Cake and biscuit making mad

I've always been good at cooking cakes but I was never any good at decorating them so I would hardly ever make any, But this has all changed since I started getting the magazine My cake decorating, So this post is really just going to be a few photos (ok maybe all)of the cakes and biscuits I have made and decorated.

Happy 6th Birthday to my not so baby girl

My oldest turned 6 on 18th may, Wow have them 6 years gone quick, I remember the day she was born so well, It was the best day of my life, Must admit I was a little shocked but the red hair but that didn't matter she was (and still is) my beautiful little girl, Friday morning she woke up and quickly ran into the living room to open her presents, Her main present from us was a Nintendo ds lite and a Moshi monster game she had been asking about for ages, So she was very happy with that and all her other presents she got.

We was running a bit late for the school run due to her wanting to play with her new toys so my neighbour took her to school in her car for me so she wouldn't be late, As her birthday was on a friday she didn't get home to me until around 6pm as she does pottery class after school and then goes out with my parents for dinner, When she finally came home she was straight on her Ds, We ended up letting her stay up for as long as she wanted, After all she has no school the next day.

On Saturday we had a party for her she was allowed to invite 6 of her friends along and lucky for her they all came, I went a bit over board on the food and my husband even said I dont think 6 adults would be able to eat all that food, Opps I bet you can all guess what our dinner was tonight.

My daughter also wanted me to make her birthday cake, She wanted Tiamo the moshi monster so I agreed as I knew it wouldn't be to hard to make as soon as my daughter saw it she loved it.

So once again Happy birthday to my not so baby girl.

Money saving and no wasting food Up date

So if you read my post about my plans for 2012 you will know what i'm on about, So far thing are going great, We had a whole chicken new years day and I saved any leftover chicken (and there was a lot) and used it Monday to make a chicken stew this went down very well with all the family and there was even enough left so I could blend some up for my youngest.
We also now have a new rule in place for my two oldest children so now if they don't eat all there dinner they know they wont be allowed any sweets or snacks later, Which is going down well with my 5 year old and she is now making sure she eats all her dinners just in case she wants something later, My two year old though doesn't seem to really care.

Now onto the money saving, I have been slowly having a clear out and any unwanted items that are still in good condition I have been selling and instead of spending the money it is sitting in my purse just being forgottern about, I have also started using a site called Approved foods I came about this site because my sister was getting large amounts of sweets for my kids and I asked her how she could afford huge boxes of them, So since then I have placed and order and had it arrive already and last night from using what I had brought I managed to make a large meal for the 4 of us for just over £3 it went down very well with my husband as he loves to have lots on his plate to eat.
My 5 year old is also doing her bit at saving money by selling all her double Moshi Monters she has and what money she has been getting he has been buying the ones she needs, I have also noticed a huge difference in in the price I pay for my washing powder as I have switched and now use soap nuts so no longer need to buy washing powder and conditioner and the soap nuts cost me £8.50 for a big bag on Ebay and I have had this bag for about 4 months now and there is still loads left.