Our Fireworks Night was cancelled, and for some the news was un-bear-able

Yesterday at 2.30pm, when our cupcake team was over halfway through cooking & decorating 700 cupcakes, we got the news that our fireworks night, scheduled for tonight, would be cancelled due to heavy rainfall, wind and potential thunderstorms. This event is being re-scheduled for sometime in July.

While the archives are sketchy, word has it that this is the first time in over 20 years this event has had to be cancelled. I haven't checked Bureau of Meterology stats, but if this is correct then it is the first time in 20 years that it has rained on the Saturday of this weekend. Is this a sign that the drought is breaking?

So, what about the cupcakes I hear you ask? We decided we would hold a lunchtime cupcake stall at school next week; so we continued to bake and decorate through the night and now have 700 cupcakes frozen in the school canteen freezers ready and waiting. They look fabulous and the kids will love them.

Our stall has been let off lightly, one friend has 500 Loot Bags filling her study and lounge room and another has 223 donated teddy bears, intended for the adopt-a-bear stall, filling every available space. Certainly gives her place that "country comfort" look.


PS. I would post photos of our cupcakes but, due to the support provided by the champers at the decorating party last night, the photos look a bit blurry...

Mono-tasking in the Kitchen

In a move which will horrify the team at Unclutterer I think it is time to highlight all those fabulous items we could have in the home that serve only ONE PURPOSE. Especially those that are large and difficult to store.

Mono-tasker #1: The Cupcake Stand


An essential item for anyone buying into the current cupcake craze. This little beauty is a steal at $35.95 and can be bought from My Little Cupcake in Neutral Bay, Sydney.

Will store beautifully in any purpose-built cupboard.

However, Fairlie pointed out to me that it could also be used to store onions...so maybe not a true mono-tasker?

The Tale of Two Cakes, One Party and a Lost Tooth

KelpieBlossom turns 9 today and the floor of her room is covered in gifts. There are so many gifts, in fact, that she feels concerned that her dad didn't have as many gifts on his recent significant, large number, birthday. However, this is what happens when you invite 15 friends to an indoor climbing party.

So what's popular with your average 9 year old girl? From her present pile I would guess: notebooks, monkey themed pjs, 3/4 leggings, books, DVD DanceTwister, art materials, the label maker, clothes (but only if purchased by a favorite aunt), monkey themed knickers (!) and anything cat-themed. And anything wrapped in "cuuuuuute" paper.

Yesterday, we had the aforementioned party an indoor climbing place nearby. Fifteen crazy boys and girls did this:


Then they descended like ravenous locusts onto the party food and demolished these cupcakes

grabbed their party bags and headed home.

Padawan Learner left one thing behind - his front tooth. His story is that he accidentally hit his mouth while he was climbing and it fell out. I'm thinking he needed a cash injection to his pocket money supplies and thought that appealling to the tooth fairy was easier than making his bed each morning.

This evening we are planning a roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings and yet another cupcake "cake":

After which we will all need a week to recover from the sugar high.

Happy 9th Birthday KelpieBlossom!