Happy Teacher's Day

More cupcake tales. 

What's the normal gifts for Teacher's Day?   It's usually a card, right?  Also, a stalk of rose, desktop stationery, a photoframe, a drinking mug or even a starbucks gift card?   I bought such gifts before in past years for my kids' teachers.  But this year, I decided to do what I do best - cupcake!  Inexpensive yet meaningful and doesn't everyone like cute little cupcake!?   

I put them in nifty little containers and they are good to go! 

p.s.  Glad to report that Samuel is very proud of himself to be able to bring these for his favorite teachers!  

Happy Birthday Suki!

A surprise birthday for Yin's friend - Suki, Yin already found the design she wants from the web.  It really make my job simpler.    That's half the job done!   Customers can be really picky or fickle minded about the colour, design or the flavour or even the texture... so Yin has done half of the battle for me!   YAY!

It's one order of moist chocolate cupcake (16 nos per order) and I think its chocolate season now.  Everyone is so fond of chocolate.  On a related note, I was just catching up on my must-watch-movies.. I have an archive of movies eating up gigabytes on my lappie that I am force to give myself 2 month to clear.   I am now at year 2000 (I admit I am really slow...) and the movie I am currently watching  is Chocolat.   Coincidence, yes?   Hence my barrage of chocolate cake orders.

I wonder if it's gonna be all vanilla once I started on Vanilla Sky?   But that is a 2001 movie.  A long time more....I am currently still stuck at year 2000.  Hahha!

Hope you like them Suki!

Happy Birthday Nana!

To my first born, the owner of the first birthright - Susanna my energetic daughter who've had you burn calories faster than the doing the triathlon x 13 times. Now she is seven. Seven energy sapping, attention drawing and life sucking years. I would never change a thing about in those seven years. She is still demands all the energy, life force and attention every she goes. In fact, her grandma was saying that when she was at the school to pick her up, Nana, who was apparently popular at school, everyone at the canteen started waving and saying goodbyes to her as she walks up to her grandma. And she was like a proud little princess bidding polite farewells to her subjects, savouring the attention along the way.

To celebrate her birthday which falls on a school day, like her brother, she was given cupcakes for each of her classmate and teachers too. She was intensely happy with the idea that she dutifully helped decorate her own birthday cupcakes. To play safe, I went for chocolate flavor again. Afterall, I heard children are fond of chocolate stuff, yes? no? yes?

Much to her delight, the teacher organised a birthday song for her in the classroom. The cute thing was that her classmates queued up before her one by one to wish her Happy Birthday! while she handed over each student - a cupcake. Thanks to Mr. Siva who got it all organised so neatly. I am sure Susanna liked that very much!

Susanna helped put sugar sprinkles over the icing and topped with jelly candy.  She handpicked the PINK sugar sprinkles. 

Here, she was a meticulous worker.  As you can see, her focus unparallel.   Nothing could break her concentration. 

Samuel wanted to join in the fun.  His sister refused his cooperation : It's my birthday cupcake!  He sulked.

His patience paid off.  She relented.  Afterall, many hands make things light.  She delegates.

Things started to move along in good speed.  Both are happy.  Siblings cooperated well together.   Sighsss.

The neat handiwork of the little fingers.  I shall be so proud!

Safely in box ready for the big day! 

Happy Birthday my darling girl!   We love you berry much!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to every expecting moms and moms and grandmoms and to you too, great grandmoms.   

This day passed as normally as any other day at my household.  Mostly we felt that this day is blown out of proportions in many ways.  Some see this day as a reunion occasion where all siblings unite to bring the family matriach out to meals at crowded restaurants.  I say mom's day is every single day you are alive.  But to most moms, any occasion is good enough an occasion to see everyone in the family at the same dinner table.  In these busy times, how often!?  really people would take time off their schedule to gather round everyone to sit at the same table for as simple makan with their mom?    The makan is just a happy excuse, trust me, all your mom wants is to gaze on the faces of the kids she birthed from her loins. 

Oh where was I?

Speaking about makan, it won't hurt to have some lovely cupcakes to cap the occasion.   A special request for a hardworking, dedicate mom - moist chocolate cupcake with intense chocolate buttercream.  

Hope you enjoyed this, Bel!!