Sweet Sixteen

Our Mich just turned 16. Another grateful day in our lives. Thank God for all the blessings and sweetness of Mich in and around. Made a gazpacho part of knowing Spanish culture ( find it hard to enjoy by the look).

   Someone who has an aversion to cakes currently. Instead we had a fruitful brekkie with fruits. After H Mass, priest blessed him.

 

 For lunch, we went out for a meal together after a long time. Enjoyed thoroughly and was yummy Asian cuisine.

 After finishing  first year in the college, Annu joined with us,  face painted with Indian flag from her college celebrating the summer break.

     Morning with cards and some gift

A Chess Birthday Party

Saturday was Geo's 7th Birthday. For this birthday we decided to give him a Chess party and invite his some friends as covid gave a bit break from usual celebrations. Geo is very keen into chess.

  Our chess boy from past when he joined the first time in the chess club. It was bit of surprise to me too as he won a few games in his debut.

Invitations were sent out to a few only which was made in canva.

Chess cake was the aim. Base was a bit hard as for the first time I am doing the four layer and trying to make checker board.

Following that , chocolate ganache was done and covered the cake. Chocolate ganache done by adding milk chocolate to hot double cream, different consistency of ganache for the type of cake you want. It was done by Annu.The final decorations with checker board structures took time. Initiated and continued with Thomas girls 

Finally it came out well.

We had a party games. Began with treasure hunt.

Children had fun looking for treasure and enjoyed

the hunting.

Pinata always the favourite event for the kids and hitting the rook which we made over a week was great. Finally birthday boy were in tears as he didnt get chance to grab enough sweets. Friends spoiled him by giving all their sweets.

   Making of pinata in layers. Always it is a week task, covering daily a few layers on, over and other and into the shape by sticking inflated balloon over a small carton. Towards the end , balloon is popped and filled with various candies with confetties, tissue papers. 

   Party table and decors

  Birthday boy

Opening the gifts, cards and having a birthday brekkie with pancake.

  Home made cards

Some of the beautiful cards by Theresu and mich.

  From Theresu

   Designed by Mich with a checker face.

    The day ended with party favours , for these I used some sticky man, bubbles . ..

  Happy Birthday Georgu. Thank Lord for all these past 7 years of Geo in our life.

  

 

Birthday -17

This week on 8th March was Annu's birthday, women's day as well. All the many blessings received these years through her is again reminded. How Good is the  Lord. Turned 17.

    After a quick wish and wee breakfast at bed with  pancake, coffee. Annu left to college. Day was busy from usual as annu was in college and exams going on.  

  After our daily routines, we picked annu straight from college with donor and chicken kebab as a treat, one of the big favourite at home and gave her pending gifts

 Baked vanilla sponge cake but birthday girl herself decorated it with butter cream. She on her new jumper recieved on birthday.

   

      

Birthday greeting cards from us.

     This time as birthday was on weekday, it was just a day with family as annu desired.  Thank God for Annu in our life. It was a short and sweet day.