Sweet Celebration

My little sunshine turned 5 years !
... a perfect occasion and reason for trying out some home-made sweet treats for the little guests :)

A super simple cup cake decoration ... just a swirl of butter cream icing topped with some sprinkles and M&Ms.
The heart and also the letters in first picture are made from royal icing. It was actually left overs after the pink roses (below) I made for the birthday cake.

First attempt in making a cake of this big a size ! You bet I had my fingers crossed through out :)
Its a simple vanilla cake with butter cream icing. The sides were decorated with the basket weave and this worked pretty well since I still struggle to get the perfect finish with this icing.

For the decoration I made Wilton roses using royal icing.
The left overs of which I used to make the letters, hearts and also number 5 which unfortunately broke :(
So with royal icing, be sure to make plenty of extras in case a few of them break !

Not a great shot, but wanted to show full picture of the cake.
I realize the writing on the cake isn't great...so there is always an excuse to make more cakes and work on that :)

Bread sandwiches cut into Dolphins and heart...using a sandwich cutter.

The Brownies looked pretty plain and simple. So used some butter cream frosting for this quick design.

It was quite some work and planning in getting all this ready in-time for the party. At the end, it was all worth-it !

... and she danced in glory

A heart filled joy and tear filled eyes as I looked at 'my sunshine' dance in glory !
Oh..they grow up so fast :) I am sure every parent thinks so !

My little princess turns 2 !!

Big day today...a day of celebration, as my little princess turns 2 :)

Special dress for the special occasion !

My little girl thinks its Cindrella's dress :-)

 

Home made cake ! 'Dora' - one of her favourite characters.

Tried my hand at icing decoration with help from my very dear friend - Ajitha :-)

I made this ceramic doll..... a gift to my little girl :-)

Promise to share more on my new found hobby - ceramic art, in a separate post !

Time is flying ...continues :-)

Writing my previous post, brought back some fond memories of the days we eagerly awaited the arrival our little angel !

Surprise Baby shower party thrown by my very dear friends !

(Girls, I miss you all and wish you were still around !)

The watermelon ice cubes, fruit salad in watermelon-pram, cup cakes with the cute deco - apart from the other delicious food !

The baby room .... all ready and waiting for the arrival of our little princess :-)

Time is flying !!

Today my little one turns 19 months and my mind is racing back in time...It feels like it was only yesterday that my little princess arrived !

* the cute little one....wrapped in all pink

* me walking all around the house, holding, rocking and cajoling her to sleep !
* the early days when she only smiled in her sleep....and I eagerly awaited to capture that precious moment.

* her attempts to put those little fingers into the mouth and my umpteen attempts to stop her from doing that.

* her first smile, first turn, first crawl, first word, first step...the many many firsts that brought happy tears in my eyes :-)

.....and many more that are still fresh in my mind.......I will cherish them as my best memories :-)

What can I say of her today .....

* she can't just walk; she makes me run behind her !

* her cute little action to 'golmal-golmal' song , her version of the Barney song - "I love you, me mo mo, happy famy... hug, ...kiss u" after which she gives me a tight hug and a kiss ...fills my heart with joy.

* she puts her dolls to sleep by singing her favorite lullaby...feels like she is imitating me !

* she is my little Greek "teacher". She picks up so many words each day....I am trying hard to catch up :-)

* the "oops" and "oh me goooooood" words (yes...she can really say that !) fall like little pearls from her mouth :-)

* she knows that 'B' 'I' 'S' 'C' stands for biscuit (the code word me and my husband use infront of her !)

I could go on and on....

Time is indeed flying ! My little princess may not be "little" any more.....but she will always be a baby to me :-)