2011 will bid its goodbye

The year of 2011 is ending soon. Time flies so fast!

2011 will bid its goodbye in few more days
A year just went through from a blink of an eye .
Christmas just passed !!
New Year is coming, CNY is next month .

&
The boys is growing fast .
I had lost count of their development like i used to update lastime .
One is going to Year 6 for his kiddy .& one is in Terrible 2 .The boys ... brought me many kinds of experiences and different emotions tru the year.
Kids bring such joy to our life.
You won't know what you did before you had them.
Kids are a little bit of work, but the reward is in watching them grow up -
seeing their first step, hearing their first word, all the way up through their first kiss, graduation, marriage.... [sniff]...
( guess i m thinking too much )

Parenthood can bring joy and sorrow, challenges and successes.
It can make one feel proud, tired, delighted, bored, and overwhelmed -
sometimes all at once.
That parenthood !!

We as parent are eager to do a good job.
But it seems there is always something to learn:
a new technique to try, a different struggle to overcome.
We also faced many hard time with them as well :(

2011 will bid its goodbye, & i looking forward to 2012.
I hope we are able to faced the New joy and New sorrow,
New challenges and New successes :)
in our parenthood .
As for the boys,
I hope they really work well & get along with each others .. i means REALLY WELL.
Wish they love each others more ... yah .... MORE !!
Oh .... i forgot to wish for a good health for everyone in the family & all my readers!!
Nothing can compared a GOOD HEALTH .

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Again, we had our baking time since we had cancelled out trip to Cameron.
Lucky we didn't go , cos the boys and daddy was still not very well .
So we bake some cakes over the last weekend.

This mini lemon cakes was specially bake for lil J.
He love it !!
& i glad i bought this mini silicon mound .
Cranberry Yogurt Chiffon Cake.
This cake was really good !!
I can baked it again and again !!
But this cake doesn't suit the Lil J taste. He prefer his lemon mini cakes .
But glad Big J's love it.
Anyone like to have some ??
Other wise, he can finish all by himself :)
How about this ??

Last .....

A New year wish from Me to all my reader :)
I wish you Health...
So you may enjoy each day in comfort.
I wish you the Love of friends and family...
And Peace within your heart.
I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities...
For those things that really matter in life.
I wish you Generousity so you may share...
All good things that come to you.
I wish you Happiness and Joy...
And Blessings for the New Year.
I wish you the best of everything...
That you so well deserve.
Happy new year 2012 .Thanks for dropping by all this time and leave us comments and support .
& a Good Bye kiss from the lil J :)
muakss...... *.*
tata

Merry Christmas

All my amazing blogger friends,
I am sorry I have been a bit MIA

I’m hoping to catch up.

Things was not doing good at my side ,
Not very bad either ...
There's up and down over here ...Usually I just love this time of year!
I can get this overwhelming urge to clean and organize my house.
To plan for a short trip .
I will prefer Christmas then CNY.
But this December,
Things was slowly down ...
The boys was fall sick one after another ..
Same goes to daddy & mummy.
We been taking turn to visited clinic for the last few weeks.
Last few weeks we cancelled our trip to Genting.
& today i call up Cameron Century Pine Resort to cancelled my next week trip(Cameron) again.
The kids was not really well to travel to cold whether places.
I rather not to take the risk .
Well .... so far no further plan ...

It's mid-December, almost the end of the year.
Time really flies .
Apart from the boys being sick.
They actually doing okay .
As naughty as always .

This indeed be my final post before Christmas .
I wanted to share some favorite photos of the Small J .
Photo took during last Saturday.
While Daddy & Jeremy was out to catch a movie.
& i was in bed with the Small J .
Playing with his favorite toy cars.
He was not very well .
But still managed to give me some wonderful smile .


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Come to baking now ,
I like to share Gwyneth Paltrow's favorite Blueberry Muffin Recipe.
Which i took from Women Weekly Mag.
This was a real rich and yummy Blueberry Muffin Recipe.
Worth try !!
Recipe source : M'sia Women Weekly by Gwyneth Paltrow
INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 2 eggs (preferably organic)
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup plus 1 tsp sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
• Heat oven to 375°. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners. Whisk butter, eggs and milk in a bowl. Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients; fold in blueberries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp sugar. Bake until muffins are golden brown and a knife comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm.

In closing I'd just like to say,
when we all deal with family and stressed and situations beyond our control let's keep these :
No matter how good or bad you have it, Wake up each day thankful for your life.
Instead of thinking what you're missing,
Try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.
Last,

Merry Christmas you guys. Have a great week!

A Matter of Taste : Lemon Cupcakes

Cupcakes with a Twist !!
Like to share this recipe with you.
Simple and nice .

Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour, 1 1/4 cups sugar ( i used 1 cup)
2 teaspoons baking powder,
3 to 4 teaspoons lemon juice,
Zest of 1 large lemon (outer yellow skin),
3/4 cup milk, 2/3 cup oil ( vegetable oil or corn oil)
2 tablespoons lemon flavoring
3 eggs separated

Instruction:
Preheat oven to 325 F
In large bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and Zest of 1 large lemon,
Add milk, oil and lemon flavoring & mix well.
Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
In separate clean bowl ,
Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry m adding remaining 1/4 cup of sugar.
Fold egg white into better
Pour into prepared pan
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until inserted comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes

Happy Baking :)