Packing Party Packs

Evan will be celebrating his 5th birthday at TJC in about one month's time. I've ordered cuppies with creamy swirls in 4 different colors: purple, green, yellow and red (colors of LarryBoy - Evan's favourite superhero).

I've bought a set of 10 candles from Daiso - thinking of using 5 for the school party and keep 5 more for another celebration at home.

As for the goodie bags or party packs, I bought cellophane bags from Daiso : only RM5 for a pack of 22 bags. I also bought tubs of play dough from Toys 'R' Us last month.

I asked Evan what he would like to include in the party packs and he said "cheese curls" a.k.a Twisties..... he ate 1 packet the other day in church - given to him by the Praise Kids Church teacher. He also said "jelly" and "marshmallows" (stuff that teachers at TJC give to the schoolkids!)..... so.... ok.... it's his party so he's gotta make the decisions.

We went to Carrefour to buy the stuff and Evan promptly grabbed a huge packet of Twisties and deposited it into the shopping cart. I took it out and told him that we were getting Corntoz instead. Twisties were sold in a large pack of 10 while Corntoz in a large pack of 8. There are 21 kids in Evan's class so I only need to buy 3 large packs of Corntoz which is of course cheaper than 3 large packs of Twisties. 

Then, we bought Cocon pudding in 3 flavours : strawberry, orange and mango. We hunted for marshmallows but couldn't find any (I was secretly happy, of course!).

We headed home and started packing everything. Total : 23 party packs (extra 2 packs..... just in case!)

Evan is so looking forward to his birthday party in school! As for a private home celebration..... still not sure what to do yet! Any ideas?

Happy food for Evan

Trying my utmost to be creative with food presentation! This was one of Evan's dinners. Baked chicken nuggets & diced cucumbers served on a Mickey Mouse plate. Very simple meal which can be prepared within 15min (eating time can take up to half an hour sometimes!)

This one is a variation : chicken meatballs & cucumbers. Very easy to eat - just use the alphabet picks. Evan can easily eat them all by himself without any mess!

Evan also eats rice with dishes (usually all mixed up like rojak). He prefers western meals though e.g. pizza, lasagne, burgers & pies.

Marissa is still eating porridge but I am trying to slowly wean her off.... as well as breastmilk but she's not showing any signs of slowing down! I don't express milk anymore at work so she drinks formula milk while I'm at work (after some crying) or fresh milk (which she says 'delicious!').

Smocked Dresses

I used to wear lots of smocked dresses when I was a little girl and my mother sewed most of them! She was quite a pro with the sewing machine those days. She even sewed chinese style samfoo for her own mother - my late grandma. 

While waiting for my SPM (or was it my STPM?) results, my mother got me to attend sewing classes with a seamstress. I learnt how to draft patterns and cut cloth. Sewed them into a blouse & skirt - which I wore myself.... but I was not really that interested (I preferred cross stitching). So, I only lasted a few months at sewing classes.

Now that I have a daughter of my own, I absolutely love to dress her up in smocked dress! I also bought smocked rompers/overalls/shirts for Evan too - all from the USA as none are available locally.

Last month, I discovered 2 local online stores selling handsewn smocked dresses : Exclusive Smocking based in Sarawak and Little Girls Closet based right here in KL. Of course, if you are looking for ready-made ones, I stock NWT Gymboree smocked dresses & tops at Cupcake Chic Children's Boutique. Anyway, here's a mini fashion show of the new smocked dresses!

We have a winner!

Thank you for all your entries!!!

Total of 10 entries were received - so I keyed the names according to the order received into random.org. 

After that, I randomized the list so everything is mixed up....

Then I opened another window and used the random number generator to pick the winning number

And the winner is no.10 : Lilian Lai! Congratulations! I will be sending you an email soon!