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September 17, 2013 by: admin

to infinity, and beyond.

It’s that time of year in the nest – birthday season! First up was Bear turning seven over the weekend. With Beetle only 11 days old, we decided against having a party this year, and instead just invited my parents around for a BBQ to mark the occassion. And for the very first time, I didn’t make a cake. I intended to. I had grand plans and an idea and ingredients. And then our weekend was chewed up with errands and projects and parked-on-the-lounge-feeding-the-newborn and I was out of time. A quick trip to Woolies for unrelated BBQ essentials found me browsing the cake section, where I found a Lightening McQueen cake. After I wrestled with my mummy guilt for a while, I decided it would have to work, as I had also promised he could take patty cakes to share with his Sunday School class. Since it was the easier of the two options – the requested cake was a rocket in space with a red dwarf and a black hole – I went with the bought cake, and quickly whipped up a super easy patty cake mix. Then it was just a matter of whizzing up some buttercream before church, and adding some silver planets and coloured stars.

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In the end, my mummy guilt was for nothing – he was very impressed with Lightening McQueen, and the patty cakes were a huge hit!

 

Today has been a busy yet unproductive day. We went out this morning, and home in time for lunch and naps. My mum took care of Beetle for a bit so I could work on a quilt that’s needed for the NEXT birthday on the list. The top is all together, so I can sandwich it tonight while little eyes are in bed. There’s pieces for another project cut, there’s knitting waiting to be picked up. There are a bunch of photos and another Project Life kit on the way. And best of all, there is a two week old little boy to cuddle, and three big kids to play with, so the crafting can wait. Three days until school holidays – let the countdown begin!

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Comments

  1. ann says

    September 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Big congrats to you’

    Reply
    • LittleWhiteDove says

      September 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. AJ says

    September 17, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    Counting down here too!

    Reply
  3. melissasutanto says

    September 17, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    Reblogged this on extraordinary student's life story and commented:
    yummy yummy! yummy and cute

    Reply
  4. Maureen says

    September 18, 2013 at 2:44 am

    I don’t think you need to feel any guilt at all. That’s an amazing amount to be doing with a two week old baby to care for!

    Reply
  5. ~ Car ~ says

    September 19, 2013 at 7:03 am

    You have a baby too??? Wow you have taken awesome to a whole new level!

    Cupcakes are cute – is Bear learning about planets ATM? Miss K went to the planetarium yesterday and declared it AWESOME!

    Reply
    • LittleWhiteDove says

      September 19, 2013 at 7:51 am

      Yep, he’s crazy about space and rockets at the minute, not sure where it’s come from, I don’t think they are doing it at school. But he has his space book and looks at it every night and writes a little story from it in his journal <3

      Reply
  6. Amy says

    September 19, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Cute cupcakes! And a Lightning McQueen cake would be a hit here too.

    No need for Mummy guilt at all.

    Reply
    • LittleWhiteDove says

      September 23, 2013 at 12:35 pm

      <3 thanks lovely xx

      Reply

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Hi! I'm Rachel. I love making things & experimenting with new techinques & mediums. I am addicted to pretty paper, and make & sell letterpress stationery. Being creative is my sanity break from the rush of life as a wife, and a mother of four. I do a lot of my creating without shoes. This is the story of where my bare feet & creative heart take me.

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