A Baking Session with Kimi

On Tuesday evening, when I picked up Kimi from the Nursery, the teacher there passed me a note informed us that this Friday they are going to organize a Class Party. This party is to mark the last day of school and also a farewell party for the children who are going to Primary One next year.

On the note, it is stated, 'The children will have potluck session to share goodies brought from home'. Oh... such a late notice, what shall I do then? This is my first experience and I am not too sure what I need to prepare for Kimi. Not wanting him to bring junk food to school, so I spent a Tuesday night to think of what Kimi can bring for the party.

Finally, I decided to bake for him :) I searched a few recipes online which were suitable for kids. At the end I had 2 in mind. So on Wednesday lunch hour, I made a trip to the bakery shop and bought the ingredients needed. After work on Wednesday night, I tried out for the first time so that I can know what to adjust on the recipe. I want to make sure that the cakes are edible when Kimi brings it to school on Friday.

Thursday night, the real baking started!

This is what I bake - Banana Muffins ~ I choose an easier and healthier recipe for the kids. Hope they will like it!

The ingredients were 2 portions which I tested to bake on Wednesday night.
On Thursday, I doubled up the ingredients because 2 portions can only bake around 11 muffins.

Kimi - The Baker Assistant of the Night!

 

 

 

The outcome after 10 minutes (half time) & 20 minutes (full time) of baking ~

 

 

And the little assistant comes again....
This round is to help to arrange the muffins into the box properly.

 

Finally.... There are ready to be served!!

 

Hope the children @ Kimi's Nursery love the muffins ;)

 

Banana Muffin's Recipe which a friend of mine shares it with me. The recipes she shares uses cups as measurement. I calculated them into Grams so that easier for me to measure the ingredients.

Recipe:
2 medium size bananas (Mashed)

2 eggs

120g Canola Oil

100g Icing Sugar (But I replace this with Brown Sugar)

130g Self Raising Flour

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence (Optional)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 Baking Powder (This one I add in myself as my first attempt the muffins look flat. Hehe....)

Methods:

1) Beat eggs, sugar and canola oil for around 5 minutes until they are foamy.
2) Fold in the raising flour and mashed bananas.
3) Add in some vanilla essence (if needed)
4) Spoon the mixture into the paper cups until they are around 3/4 full.

Preheat the oven at 170C. Bake for around 20 minutes or until they are golden brown on top.

This is a very easy recipe and it only takes me around 20 minutes for preparations and 20 minutes for baking. Not hassle and easy to clean up the mess after bake.

I double up the portions and it can bake for 24 - 26 muffins.

Kimi loves it very much and ate up 2 muffins after they cold down. I stop him from continue to ask for more because I worry later not enough for him to bring to school to share. Hehe :)

Nico with his Swollen Eye!

Last weekend we were back to Taiping to visit Nico. When we reached at night, we were a bit shocked to see his swollen eye. MIL told us, on Thursday morning, Nico woke up with an insect bite's mark on his face.... And towards the evening, the mark started to swell and it became like this on the next day.

My poor boy! Luckily he did not find it painful and did not cry after the bite. He could play with us and laugh out loud as well. Moreover Friday is a public holiday, the pediatrician was closed and we couldn't send him for a check-up. Sigh! Didn't know what to do at that time and so worried that it might affect his right eye. His Daddy was so worried and kept on asking me for a solution.

So, I ended up using the the skin cream which I have at home to apply on Nico's face to see if it could help to soothe the redness and hopefully not so swollen. Thank God! On the next day, the redness seems to be better and his eye can open bigger to show to us. And on Sunday when we returned back to KL, his face recovered almost 80% and we could see his double eye-lid again. My baby Nico is back to his chubbiness look again!

Note: I personally find this cream is very useful on certain skin problems. I have been using this cream since Kimi's baby time until now and for now on Nico as well. So at my house, it will never running out of this cream.

According to their website, this cream can soothe all the rough spots. Wholesome ingredients are carefully blended to create an ultra-rich, soothing skin crème for baby’s tender skin. Sweet almond oil, aloe vera and beeswax absorb quickly to soften, nourish and re-condition dry skin.

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Grandma's Birthday @ Pontian

Date: 13th October 2012

Last weekend, we travelled back to Pontian for my maternal grandmother's birthday. So happy that this round we got to arrange Nico to go back with us. It was a short and yet a very HAPPY family trip!

The Birthday Cake for the Five of Us - Grandma, Myself, 2 Cousins & 1 Niece ~ Thanks to my dearest sister for such a creative cake! Dang.... Dang.... The '5 in 1' Birthday Cake ~ So cute and lovely!

These are my Mum's sisters.... Mummy has 5 sisters and 1 brother ~ My Mummy is the 3rd daughter in her Family ~

 

My siblings… but short of one youngest sister ~ She is having her final exams now, so she chose not to go back with me.

And these are the October Babies!

 

My Cousins ~

My turn!

My niece ~

It was a very joyous gathering!

And our way of eating the birthday cake! Hehe ;)

Travelling back to Pontian is not as often as before I had Kimi and Nico... So every trip back to Pontian is a very precious trip for me. I enjoy every gatherings I have with my families and love every single one of them! They are the ones that make up my happy day every day ~ I am blessed to be part of them ^^

Ah Ma, Happy Birthday to You! We wish you Healthy and Happy every day ~

A Lovely October ~

October - My birthday month!

I always love October the most out of the 12 months in a year. Reason being, I feel so much being loved... Haha! Be it from Hubby, from my 2 lovely sons, parents, siblings, friends & everyone... Thank you for all the SMSes, WhatsApp messages, phone calls and Facebook messages on 8th October! I am very thankful for all of the birthday wishes I have received.

This year birthday is indeed a 'surprising' one! During the birthday party in office hosted by my bosses and colleagues, we heard someone press the doorbell and looked for me. Ehh.... I didn't buy anything online, so I shouldn't be getting any parcel at this time. My lady boss went to open the door and instead of receiving the parcel for me, she called my name to receive it myself.

Mmmm... a SURPRISE I got at the door! Someone sent me a bouquet of flower. The first thing came to my mind at that moment..... Hubby doesn't seem to be someone who will do this, but if not him, who else will send me this bouquet of flower on my birthday? And indeed this surprise was sent by my Hubby! On the card, it was written, From, Kimi, Nico and Hubby ~ Yeah... It was sweet, indeed a very lovely present I received on this year. Recalling back, I think the last time I received flowers from my Hubby, it seemed to be 5 years back when I was not even his wife yet...

 

 

He remembers I love Hydrangea :) Thanks, Hubby! You really caught me by surprise this round!! I am not expecting this at all as the man I know all these years doesn't seem to be someone who will do this... I am touched, truly touched!

 

In office's Birthday Party ~

 

Birthday's Dinner with Hubby and Kimi ~

Another surprise I received on this special day! Thanks, Ai Ling, for your lovely birthday cupcakes! I LOVE them very much ~ They make up of my lovely family of FOUR!

 

October 2012 - You are a amazing one! Thank you ~ Wish I have more amazing years ahead with all my lovely families and friends :)

Nico @ 9 Months' Old

Five more days before Nico marches into 10 months' old... 

Nico's teeth started to grow out at his nine months' old. Same as his 'kor-kor', their teeth popped up only around the age of nine months. A bit late though but is alright. Better than never grow out. Haha! At this stage, we keep on need to change his bib for him as Nico has a huge amount of saliva. His bib is always wet :) The only time when he no needs to wear a bib is during his sleeping time. Hehe!

At this age, Nico weighs around 11kgs. A little bit heavier than Kimi during the same age. Carrying him on our arms needs a lot of energy as he likes to twist and turn his body a lot. A very active little boy!

He still refuses to crawl... He will try to reach his toys by turning his body a few rounds instead of crawling to it even though we put the toys at another side to encourage him to crawl to reach the toys.  Don’t know when this little lazy and clumsy boy of mine will learn how to crawl. Or perhaps he will skip the crawling stage?  

Nico with his 2 little teeth at the lower gum ~