!!! Ok, so maybe, just maybe, I accidentally on purpose put some dough aside just so I could indulge in this .... well, indulgence.
And what an indulgence - worse still, an easy indulgence as I already had the dough. Caramelised cinnamon sugar with a bit of bread covered with sweetened condensed milk. I don't think I really need to say more.

And, in honour of Father's Day, we had special "WE heart DADDY" pancakes... ok ok - I ran out of time, energy and ideas this year. (Note to self - try harder next year!)

Don't mock the banana - at $12.99/kg this is a real treat. Unfortunately Daddy was too slow and Little Miss M took it and ate it. It might be Father's Day, but "you snooze…

Happy Birthday Little Miss M

I asked Little Miss M - Do you want to have your birthday at a play centre and you can invite lots of friends, or do you want me to plan an at-home party with just a few friends?

After all the fun that she had been having at her friends parties being held at a play centre, I was very surprised when Little Miss M opted for an at-home party. Apparently, I'm loved because I plan the birthdays.

And so a birthday party was planned... A FURBY PARTY!! Dah-Noh-Lah! Party party!!

We had games...

A photo booth with props... (and we printed out the photos for the guests to take home)

We had cake...

And we sent the party guests home with a furby key chain, a photo from the photo booth and some homemade love...

Yes, I had to take a few days off from work to get everything done.
Yes, the Furby cake was filled with smarties and m&m's (not sure why we don't have a picture of it). And I really don't want to think of how much butter was used to make the cake and the frosting!!
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