Two words: Yum cha (or chicken feet)
I like yum cha. And I like chicken feet. That’s right: I’m Chinese and slightly eccentric. Anyway, this particular outing was in celebration of my mum’s, ahem, thirty-fifth birthday – or thereabouts....
View ArticleTwo blondies
Thanks to everyone for their wonderful response to the Jamie’s room tour. It was so nice when it all started coming together and so much fun to share it with you all. I can’t wait to put together the...
View ArticleLast minute party
There was once a boy called Jamie, who had the most amazing hair. This Jamie’s mummy was lazy, and left only one week to prepare…. I know, slack, right? Still, it’s meant I’ve been ridiculously...
View ArticleLessons learnt from a one year old’s birthday
Here are three things I learnt from Jamie’s first birthday and baptism celebration: Firstly, if you have any perfectionist or OCD tendencies, you cannot organise your one year old’s birthday party in...
View ArticleThe time that was and is to come
When Rick and I first got married, we used to go over to his parents’ house for lunch or dinner at least once a week. Sue, Jess and Mark – Rick’s two sisters and brother-in-law – would often be there...
View ArticleAngus’ 4th birthday party
Here are a few of glimpses of Angus’ 4th birthday party from two weekends ago. It was a sweltering hot day, and we pulled together most of the details at the last minute, but nonetheless, we all had a...
View ArticlePete’s 3rd birthday invitations
Today I want to share with you the birthday invitations I recently made for Pete’s upcoming birthday party. He’s turning three, that boy of mine, and part of me still can’t believe that my roly-poly...
View ArticlePete’s birthday cake (sort of)
As some of you will already know, I am not much of a baker. Actually, that’s being generous. I am not a baker. I wish I were. But I’m not. And I’m okay with that. This, however, means that I haven’t...
View ArticlePete’s party favours
As you know by now, keeping it simple was the name of the game when it came to Pete’s 3rd birthday party. Nonetheless, I still wanted to do something a little different for his party favours. I wanted...
View ArticleOne year older
We are back from our holiday, my friends, and I am now one year older than I was before. As thirty-fourth birthdays go, it was a pretty awesome one. In fact, it felt like we spent the entire weekend...
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