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my 5-day-old niece...yet to be named

bakes and cakes 4

rainbow cake...been wanting to bake this for quite some times and since i have extra egg whites from creme brulee, bolehla cuba. Recipe from Martha Stewart, basically a white cake recipe with addition of colours. Leceh jugak nak buat sebab u need to weigh the cake batter roughly the same weight and since i only have 2 cake pans of the same size, need to wash and reuse the moment you took out the cake.

 But the result were worth all the troubles..

from the top, with cream cheese topping (the only topping that my kids like). Would be better if the topping has slightly harden before piping, but as usual, when baking with kids around you are hardly unlikely to be able do ask them to wait for long. Gave some to my neighbours as i know we couldn't finish all this by ourselves.

creme brulee, bake this twice in 24 hours as my kids loved it and were fighting for the last one. Kesian pulak tengok..tak pe mama buat lagi, senang je, cuma it only uses egg yolks and i don't like to keep egg whites for long...dah kena pikir nak buat apa with egg whites pulak..alhamdulillah, dapat buat rainbow cake yang kat atas tu.

churros for breakfast, alia's request. Recipe using basic choux pastry recipe, the difference is you pipe and fry the dough instead of baking it.

good to be eaten straight from the fryer..top with cinnamon sugar.

JPO

We finally managed to go to JPO bila balik kampung during Christmas break. It was less than 2 hours drive from Jasin. Sampai sana pukul 9.30am...kedai pun tak bukak lagi, but customers dah ada yang menunggu.

bergambar dulu

alia belajar pakai camera dslr papa

 

muka happy dapat kasut

 

muka happy dapat jeans..bukan senang nak dapat jeans yang comfy

 

our dessert..lunch was at food court..irfan tidur during lunch, jadi bila dapat crepe...almost 3/4 habis, lagi satu we share among the 3 of us..filling banyak choice not like what we usually have in klang valley

after lunch, round skali lagi, tengok coach outlet orang beratur nak masuk...hihihi, masa masuk pagi tadi tak de line langsung. Burberry is another outlet yang orang beratur nak masuk. price is definitely cheaper than outside, but during sales price might be the same for some items. Of course yang tak de discount kat luar macam clarks, levis, memang worth buying, but of course..buying online direct from USA is much cheaper even after you include the shipping charges, but if you are the type yang kena pegang/rasa barang before buying or not comfortable buying online, then this is a place to shop.

camping time!

the first time camping experience for the kids, went to camp abc at janda baik

 muka- muka excited, khemah Alia& irfan, our khemah is facing theirs

 

 dah ready nak mandi, siap pakai goggles lagi...hahaha

 tapi bila kena air...sejuk..irfan tak nak mandi.

 last-last, pujuk punye pujuk, masuk gak..tapi tak suka bukan sebab sejuk tapi sebab batu, tak dapat nak mandi comfortably

 macam dekat water park pulak tengok these guys main pelampung besar tu, wish we had that

 dalam khemah, masa resting..tiba-tiba ada kertas dibaling masuk..rupa-rupanya kakak ajar irfan tulis message...pandai jugak bebudak ni kill the time bila tak de tv/notebook/tablet/wii etc

 pagi-pagi bangun tangkap gambar the kids soundly sleeping...i terjaga tengah malam sebab angin kuat and our khemah bergoyang2, but tanya the kids, sorang pun tak sedar

 the perks of camping compared to staying in chalets, you are the closest to this beautiful view, just a several steps from our camping ground....can you see a man fishing in this photo?

 papa masak breakfast

 my breakfast

sebelum balik shah alam singgah dulu kat sini amik gambar

irfan marah/geram sebab kena paksa turun kereta. overall, it was ok, would be better if the weather is nicer.

trip 2 the museum

after so many years tak jejak kaki disini, last wekend pergi jugak...just to bring the kids jalan2

the museum ni irfan panggil zoo, and he told me that he remembered that we went to a "zoo" in melbourne

ntah apa yang irfan buat masa ni

in between the floors

loves this part of the museum

main2

 outside..dekat shipwreck exhibition

 the favourite place for the kids

posing

kecoh2 kat sini... all in all, just an ok trip for me...a bit different from the normal window shopping weekend

bakes and cakes 3

i have not been updating for quite some time, lots of photos but not in the right notebook

red velvet cake

red velvet cuppies..my kids loves this more than the cake

peanut butter cupcake with caramel buttercream

the texture resembles  moist chocolate cake, dense and moist, yummy

jelly pelangi, recipe taken from my cousin. when it comes to jelly, i'm a beginner as i don't like jelly in general but my kids loves it, guess i'll be making this again, but need to stick to fewer colours or use more jelly.

the wheels

i remembered a time when alia wanted to try ice-skating in sunway pyramid. i told her i'll bring her soon. two weeks later i was pregnant with irfan..now irfan is already 5plus and i still haven't brought alia ice skating..so this is the closest to ice skating that you get..bukan apa alia, mama tak pernah ice skate, after a certain age kalau jatuh memang le teramat sakit.

on one hand you somebody who hasn't skated her whole life and on the other someone who hasn't skated for more than 20 years, bila dah pakai nak gerak seinci pun rasa tak confident

for several rounds i kept holding on from bar to bar and was always behind alia. Alia jatuh tak tau berapa kali but she was determined to learn how to skate. after 2 round she ask to change from roller skate to rollerblade. the  moment she tried rollerblade, she almost give up and wanted to changed to roller skate again but i ask her to keep on trying, at least for one round. i memang pakai skate masa kecik, so i'm more comfortable with it.

after one round she was ok with it and keep going, but i was always near just in case she fell down and no one was there to help her. at one time we were side by side but not long after i felt down...OUCH!!

alia was skating confidently at this time

after 2 hours of skating i sat down and told her to inform if she's ready to go. about 20 minutes later she's done. keluar and look for food

at chilla cup after ordering they gave you those thinggy and when you drink is ready it will buzz for you to take yr drink

alia makan thick toast with butter and caramel

i ate tortilla with double cheese..sebab lapar both of us finished our meal. overall it was a good experience, wouldn't mind going there again.