Magic Rainbow JellyCake for my other half's birthday...

So we celebrated my significant other half's birthday recently, just a few days ago...and yes, he is already one year older then he was... LOL.. and for birthdays, we have to have a birthday cake... so for the eve of his birthday, we threw a small party with some of my husband's closest family members...and well, I got a cake...

Normal birthday cake can be pretty dull after a while sometimes, and it just so happen that I was kind of tired of conventional cakes.... so for a change, I decided to go with a jelly cake..

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When I stop to think,

I think of something pink,

It is what all ladies dream about always

and it never fail to brighten my days....

Being a mom and celebrating my eldest girl's 21st birthday!!

"Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning , Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile , I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness , And I have to sit down for a while , The feeling that I'm losing her forever , And without really entering her world , I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter , That funny little girl 

Slipping through my fingers all the time , I try to capture every minute , The feeling in it , Slipping through my fingers all the time , Do I really see what's in her mind , Each time I think I'm close to knowing , She keeps on growing , Slipping through my fingers all the time 

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table , Barely awake I let precious time go by,  Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling , And a sense of guilt I can't deny , What happened to the wonderful adventures , The places I had planned for us to go , Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't , And why, I just don't know 

Slipping through my fingers all the time , I try to capture every minute , The feeling in it , Slipping through my fingers all the time , Do I really see what's in her mind , Each time I think I'm close to knowing , She keeps on growing , Slipping through my fingers all the time 

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture , And save it from the funny tricks of time 

Slipping through my fingers all the time 

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning, Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile..."

A Shopkins Birthday Party on a shoestring budget.... (photo diary)

My youngest princess will be turning 11 tomorrow (26th July ) and she requested a Shopkins theme birthday party which was easier said then done because Shopkins is just recently in Malaysia and there is nothing much about it except for some of those collectible toys.  I could not buy any other Shopkins stuff....hurmm.....

I had a hard time trying to figure out what I could do and with a minimal budget especially with the aftermath of the Eid / Hari Raya Aidil Fitri celebrations which has taken a huge chunk out of my budget and I would say, most people's....

My husband's birthday celebration... (in pictures)

My other half turned one year older recently on the 20th of February and we had a couple of little celebrations for him. First it was lunch at the Secret Recipe in Prima Seri Gombak after a plan to have lunch at the Restaurant Kari Kepala Ikan SG backfired as the restaurant was closed because of the Chinese New Year celebrations. 

Hubby ordered a serving of English Breakfast Tea .....

And I got a glass of iced lemon tea...

Our little girl ordered the Seafood Spaghetti Aglio Olio which came served with errmmm..... red bell pepper?!

The Spaghetti was pretty yummy though, although a little bit more spicier then I would have thought it to be and my little girl enjoyed it with her eldest sister, Alyssa.

They even had a "Lady and Tramp" moment chomping on the same spaghetti......

Here is my picture with the birthday boy... hehehe

I ordered the Vietnamese Beef Noodles which looked pretty bland... My guess is that they have run out of proper garnishing because of the Chinese New Year....but the taste is flavorful and reasonably ok

Hubby ordered the Vegetarian Mushroom Pesto Pizza and everyone was tempted to steal a bite.

My lovely step daughter ordered the Dory with Lobster Sauce which looked pretty dull and strange with the garnishing... actually it looked a bit unappetizing..but as for the taste, I guess it is just about ok

So let's see...We probably chalk this down to Chinese New Year and the lack of ingredients....

A birthday celebration is not complete without a birthday cake... and a slice of Chocolate Banana Cake did the trick...

The birthday boy looked cool and composed as we serenaded him with our "Birthday Song"

....and cut his cake like he cut fruits.... LOL

Anyway, we had a good time with his lovely ex wife, Amy and lovely daughter Alyssa who made time to spend his special day with him...

Later in the evening, the celebration was at Bukit Antarabangsa at my sister in law's home...

We had assorted muffins which tasted scrumptious....

Here is my handsome nephew, Ian....

On the menu was some Sate Kajang Haji Samuri,.....

... and some seafood fried rice specially made by my other nephew Azraai....

...and some finger food bites which was of course the most popular one among the family...

Second time blowing the candles.....with my mother in law and our little girl

Make a wish and may it come true.........

Photo with the family.....left to right hubby, elder niece, Jamie; and Hazel

... with the nephews....  mother in law, Chef Azraai (hehehe) hubby, Ian and little girl

Opening the pressie....

The lovely family portrait.....of mother and siblings....

We even had an ang pow exchange among the family members just for Chinese New Year....

And hahahaha.... here are my husband's presents.....lots and lots of new clothing. Thanks to all dear family members for the great moments together and gifts on behalf of my other half... Love you all...

Cheers
Miera Nadhirah
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A small birthday party for a small budget

My little girl turned 10 and despite not wanting to celebrate, we decided to have a tiny party for just family members. Initially it was just supposed to be the immediate family members which is my hubby and me and our kids minus my son who is in Penang, but then we added on by inviting her god mother, and also aunty, grandmother and two cousins who were around.

My half week birthday celebration..

A small but awesome birthday dinner

Our children decided to organize a small birthday party as usual for my dear hubby, whose birthday was next week. 

My eldest daughter Suria Natalia could only come back this week, as she had an important test the very next week, so she arrived early yesterday morning at 5 am from Dungun, Trengganu and cooked a couple of dishes, chicken curry and oyster sauce xiao pak chai for my dear hubby and my other sweet daughter Alyssa Aisya made a most beautiful and delicious cake too for her dad.

This is it, our very simple and intimate birthday (and Valentine - if you like, birthday dinner) 

Kudos to both girls for a great job. I am sure your Baba loves it all... I love it too.. thanks!!! 

Thanks also to my mother in law for her lovely sambal telur and fried rice contribution which was just lovely as well..

 the dishes

 the gorgeous birthday cake Alyssa made. It is a lovely chocolate cake with just dusting of icing sugar and colored sugar and it is really delicious

 the birthday boy and his lovely children

 the pretty birthday cake up close... for a 2nd and 3rd look... simply gorgeous...

 Singing the birthday song...

make a wish and blow.... (may that wish come true....)

a Monster High birthday party on a shoe string budget -Part 2

The games….

Make up like Draculaura..as a vampire, Draculaura cannot see her own reflection in the mirror. So she has to make up without a mirror… this was fun as all little girls love to try their hands on make up.. and some with disastrous results like the birthday girl herself… so we had wet wipes on hand so they can was their face later on…

Mummy wrap… using toilet rolls and a limited time..

The birthday cake sadly did not turn out too well as many stores could not provide the edible print image because of the fasting month. We opted for a pandan layer cake from a close friend and she bakes very delicious cake but the decorating was below expectation…

Then we had a Clawdeen’s howlling competition….
And naturally the prizes consisted of Monster High stationery for the girls and Transformers/Angry birds for the boys..

My daughter’s doll collection… she had only one doll before her birthday and it has  grown to 5 now….so she got 4 dolls for her birthday!!! Lucky girl!!!