Lily turned 5 this week. Where does the time go? She has already had two birthday cakes. This weekend we are having a party for her in Sydney at Bicentenial Park - lets hope the rain stops. I had promised a dolphin cake but I have run out of time. Maybe next birthday. So, I think it will be cupcakes. Don’t know what yet - they are my favourite things to make though so I’m happy.
We finally decided to get chickens!! The kids have been crazy about chickens ever since we moved down here. They are totally chicken mad. I am keen to get some really great eggs for cakes - so Sparkles and Shark have arrived in our backyard. We have a mobile chicken coop which means that they need to roam around the backyard during the day. It’s great watching them peck and scratch around. We do have a dog though and he doesn’t really know what is going on. Developing the relationship between Cosmo, Sparkles and Shark may take a bit of time.
It has been overcast and raining this long weekend in Nowra. I quite like those sorts of weekends. Nice and cosy. We had one sick child so it gave us a good excuse to stay in and give her a bit of tlc. I am trying hard to get the word out about my cakes. It’s all very daunting.I haven’t done a letterbox drop yet. I think that will be next week. I am really keen to get the baby/new mum/siblings hampers on my site. I will feel like things are really moving then. I am excited to get them happening because I think they are really lovely. I would have loved cupcakes when I was in hospital after having a baby. It’s the one time that I think we can eat as much of anything we want. So based on that theory, I have put together beautiful hampers, with beautiful cupcakes and baby gifts. It will be great to get them out.
I had some time by myself yesterday and I decided to try to make some baby booties. I have had the patterns for some time and just hadn’t got around to it. I really don’t know much about sewing so most of it is hit and miss. I have been looking for products to put into baby hampers and things are so expensive…I thought maybe I would just make some things myself. I will have to keep practising of course - there are quite a few mistakes and they aren’t even finished.
After I did them I thought I probably should have made two of the same shoe. Oh well….next time maybe.
Today I have been busily preparing cupcakes, gifts and boxes for some photos. I never really think how time consuming this is until it starts. I am really keen on getting my cake hampers sorted and looking beautiful. Of course, while I was doing that, I realised how little I have specifically for boys. Having two boys myself, I thought about what they both like - soccer -of course. So I made a few soccer ball cupcakes. I’m pretty sure my kids will eat them if nobody else does.
