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Tim Tam Love

12:21AM | March 14, 2013 | 5 comments

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Last Thursday Aidan and I ventured into Sydney for an event. Usually I go to these things alone but I was excited to bring Aidan along for the day. He just loves to go on “adventures” with me on the train into the big city. He slipped his shoes on, grabbed his hat, clipped on [...]

Chobani FroCHO Pops

10:10AM | November 15, 2012 | 2 comments

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Earlier this week Chobani sent us a great big crate of yogurt awesomeness, this stuff is crazy good. They sent us a package around this time last year and Aidan was thrilled with it so I was keen to see what was in this one as they’re always a surprise. In case you’re wondering Chobani [...]

How to make Cob Loaf

02:40PM | December 26, 2011 | 4 comments

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I never really got into blogging recipes, I cook a lot but I’m generally too busy in the kitchen to stop and show you what’s going on in there and my camera is too bulky and expensive to keep in my tiny little kitchen. Monica came over today and I offered to make lunch, we’d [...]

Meat Eater

05:00AM | January 18, 2011 | 3 comments

Sponsored by Nuffnang & MLA As most of you know we started Aidan on solids early, around 5 months and it worked out well. We wanted him to try everything and Steve and I agreed that we’d make sure anything we ate, was something that he could eat too. This totally changed our diet for [...]

Aidan’s 1st Birthday

01:09AM | August 28, 2010 | 10 comments

My little baby turned one this week and it’s thrown me a little. I swear that when he woke up on Wednesday morning even looked older, maybe it’s all in my head but there is no denying he’s a toddler now. The in-laws and my own family were traveling to us to celebrate his birthday [...]

30 Days – Photos 18,19,20,21,22,23

01:35PM | August 24, 2010 | 4 comments

Photo 18 – Aidan hanging out in his swing whilst I hang out the laundry. I was kept pretty busy getting the house ready for all the family who were due to arrive. Photo 19 – It was a big day of blogging for me over at Kidspot, you can check out the posts I [...]

Tower of Yummy

01:33PM | July 23, 2010 | 9 comments

I wouldn’t say I love pancakes, I don’t might them but pan fried cake batter in the morning never really appealed to me. Maybe it’s because I can’t make nice ones, my sister can but mine never come out fluffy enough, they end up more like crepes. Every now and then I’ll feel like them [...]

Homemade is sweeter

05:08PM | July 19, 2010 | 3 comments

I made my birthday cake as I do every year. It looked just like the one the Blythe Doll as ‘eating’ in the previous post. Lots of lovely silky cream and Strawberries. I got a little crazy and drew happy smiley faces on them. It looked cute and made me happy. I made my rich [...]

My Place & Yours

03:17PM | April 6, 2010 | 10 comments

I was so distracted last week that I forgot to play MPAY over at Hello Owl. This weeks theme is “Gadgets” so of course I instantly thought of my iPhone but almost everyone has one now so I thought I’d dive into my very deep utensil draw and show a few of my favourites. Tiny [...]

Easter Party

02:48PM | March 30, 2010 | 5 comments

This week at Mothers Group we had a little Easter Party for the kids… ok, well for us. We each brought a plate of goodies and I organised a few craft activities. Here is Aidan sporting his bunny ears. All I did was draw some ears, cut multiples out and stick them to a strip [...]

nom nom nom

09:14PM | February 21, 2010 | 8 comments

This week I’ve been busy making food. I know there are healthy, organic and affordable options available for little babies at the supermarket but because I’m a SAHM, have all the equipment and skills, I decided to make his meals myself. I bought Annabel Karmel’s book (in my sidebar & pictured above) and it’s been [...]

Tequila!

09:42AM | February 9, 2010 | 6 comments

Since we have our very own live-in babysitter (my sister) we thought we’d make better use of her before she goes on Thursday. Steve made a reservation at our favourite Mexican restaurant on Sunday night. We washed and fed the baby, put him to bed and we managed to get there on time. I haven’t [...]

Bad Day for Pumpkin

10:29PM | January 9, 2010 | 0 comments

As you might have guessed we’re experimenting with Baby Led Weaning at our house, you can see the book that inspired me in the left sidebar. I’ve read the book twice and gone back and referenced it many times. It might not be for everyone and I know people are going to have their opinions [...]

Bad Day for Pumpkin

10:29PM | January 9, 2010 | 15 comments

As you might have guessed we’re experimenting with Baby Led Weaning at our house, you can see the book that inspired me in the left sidebar. I’ve read the book twice and gone back and referenced it many times. It might not be for everyone and I know people are going to have their opinions [...]

Cheat Cake editted

11:12AM | December 22, 2009 | 8 comments

It’s not really a cake but looks and tastes like one. In actual fact it’s cookies & cream so if you love that combination this “cake” is totally up your alley. All you do is sandwich Arnotts Choc Ripple biscuits with cream, form into a log shape and then cover in even more cream. Yep, [...]

Lobster Please

10:29PM | November 10, 2009 | 6 comments

After a hard day Op Shopping I wasn’t sure going out to dinner would be such a great idea. I thought Aidan had done it a bit rough, I thought I needed to just chill and not get dressed up and be all social. Mum convinced me otherwise and said that if I didn’t go [...]

Flying Solo

01:46PM | September 22, 2009 | 6 comments

Yesterday was my first full day home alone with Aidan, my first day at being an “all rounder” mother. Now that my lovely mother has gone home and Steve was away at work all day it was just me and the baby. I remember thinking “Now what?”. I mean, what do you do with a [...]

Addictions

12:30PM | August 4, 2009 | 6 comments

This has been my addiction for the last several months. Do you remember eating these as a kid, biting a small hole near the top and spiraling the cheese out like worms? That’s how I’ve eaten every single one. I pop one in my bag if we’re heading to the shops, going to Ob appointments, [...]

The Cake… in pictures

07:43PM | July 3, 2009 | 5 comments

No one said it was going to be easy and no one thought I’d be 30wks pregnant when I offered to make their wedding cake as our gift to the couple… not even me. In hindsight buying a vase would have been so much simpler but I’m so glad I put on my brave face [...]

My Grand Creation

10:10PM | June 30, 2009 | 10 comments

This is the cake I made as a labour of love for our best friends Danielle & Luke for their wedding last Thursday in Darwin. It took 3 days, 6 layers of devils food cake, lots of chocolate frosting and a tonne of buttercream frosting to make it, all while 30 weeks pregnant and not [...]

Clueless

12:28PM | June 23, 2009 | 6 comments

That’s what I’ve been for the last few weeks. Dani (and everybody else it seems) duped me into believing that Dani wasn’t able to attend the wedding in Darwin. I was sad, really disappointed but it was out of my control, nothing I could do… Nothing I could do but CRY when I saw her [...]

Cinco de Mayo ~ Photo Overload

06:23PM | May 2, 2009 | 4 comments

Photo Mojo is BACK, full force. The margaritas were flowing freely, everyone loved them. Chris (Alice’s son) working the sombrero. Kevin blending up a storm. “Blue Lagoon anyone?” Bruce putting on airs. Everyone from work chilling out and sipping their drinks. I of course, was on the hard stuff. Sprite. Mmm Doritos and Alice’s homemade [...]

Cinco de Mayo

12:30PM | May 2, 2009 | 1 comment

I’m heading over to Alice’s and I’m taking Heather with me. She’s planning on making a dent in my Tequila bottle. I don’t blame her. Alice is cooking up a mexican storm and invited everyone over to eat, drink, chat and be merry. It’s going to be hard not to think about Gloria… “My rice [...]

Happy Easter Cake

06:07PM | April 6, 2009 | 7 comments

Isn’t it just darling! I’m quite proud of my efforts. To tell you the truth I went a bit over board for a work BBQ but once I started I couldn’t help myself. Plus I had a few new piping nozzles I’ve been meaning to try out. I’m really chuffed of my buttercream icing too, [...]

13 Random Food Quirks

08:31PM | February 8, 2009 | 5 comments

As inspired by Rhi’s blog: I was addicted to Coca Cola and I couldn’t go a day without a glass, or a bottle, or just a few liters… but it’s been 18 months since I quit and I’m not looking back. Sure it’s not my only weighty issue but it’s a start. I love BBQs, [...]

Chinese Food

01:05PM | December 20, 2008 | 3 comments

Steve and I rarely get take out. If we do it’s because it’s really late or we feel like treating ourselves. Last night after our hand work on Steve’s outdoor room, we indulged in some Chinese. We haven’t had Chinese in YEARS as we always prefer Thai. Anyway, indulge we did and it was beautiful. [...]