We went to a Filo shop last weekend to top up our supplies and while browsing one of the shelves, I found this…
I was really excited as I just love puto and this became our dessert for the week.
Since I’m cheating by using a ready-mix, I thought I’d do a twist to at least make it better. Since I made this yesterday, Nathan and Hubby finished 3 lanera so I guess I can safely say, it was yummy! =)
My search for the perfect Brownie recipe has been going on since as far as I can remember… Then last week I came across a book in the local library “Brownies” by Linda Collister and my search was over. I tried her classic brownie recipe and it was perfect…crunchy top with a moist and fudgy middle texture and more importantly, it was EASY to make. Love, love, love it! Let me share her recipe with you that I tweaked a bit to suit my taste…
While doing my grocery run with Nathan the other day, I saw these frozen blueberries on sale. I thought I’d make some blueberry cheesecake for this week’s dessert. Unfortunately, I run out of cream cheese so I thought I’d either make muffins or a cake. Since I’ve been baking muffins lately, the idea of a cake is a welcome change.
And this is my dessert for the week…
I saw a photo of a red velvet cupcake and instantly fell in-love with it. =) I knew I had to give it a try no matter what it taste like…to my surprise, it’s a delectable little thing, so yummy and moist.
It’s Valentine’s Day & our little angel is still sick, so as much as we’d love to go out & celebrate we decided to postpone it till he feels better. But I wanted to make the day special for hubby so I thought I’d bake him some muffins he could snack on & bring to work…little did I know he had a surprise up his sleeves as well…got a bunch of beautiful roses! Oh what a lovely Valentine’s.
I thought I’d share the recipe I got from sprinklesofparsley. It was originally a choco chip & peanut butter muffin but I tweaked it a bit to incorporate our favourite ingredients. Hubby loved it…and I ate two in one sitting =)
It has been scorching hot this past few days and I thought it would be a refreshing treat for Nathan to have a bath/play time.
One of the downside of living in an apartment is that we don’t have a backyard where we could put a small pool for Nathan to enjoy, but I thought that’s not an excuse so I got one of the tubs we used for moving, filled it with water & put it in our balcony where there was a soft breeze…and based on his smile…Nathan loved it!
There are times when I wish I had more…more of everything that life has to offer.
But there are days that are special enough to remind me that I have a lot of blessings to be thankful for.
As I sat in Starbucks this afternoon, enjoying a very sinful caramel frappuccinno & watching my husband and son goofing around, I realised that any ordinary day can easily create a moment special enough to be cherished forever by simply taking a break from the busyness of life and gazing at the people closest to your heart.
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It’s Nathan’s first time to try fries and Hubby & I had fun watching him eat. He has no teeth yet so he just sucked on the gooey insides of the fries. He was a bit unsure at first but seemed to enjoy it after a while.
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It has been a while since my last post. So many things have happened to our family since Australia Day. =) Hopefully I’ll be able to catch up with my blogging now that I’m on maternity leave.
I can’t believe it’s been a month since I’ve given birth to Nathan. Our baby is now 4 weeks old and is getting bigger by the day! I even got an early Christmas in July pressie from Nathan. Yesterday my hubby informed me that Nathan was looking for me. I thought he meant that Nathan has been crying and it’s time for his breastfeed. When I went to look for the little bub, Nathan was in his swing and I suddenly heard him say… “Mommy” I looked at my husband and he said “Told you Nathan was looking for you.” Hubby then joked that unless Nathan learns “Daddy” there won’t be any present for both Nathan and Mommy =) I know Nathan just produced the sounds “Mami” as he is still too young to say anything, but nevertheless I was ecstatic. I never thought that hearing your child say “Mommy” would be such an emotional experience.
For his first month, we thought we’d leave the car and do a bit of walking around our suburb to celebrate. We first went to church (Nathan’s first time to attend mass) and had our parish priest bless him. Then off we went to the local Chinese Resto to have yum cha for lunch. Hubby and I were truly enjoying ourselves with the yummy food when the little one decided to do a poo. Pheeeeeew, smelly bumbum strikes again!!! =)
After changing Nathan, off we went to the park to take a few photos and just enjoy being outside.
Happy to be outside
I had a lovely day just feeling the sun on my skin and the wind on my face. As i watched the beautiful scenery that accompanied our drive to Wollongong, I really felt blessed. So many things have happened in a span of a week and in that short period of time decisions were made that had an impact in our lives. But I guess, decisions made out of love makes the whole idea of “sacrifices” easy to bear. And as I look at my husband, concentrating on his driving, I realised that the spectacle I have IN the car is far more captivating.
Hubby and I are definitely going back to have a swim. But it felt so realxing sitting in the park and watching this immaculate view in front of you. Makes you realise how bleesed you are to live life.
I spent a lovely Spring Saturday with the B Couple. I had fun with my friends and it was really nice getting to know my camera all over again.=)
