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Cupcakes

Tomorrow (Dec 27), we've been invited to daddy's cousin's home for Christmas Dinner. Gu-ma thought Ashley did a great job baking cupcakes a couple of weeks ago and asked if Ashley could baked some for tomorrow's dinner. Well, this time, Daddy did most of the work - but he didn't realized that he needed to place cupcakes paper cups into the tray before pouring the batter into the paper cups. Look at what happened to it...!! (we didn't have this problem the last time coz we used a harder muffin paper cup)

Daddy and Ashley managed to find the muffin trays at the neighbourhood store... and we had to bake a NEW batch. This time, it turned out fine!! Anyway, can you guess which cupcakes were decorated by daddy, and which are Ashley's masterpiece...??

Christmas Morning (2008)

It's Christmas morning - the kids woke early to check out what they got placed under the Christmas tree. Look at their HAPPY faces!!

Brandon surprised to find Elmo - a gift from Ashley

Ashley And Her Cupcakes

Ashley baking for the first time - she's been wanting to bake some cupcakes...

Here's how the cupcakes look like after coming out of the oven - looks edible...

Practice makes perfect - Ashley putting icing on the cupcakes...

All done - and ready to be eaten. Err... who wants to be the guine pig and be the first to try...?

Bring Your Kids Day

Today is "Bring Your Kids Day" at where mommy works...

Since Daddy took time off from work - mommy decided to sign up for Ashley and Brandon to be there. Here's a picture with Auntie Marilyn, Ashley & Brandon.

Mommy normally does not allow the kids to have Candy Floss - but she made an exception today... Brandon didn't like it at all.

Whee - Brandon the Biker. Guess what? He had several "accidents" during the short 5 minutes ride. Toy bikes can be dangerous too!!

Ashley attending a Magic Workshop - not sure if she had fun. Looking at the other kids - I didn't think they were having too much fun.

Ashley asked for a "Penguin" at the balloon sculpture... and this is what she got - a "flower" instead... go figure :-

Mommy had to be "contactable" even when she was with us - so she had to carry her laptop around... well, she wasn't the only one carry her computer around... there were others too.

Today is Grandpa's Birthday...


... and it's Baba's Birthday too! Grandpa and Baba share the same birth-date



To celebrate Grandpa's Birthday, we went to Gu-ma's house for dinner... and guess what we found in one of her rooms? A drum set!!