Last few days have either been busy or tiring...or both.
Sunday was spent preparing for my little Tea party on Monday. Or rather, most of the day was 'wasted' away doing god-knows-what-else and then the evening and early hours were frittered away in baking and sandwich preparation.
And for some reason, my usual OK luck with baking seemed to depart, leaving behind flattened, holey cupcakes and unfluffy sponge cake. I think in the end, they both worked out and were quite yummy - the boy and I have been munching on the leftovers :o)
So here are some of the results of moi staying up til 2 am on Sunday...
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| Whole Wheat bread with Basil and Garlic Flavored Goat Cheese and thinly sliced Ham - These disappeared completely :o) |
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| Flat and holey chocolate cupcakes baked from scratch...frosting, not so much ;o) |
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| Traditional British Sponge...which wasn't so spongy. And with apple preserves filling instead of raspberry, 'cause all my jams decided to die on me, i.e. had expired :o( |
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| And my lovely Cranberry-Orange Scones! Which for some reason i always make extra small. I never seem to think the batter will yield a lot. I'll have to remember that next time. |
The baby mostly behaved on Sunday, allowing me the freedom to make these goodies. But then again, I started so late, that she was almost down for the evening by that time. Her Papa was kind enough to bathe F. and give her her last bottle of the day. Then again, he's usually the one who bathes her and gives her last bottle, so no biggie there.
Monday morning was spent running around attempting to get the apartment in a less than shambolic state so that two small children and an adult woman would not run away screaming upon entering the place. I think I managed it OK, with a few things swept under the metaphorical rug ;o)
Little sidenote: my mother apparently used to literally do this when she was a teenager, and lived with her sister in some rented rooms - would sweep the dirt under their real rugs :D
Baby was pretty agreeable during that hurried (and sleep-deprived) morning and was the model of mellowness once our Tea party guests arrived... Which means that then ppl won't believe me when I say she's part-pterodactyl :P
I think as usual, she was simply stunned by looking at other children, even if they're older than her. The same happens when I take her for her monthly doctor visits. She'll just stare and stare in wonder that there are other creatures smaller than Mama and Papa and Vóvó and Vôvô (that's grandma and grandpa in Portuguese) in the world.
Once she can actually sit up on her own, I'll see if I can wrestle up some baby playdates, so she can get used to other kiddies.
Food and fun was had at our little tea party - though not a lot of tea.
Note to self: have lemonade on hand instead and call it tea ;o)
And prezzies were exchanged.
I have the bad habit of hoarding gifts waaaay past their due date. Exhibit A: gave my friend her Christmas gift this Monday (sheepish grin).
Sometimes I forget to give someone their gift, sometimes it's delayed because I decided to make something (most common reason). It's definitely something I have to work on. Then again, isn't it fun to get a birthday gift out of the blue, i.e. 3 months after your actual birthday?
Surprise!
No?
Er, my bad (second sheepish grin).
Speaking of gifts, this here is something I've been working on for a while. My little friend's birthday was in May, so yeah, a little while ;o)
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| Little Treasure Box. E. likes butterflies so i thought she might like this. I only noticed after i photographed it that some of the butterflies end up looking 3D. Pleased about that. |
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| And this is one of the drawers. Seeing as it's meant to keep treasures, i thought I'd line each one individually with different color felt for an extra little pop. |
I could've still worked on it a bit more, but I felt if I didn't give it to E. this week, that it'd end up being here until her next birthday ;o)
I'll catch up with the rest of the week so far, in the next post.
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