LiL’deviL’s LittLe famiLy

I’ve been planning for this day for about a month, mostly about the food. I originally wanted to have it outdoor so I could invite more people but the plan failed. So we just had it at home and invited Eddie’s friends. The morning started as a usual Tuesday morning and we went for swimming class. On the way I stopped to buy some party accessories at The Party Superstore. At the class everyone sang the birthday song for Ethan (Eddie wasn’t there at that time so no pictures taken, he came back after the song). After swimming we went home and Ethan took his nap while we prepared the rest of the food. We had some done last night. Before we finished, Ethan woke up and I quickly turned on a dvd to keep him occupied while we continued our job and this is the result…

Last year Eddie cooked lots of heavy food and there were lots of leftovers. So this year I thought we just make finger food, easier to eat and also if there were any leftovers they will be easier to finish. We had:

Spring rolls and samosas (bought frozen, just need to bake in the oven)
Teriyaki chicken rice paper rolls
Prawn and avocado rice paper rolls
Sardine sandwich
Cheesy pastry twists
Aussie mini pizzas
Quesadillas with ham, cheese & tomato
Fruit salad and mangoes

I just wanted fruit salad then Eddie pandai pandai went and bought mangoes which ended up in the bin down the week. I’ve picked the most of the recipes, from the Women’s Weekly Fresh Food for Babies & Toddlers. Of course they wouldn’t have been done without Eddie’s help.

And here is the birthday boy, eating the mini pizzas (which he spat out later).

My ‘masterpiece’ of the day, lemon sponge cake…muahahaha…

…maybe if I hadn’t write on it it will look better. I baked this from a ready-made cake mix. Unfortunately the ‘bake’ feature of my oven doesn’t work so I ‘roasted’ the cake. It took soooooooooo long for the bottom part to get ‘roasted’ while the top part got burnt. I had to cut the top part off. Thank goodness for icing! Not that I did a very good job there too… Oh well, it’s going to end up in the stomach anyway.

Here is the photo of the day…

Everyone was looking at the camera and smiling. We sang the birthday song and asked Ethan to blow out the candles. He tried, but he was blowing down instead of front. Some of his ’spits’ might have gone on the cake…yum?

Pressies time!

These were given by Eddie’s friends, an activity centre, a jacket and a pair of Elmo’s pyjamas. More huge toys to fill our small house.

Clockwise from top left: Sesame Street garage from Eddie’s friend as well (Annabelle and Anthony); Little People blocks wagon from us; Cookie Monster’s t-shirt from Alice and Darrius; and a t-shirt and Travis toy (of Bob the Builder) from Johnny and family.

Thank you everyone for the lovely gifts.

Finally the leftovers…

Pretty good I’d say, good job eating everyone! I had these leftovers for lunch for the next few days and chuck the rest away. I finished the spring rolls and samosas, teriyaki chicken rolls, cheesy twists, mini pizzas, quesadillas and the fruit salad. Well done myself!

Also don’t forget to check out Ethan celebrating his birthday at playgroup.