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Weekending: A very merry unbirthday

Phew! We're so glad it's Saturday in the Whatley house.

This past week I started a new work contract and was home a lot less. On Friday morning, a weepy Charlotte asked me where I was going. "To work" I said, to which she replied "When will this stop?!" 

A major mummy ouch moment. So this weekend is all about filling my kids up with the Mummy love they have been missing.

This morning, we talked about what they'd like to do and they both agreed they'd like to bake a cake. They'd like to bake a cake more than anything in this world. So we're baking a cake.

And not any type of cake. An unbirthday cake. Hunter's taken the role of creative director and is already imagining up some fantastical creations. (I'm hoping he lands on something a little less complicated than the "tiger drinking from a lake under a palm tree next to a group of baby penguins sitting on blocks of ice " birthday cake we made for his 4th birthday.)

While we're off baking a cake straight from the imaginations of a four and two and a half year old, you might like to check out this amazing Gotye cover. Five people playing one guitar? So clever.

Happy weekending. 

[Image: Herriott Grace]

Brownie Easter Eggs

Easter is upon us and I've started gathering the bits and pieces I affectionately call 'the little details' that (I hope) turn holidays into really special times our children will remember.

I ordered these real chocolate filled eggs (which are now on sale) for our celebrations. Then I found this recipe for... brownie filled eggs.

Making them seems so much more special than having simply bought them, so I'm going to suggest my Mum and I make these together while we're staying with her over Easter. 

Some of the best memories I have are of cooking with my mother when recipes went disasterously wrong and we stood doubled over in the kitchen laughing at the results.

Our most recent cooking experience together was assembling this cake and while it turned out perfectly, I'll always remember how we giggled at the height of the cake as we put it together it in the wee hours of the morning before Charlotte's party.

You can find the recipe for the chocolate brownie eggs here. (Scroll down to find the English translation.) 

Cute stop motion pregnancy video

 

Just adorable.

 

DIY Party Animal Candles

Looking for a DIY project to take your child's birthday cake from plain to perfect? Here it is. 

Jenny from Hank + Hunt shows you how to make these party animal candles on The Sweetest Occasion. I can just imagine Hunter's reaction to seeing this little stegosaurus sitting on a cupcake.

Ballerina Bakery Birthday Party

Melissa and Kellie from Icing Designs recently sent me images of a Ballerina Bakery party they organised for four year old twins, Maia and Sophia who are smitten with ballet. Icing Design's hand-glittered letter garlands took centre stage above their dessert table.

Melissa and Kellie dressed up party elements with DIY tulle tutus and kept all of their sweet treats in their pink and grey colour palette. 

The girls went the extra mile and built a bakery case to display the sweets and hung a mixture of paper pom poms, paper lanterns, pink fabric ruffle garland above the display.

Don't you just love the girls' Twinkle Toes T-shirts and tutu cupcakes? Be sure to stop by the Icings Designs blog for two posts that include additional photographs and details of the party.