Reason to bake cookies

Everyone is seen running around everywhere either 

shopping for new clothes, buying new deco items for their houses, 

doing spring cleaning ,busy buying cookies,

Or baking some homemade cookies. 

Preparing for the coming CNY . 

This year will b a quiet CNY for us .

PIL, SIL and BIL will be away for holiday at least 7 to 8days.

So, we b having some own sweet time with the boys.

No special plans during that 1 weeks holiday.

But we surly go out with the boys here and there .

Hopefully KL was not so jam and crowned .

Haha ... is our time to go out during that peak season to the big city .

I like.

 Actually ...

The boys was still young ,

A simple playground and beach will make their days .

Better had more fun with them during this ages,

Before they started to demand this and that .... hihi  

Even we don't really have a busy and plan CNY this year,

But i been busy baking cookies for CNY ..
and my kitchen was filled with the wonderful aroma of cookies/cakes ..:)
I hardly bake cookies, so during this season, 
I give myself a good reason to bake cookies . 
Below some photos and recipes to share.

   Chocolate Almond Stick Cookies 杏仁巧克力棒
配料：Butter90克，糖粉100克(icing sugar 100g)，鸡蛋25克 (2 eggs)，

 低筋面粉200克 (low protein( i used superfine flour 200g) ，
大杏仁（切碎）50克 (Almond 50g)，可可粉20克 (coco powder 20g)，
小苏打1/8小勺 (soda 1/8).
烘焙：烤箱中层，190度，上下火，12分钟左右。
( bake at 190 , 12 minutes)

This cookies had a rich taste of chocolate & not too sweet.

With the above ingredient, Only small tin you will get .

 Chocolate Marble Cookies大理石曲奇
配料：低筋面粉200克(low protein( i used superfine flour 200g) ，
细砂糖60克 (Fine sugar/castor sugar 60g)，
Butter 130克，可可粉 12克(coco powder 12g) ，牛奶 20克(milk 20g)
烘焙：烤箱中层，上下火180℃，15分钟左右。( bake at 180 got 15 minutes)

This Marble cookies taste great ..
Need a lots of works .
Above ingredients can bake a small tin too .

Melt-in-mouth German Cookies 德式酥饼
125g butter, soften at room temp.
40icing sugar, 125g potato starch & 80g plain flour.

beat butter and icing till fluffy and light colour , 
sift in potato startch and flour, mix to form soft dough.
roll into small ball, press with fork.
bake in 150C for 20minute . ( preheat oven 1st).

I baked this German Cookies last year ,
This year i bake again but add a batch with green tea .
It look fresh and pretty.
but i believe young kids won't like the taste of green tea.
Cos it do taste abit bitter :P

  Nestum brown Rice Cookies
(A) 250 Butter , 100 icing sugar, 2 egg yolks, 1/2 vanilla essence .
(B) 125 Nestum (grounded), 60g Quaker Quick oat (grounded), 80g Brown rice flour, 130g plain flour,sifted.
Deco : lil egg white and lil Nestum

I plan to bake this cookies again ,
As is really taste good . 

Happy Baking.
I had some recipes on the list to bake .
If i manage to find time, i will bake and share here .

I m a good Architect @ 6+ years old

 Here start the chat between me and my 6+yo boy yesterday .

 Jeremy : Mummy, 為什麼今天不能载我??
Mummy : 工作忙哦 !!
Jeremy: 忙什麼工作?
Mummy : Mummy趕一些圖, 一些drawings.
Jeremy : 什麼 ? Drawings ? 畫畫不是工作啦 !!
Mummy : 但是，是我的工作哦 .
Jeremy : 工作是需要用Computer 的啦!!
Mummy : 對, Mummy 用Computer畫圖, 畫drawings.
Jeremy : 畫什麼 ? 

 Mummy: Mummy 畫屋子 的.. 畫buildings, 畫tower, 畫 houses ...
Jeremy : Mummy , 你不是Architect哦 !!
Mummy: 對, Mummy 不是Architect, 但是Mummy 是Assistant Architect.
Jeremy : Mummy , 我是 GOOD ARCHITECT !!
Mummy : Oooooo ..... 好啊 !! 

He claim himself a good architect ... haha .
What say you ?? :)

 

 

Mummy regret not study hard enuf to be an architect lastime  :(

Last,

Have a great Weekend ahead . 

 

.... this and that in between .....

Hi my readers ??

Wander still anyone drop by my blog for a visit ??

Sorry , not being able to update this blog so often like i used to do,

So many things happened in between .

This year will be a tough and long year for me .

That's bad and good things happened around me . 

But i only mention the good here .

Forget the bad at the moment,

 ... will deal with the changes and challenges as days goes by .
But i still thanks GOD for the bad and good happening .
At least , people we care and love was in good health :) 

Anyway , i wanna to jot down Big J started Std 1 on his 1st day.

Like any others anxious parents,

We .. (yes) Daddy and mummy took a day off from work to watch Jeremy for the 1st day .

I think i m more anxious and worry than he was  .
I can't sleep well the night before .
My hub said : Why you so worry ??  your worriness will make him more worry !!!" 
Which is true .. 
This was the anxious looks and worrying look of my boy for the 1st day. 

 & below photos taken while kids were having assembly.

Sometime what we expect it didn't happened,

& what we didn't expected, it happened.

I didn't expect Jeremy to cry on the 1st day .

For me he is very easy and outgoing boy.

But very surprise he cried !!

Maybe he saw some others schoolmates cried.

Maybe he is worry of the big school with so many students, teachers and parents.

So, on the 1st day we make 3 trips to the school to monitored him,

Morning, recess time and going back time .
Make sure he know where is canteen, toilet , his classroom and so on.

We didn't fetch him back from school even we were there .

We watch from far .

Just make sure, He look for the right driver and the driver managed to get the right boy .

Today was the 5th days of schooling,

I think he fitted in well and seemed comfortable by now.

Homework started to coming in this week ( writing, ejaan, colouring ) .

Photos took during the 1st day .

He was seated at the first roll, I m glad.

So he can pay more attention and see clearly what the teachers said and teach.

  In between, mummy managed to make friends with two mummies that the kids

was same class with my boy .

So we can still contact each others ... easy this way ya .

Now i wish and pray he can really enjoy his schooling,

Instead of telling me he don't want to go to the 'big' school .

& wanna go back to the 'small' kindergarten. 

Hope he can handles all the challenges that come his way.

Either in a bad way or good way, 

That's how the kids grow and learn from the mistakes.

.........................

Back to the New year 2013.

How we celebrated the 1st day of 2013 ??

We didn't really celebrated,

Instead we back to the natural on the 1st day of the year to Templar Parks with family members.

We had lots of fun and kids enjoyed it very much .

Here some photos to show . 

  Actually i had many beautiful photos to share .

But somehow blogspot had limited the storage for the images and photos i m uploaded.

Is already existed the limit for the storage ... too bad :(

.......

Now back to my baking and cooking :)

Not been baking and cooking for a while .

Cos been very busy tidying and cleaning the kitchen as

we had some minor upgrading on the dry kitchen over the last 2 month.

Moving and staying here for almost 9 years.

Now only we plan to have a better and nicer dry kitchen .

For better storage and a bigger area for baking :)

Since it was an existing house.

It took longer time to have this little upgrading .

Moving, cleaning, arranging and throwing .... to be done during the process.
Both working weekdays, means only have spare time on weekends.
That why it took nearly 2 months to get it done .
In time for CNY ... haha 

 

 Still using the previous oven ,

Not upgrading the oven to a built in as this old oven

 still in good condition even is smaller (42L).

Partly also because of budget.

Just take once at a time ,

 I believe this oven will still serve me for many years to come .

 Finally i had a bigger and solid surface for me to had my bread making & baking  :)

I m the happy women now . 

It's been a 9 years of waiting .... :)

So here the 1st baking on this new kitchen top.

See , who is helping me early in the morning ?

 We had this moist and butter cake :)

 That's all for today post .

Actually i do visit many of the blogspot when i m free.

Just that i didn't leave a comments .... lost of words to leave comments.

But i still enjoy reading most of the blogs i used to read .

Suddenly i become a "silence reader ". hahaha.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!

 May every moment in your life be a blessing. 

May you be showered with love and care. 

May this lovely Christmas season bring you delights in all possible forms.

 May you receive love in abundance and joy that lasts throughout this season.

 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to ALL of you .

Lil update on Big J & 祝大家冬至快乐.

Very sorry that we had not been update the blog lately .

We are doing just fine :)

 Just a lil update on Big J .

 He is all ready for primary sch in a weeks time.

There will be an orientation on the 28th .... new journey for my lil man .

Most of the things was bought, except books and workbooks will be getting during the orientation day .

Will put him to a new day care next week (2 days) for some trial .

I believe he will get used to the new environment in no time.

As he is kind a outgoing, easy & friendly lil boy .

Guess i won't be seeing him in this hair style ... 

I snapped some photos of him this morning .... snap and snap ......

before he had his Military hairstyle with very short hair all over the head soon, very soon .

That's one of the rules when you go Chinese primary sch... :( 

Mommy gonna miss this hair style

At least for 6 years ... he will be having Military hairstyle.

 He still having his new born baby hair now.

I never shave his head 'botak' when he was new born .

I always love the yellowish, soft baby hair . 

That'a all about for the time being.

Will upload a new look soon ..... =  lil army boy !!!!

Last,

冬至来临，就是代表今年快过完，华人都吃汤圆，愿合家团圆！
其实，没有什么比家人更重要的！
愿大家也可以，“汤圆”汤圆”合家团圆安康！
明年比今年好！

　祝┏┯┓┏┯┓┏┯┓┏┯┓♥(\ /)
福┨合┠┨家┨┠安┨┠康┨ღ( . .)ღ
您┗┷┛┗┷┛┗┷┛┗┷┛c(”)(”) ⋯⋯♪♫•.•*
 祝大家冬至快乐.

Giveaway 3 contest Winners : Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Mid Air Madness

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The top 3 winners for the Hotwheels Contest as below :

 My World of Imaginations
 Congratulation Ivy, Your boy Christmas gift is coming to you soon :)
 Wyson , you been a good boy, santa do hear your wish .... hohoho

 

   Lil-by Little   
Congratulation Kitty :) 

 You both make a fantastic track & soon you be playing together with the new wall track :)

 Tan Hwee Ping & Son 
 Congratulation :)
Congratulation , i m sure your boy will enjoy this HW set very much .

Dear Winners

 You are required to email your name, blog Link/ FB Link, contact number and address to
 asha@gocomm.com.my 

 for prizes collection/ delivery purposes.

All 3 of you will be getting the 

Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Mid Air Madness worth RM159.90

Each set including :

 (1) set of Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Mid Air Madness Booster Set 

With 1 Hot Wheels Car, 

3M command strips for mounting plus a background adventure poster and easy set up instructions.

  

 Once again Big congratulation too all winners.

Hope your kids having lots of fun playing with the Wall Tracks Mid Air Madness Booster.

Vroom Vroom Vrooooooooooooommmmm ......   

Jeremy's concert & Graduation night 2012

 Yesterday was a big day for Jeremy.

It's was his end of kindergarten life .

A new journey will start very soon in 2 months time .

As i said early in my post,  I’ll be the mom of a primary soon ..

Abit nervous but very excited as well !!

 

4th November, was his concert & graduation night 2012.

So proud of this lil man of mine.

He was all happy receiving his graduation certificate ,

Am wishing to see him in a bigger square hat another 16 to 17 years later, lol ....

 The group photos for all the 6 years old student. 

Congratulation to all of them .... 未來的主人翁

 I took this photo when he was posing for professional photographer session .

Guess i don't need to purchase the photos from them.  haha .

This photos was cool ...With his costume as Aladdin boy

 He was again selected to introduce their group performances .

Short speech .

But very clear and shape :)

He is such a outgoing and confidence boy.

I hope he carry those behavior when he was growing .

 

 Taken photos with our neighbour's boy - Raihan .

I doesn't know both the boys was at the same performance .

With his 1st prize for drawings & colouring contest.

 Last performance for the night .

They have Malay, English and Chinese songs.

My boy was very  'high' and happy on the stage that night .

He truly enjoy himself to the max .

 He was at the 1st roll .... so it was a good spot for us to snap his photos.

 Some photos shooting of the night .

With the directors of the kiddy & Grandpa .

 With my sweet little boy .

While waiting for the concert to start .

 They have been at the same class for 4 years.

Often seat together , play together , eat together .

Guess my boy gonna miss her (Hannah) once they leave the kiddy !!

 Taken photos with his beloved grandpa.

This time was his last concert at Kiddy .

So PIL , young uncle and jie jie was there to cheer for him !!

 We were busy ,

Papa was busy being the camera man ....

Until we forgot to take a family portrait that night .

Forgot to took photos with Ginie from - http://mdmsaw.blogspot.com/

& Ivy from - http://iysonhtz.blogspot.com/ .

But nice chatting with you ladies .  

It's was a wonderful concert & graduation night for him.

Perhaps for all of us .