I knew the kids will be delighted with cake pops. It’s colorful, sweet and it’s on a stick! What’s not to like about it? It will surely be a hit in any kids’ parties, what do you think? I wanted to try it out with my own little darlings first.

I ordered a silicone form from ebay, but when it arrived, the kids were the first ones to use it. Well, they were attracted to the soft feel of the forms and they kept poking the convex side which pops to the other side. They said it was like the bubble wrap.

When Caity was in school, Adie had it all to himself. (:

He even took out M’s blanket and laid it down on the carpet for some serious popping fun!

Anyway, here’s my first cake pops! Like it? The kids love it! I burned the white chocolate when melting it on the microwave. I tried melting the brown chocolate in the pot, and it was better coz I can control the intensity of the heat, but whew! I had to be fast coz I was afraid it will end up burnt again.

Yummy bite!  What’s up with that look, Caity?

Oh, and this is the recipe I used for the cake pops: chocolate cupcakes recipe.
I lessened the sugar coz it will be dipped in the chocolate later which would make up for the sweetness. I also use this recipe in making brownies, I just add crushed peanuts on top of the batter before baking.

This year’s Easter seemed to have been a busy month filled with crafting.  At home, in the school… we did a lot of that like our lives depended on it.

I’ve mentioned about the bunny piñata and the crepe paper carrots we made before but that’s not all!  We also made a paper eggs and decorated them with confetti. At Caity’s school, they were also making Easter-related crafts.  She has brought home eggs decorated with colorful tissues, bunny paper basket and rabbit ears.  Last week, their school had an afternoon of crafting with the family and we made some more crafts.

Here’s a collage of Caity’s school Easter crafting and her artworks:

Yesterday, we spent the morning coloring eggs and decorating them.  The kids enjoyed it a lot! I’m happy that my kids are into arts & crafts too! They’re my buddies when it comes to crafting! They are super-crafters with super hands, super eyes and super feet! haha Maybe they should have shoes such as superfeet to match their title!

While waiting for their eggs to get their color treatment…

Decorated eggs placed in the nest.

And we’re done!

Happy Easter everyone!!!

It took two weeks to make this one! Not because it’s difficult to make but because I couldn’t find a time to get it done.  If you have all the materials ready, and without small kids to bother you, this bunny piñata project might take only 1-2 hours.

The kids are excitedly asking me to put treats inside already, but I told them they have to wait for Easter. Meanwhile, bunny is our wall decor.

I’ll be showing how the bunny piñata was made at Easy Crafts 4u soon. (We made it from a pizza box!) So please check out the site.

Toddlers in general love repetition.  If you have a child, you sure know what I’m talking about. The endless singing of their favorite songs, night after night of reading the same bedtime story, using the same words they recently learned every time they talk, oh yeah.  It’s still “Twinkle, Little Star” that lulls our kids to sleep every night.  Experts say its the kids way  of mastering something and remembering information. They also enjoy knowing what comes next.  My Caity loves finishing the sentence for me whenever we read her books and sometimes I let her tell the story instead, to her delight.

For over two months now, Adie loves the song “Far, far away” from Slade.  He would belt out the chorus which would send me and M into fits of laughter “..and I’m far, FART away….” ha ha ha.  We corrected him many times that it isn’t fart!   Even Caity got to like the song too, and both kids ask for it whenever we’re in the car (they first heard it from the car stereo).  What a torture it is for M and I, being subjected to listening to the same song for the whole duration of the drive. Yay!  We’re not even spared at home, coz they’d also ask for it. If we have a powerful speaker like leslie speaker, the whole flat would be vibrating with the kids’ most requested song. Last weekend, when we were driving for a date with the kids, Caity asked for the song, and hubby said that he took out the CD and forgot it in his office.  I don’t know if it was intentional, but the kids were disappointed.

Anyway, moms and dads, when your kids sing their new favorite song a hundred times a day, be a little patient.  Enjoy the broken record!

We decided to let Caity stay at home with Adie and I, while her class went to “Školka v přírodě” which was last week. I made sure the kids had a worthwhile and enjoyable time with their mom, so I went an extra mile doing crafts with them, making them a house using a crib wall covered with blanket, baked them yummy treats, well basically I just spent a lot of time enjoying them and letting them enjoy me. Though honestly, there were times when I wished they have button I could push to make them stop so I can rest a bit. Especially when both are arguing or fighting over something. Gaahhhh! It drove me nuts!  I wonder how moms who home school their kids are able to do it. It’s one tough job I bet!

Here are some pics of the kids and the things they did:

Pics from L-R: Adie gassing up his paper car, Adie hiding inside their play house, Caity cooking her first-ever plain omelet, the kids painting snow, Caity playing with her paper car, Caity showing off her omelet, and lastly, their pets seeking refuge in their house.

This one is a collage of their photos showing the lunch they set up, the bunnies feasting over the crepe paper carrots I made, dining al fresco in the balcony, playing outside with the snow, and our weekend treat for the kids at Slonikov indoor playground which ended with an ice cream.

We did a lot, lot more of course. Most of the time, the kids were playing by themselves with Caity initiating what they’ll do. Their favorite game is role playing. I would hear her tell her lil’ bro “Adie, you will be the puppy, okay?” Adie would nod, and she’d put a plastic chain around his neck and pull him around, feed him lego bones, etc.   Or she’ll pretend she’s Peter Pan and Adie is Cubby… They’ll take out their musical instruments- tambourines, maracas, seagull guitars NOT, just their wooden ones from Boracay, plastic violin, etc and make music, ey NOISE! They come up with many interesting ideas. (:

Anyway, I think I did a great job, coz guess what? After a week of being with me, Caity doesn’t want to go to school anymore and asked or should I say cried and begged to stay with me all the time. Ha!