Ethan Smiling

So...Ethan started smiling about a week ago...this is like the only pic we have of him smiling so far...so so hard to catch it on camera...so here's presenting the elusive smile and some other pics....

The Rare Pic

Ethan's 1st Month Celebrations...

No pics of food...unfortunately daddy was too busy stuffing his face to remember to take pics...tried to salvage the situation by taking pics of his 1st month gifts instead...thank u everyone for gifts!!...

Ethan and gifts

Close-up

What Ethan looks like after a month

~Happy New Year 2012~

Wishing everyone a happy new year, good health and much wealth...

CNY dinner...heee

Stew Pork

Prawn roll

YuSheng...the advantages of homemade..LOADS of SALMON

CNY Cupcakes!

heeee...made cupcakes CNY theme..heee..so happy with myself....choc cupcakes(from pre mix pack...cant be bothered to make from scratch)...marshmallow fondant(marshmallow, water....zap in micro...add icing sugar and colouring-natural of course)....to make the fondant stick to the cupcakes...i used nutella because i couldn't be fussed with frosting..hee heeee...lazee....basically had an afternoon of "play dough" session....starting to see the appeal of play dough to kids.....

4 designs...ingot, oranges, cherry blossoms and dragon/tiger(ripped off from the internet)

Qiao Guo

Since MIL is here...I have some time to indulge in baking and making some stuff, which I have always wanted to try from the internet...found this recipe for Qiao Guo(http://www.8fan.com/jiachang/qita/2010/1766.html)....very flavorsome although I have to admit I prob deep fried them a wee bit too long...but what is interesting about this recipe is that it has tofu in it..yes TOFU...so not sure how well it will keep...

My Qiao Guo

Sweet Potato Mantou

Found this recipe on the following website http://cookingcrave.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet-potato-steamed-buns.html and thought I should try it....YUM!! Very soft and not very sweet...could be because of my sweet potato..heee...still have half a potato left...shall make more tomorrow...YUM YUM YUM!!

Here's pics of my mantou..

Before steaming

After Steaming