First Outing After 2 Weeks of Quarantine

After 2 weeks of quarantine, I'm SO GLAD that I can finally bring the 2 kids out. But I still prefer that they have no interaction with other kids yet, just to be safe. Keira will be back to school next week. 

Brought them out to eat their favorite spaghetti... HAPPY!

what is an outing without chocolate ice cream?!?

Their smiles were precious!

And after that, we came back home so that Caedy could take her nap and Keira and I did our baking! I've never really baked, in fact, I don't like baking but seems like Keira has been into it lately. This is our second time baking this week.

We used estimation for all the ingredients and it turned out OK. Not the best cupcakes (and we forgot to buy cupcake liners) but pretty decent for amateurs like us. 

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of cake flour (i used "Radiant")

1 cup of sugar (i substituted it with molasses sugar)

1 egg

1 cup of milk

0.5 cup of unsalted butter (at room temp) / vege oil / coconut oil

1 cup of cocoa powder (unsweetened, i used "Van Houten") 

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

0.5 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon of coffee powder

Chocolate chips ("i used "Hershey's")

I just mixed all the ingredients using a spatula. Preheat oven 175 deg Celcius and start baking for 20 minutes. Again, you don't expect super moist perfect cupcakes but they are soft (unfortunately, not fluffy) and taste is just nice (not too sweet). Most importantly, Keira likes it and she's proud of herself after the baking session. 

For me, with a cuppa OldTown White Coffee, it's good enough for my tea time snack. 

I quite enjoy a day like this, but definitely can't afford to do it daily. 

Online Shopping

I bought most of Caedy's stuff online, cos I was in Singapore during most of the pregnancy and Keith wasn't in KL after I gave birth. So online shopping made it all easy and possible.

So these are the websites I purchased from (you need to check and compare):

1. http://www.fabulousmom.com - most of their stuffs are cheaper than other shops. I bought most of my breastfeeding accessories there, including breastpump and its accessories, nursing bras, nursing tea, nursing pads, baby carrier, etc...

2. littlewhiz.com - bought my net bouncer, bottle warmer, etc... and it seems like their baby cots are cheaper than others... 

3. QQbabyshop.com - bought most of Caedy's apparel and Keira's pyjamas here... All the rompers are so cute!!!

4. www.mybbstore.com - hmmm... bought a drying rack cum organizer... it was an impulsive buy :P

5. Summerglitz.com.my and mammahouse.com - maternity wear

6. www.momsbestgifts.com - bought some baby leggings here

I can't remember if I buy anything anywhere else... of course there are many more other online stores like: onebabyworld.com, kasihkusayangku.com, etc... but I can't remember anymore =.="

Happy shopping momsies............(.or dadsies????? hmm.. whatever....... :P)

My List of Important Things

So, after 2 months, these are the things that I consider "important" and they have made my life better (apart from those basic stuff):

1. The big net bouncer

2. MobyWrap (the sling)

3. Bottle warmer

4. Gina Yong's "Got Breast Milk?"

5. Bath Stand