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The butterfly birthday cake



I promised some photos so here’s one for now My baby’s birthday cake!
My sister and brother-in-law picked it up for me tonight. It was made by the same lady who made my sister’s wedding cake which was beautiful!

I’m so pleased with it! It’s so beautifully detailed and looks as though it has tiny speckles [...]

Today, we bake!



DH has left for work, the 4 older babes have left for school and the baby is about to go for her morning nap. I’m just going to finish tidying up (and thanking God that my house will stay tidy for at least 6 hours until they all come home again!) and then I’m going [...]

Butterflies on the brain!



So, it’s the baby’s 1st birthday on Thursday and we’re having a party in the afternoon for her.
I’ve mentioned before that it’s a butterfly themed party. Instead of traditional goody bags, I bought butterfly nets and filled them with candy and butterfly themed favours. I also ordered a balloon bouquet yesterday with a huge butterfly [...]

Enough already!



I think I’ve bought enough decorations for our Bubba’s birthday party! I just got another delievery from ebay of stuff that I forgot I bought..oops! I’ve got so many butterfly banners, cascades, mobile-looking things, table centrepieces, balloons,,,,oh my! The list goes on…lol
So, note to self - NO MORE DECORATIONS! (Oh, and take some photos of [...]

I’ll shop, You pay!



You know how much fun it is shopping online and then emailing my brother-in-law the invoices for him to pay?
I mentioned that I am organising my sister’s birthday party. So we agreed that I order the stuff, send B-I-L the invoice, he pays it, and I get the stuff sent to my house to put [...]