Let there be cake - A BakerDays review

I love cake. Everyone I know loves cake. Cake is the greatest so when I was approached by the lovely people over at Baker Days to do a review, how could I resist?

I live in Australia, all of my husband's family are in the UK. It's always hard trying to find Christmas presents over here then have them posted over to England. Sometimes the postage is more than what the present is worth.

I had created Jonathan's Christmas photo a few days before being asked to do a review so I decided to have that photo used to customise my cake. There are endless options to choose from and a delivered cake starts from just £14.95.
The cake arrived at my sister in law's house just a few days before Christmas and we were both left speechless. It looked amazing. I wish I could have teleported myself over to cut into it.

My sister in law took it to my Mother in law's for Christmas lunch. It was to be a surprise and a surprise it was.

The entire family loved it. I could not have asked for a better Christmas present for them, besides us being there of course.
Sometimes it's the smallest of surprises and thoughts that touch people in the biggest way. It's always hard not being with family at Christmas and BakerDays allowed the thought to be there, it meant that our presence was felt at that dinner table and as the cake was cut into, we were thought of.

I'd recommend this product to everyone. I only wish there was something this good here in Australia.

YOU HAVE TASTY MAIL...

What could it be?

What a lovely tin...

SURPRISE!

Happy Holidays everyone...

May love and kindness feel all your hearts. Enjoy your time together and most importantly, eat cake. Yummy yummy cake.

BakerDays... Take a look at them. 

Marcelle x

Silent Sunday 28.12.2014

Let there be light

It's been quiet the week here in Sydney but despite it all, as a city, we stand united.

My absolute favourite time of the year here is Christmas and my absolute favorite place is St. Mary's Cathedral. 

It's a must see. I could sit there and watch it for hours, all night long. It captivates you. 

I've never seen anything better. There probably is but for me, it makes Christmas... Christmas.

For those of you who are in Sydney and can't make it and for those far away, here is the magic...

Merry Christmas everyone 🎅❤️🎅

Silent Sunday 21.12.2015

They don't even look like Christmas biscuits

Out of total frustration, I think I've tweeted a gazillion times times that my oven does not work.

All my dinners needs to be cool too based, I can't do the Cristmas ham and the landlord is taking his sweet ass time to get it fixed.

I had all the ingrediants for the biscuit icing so I thought 'why not?' 

Wait, I had everything except red food coloring so I had to use blue. Blue and green with pastel sugar balls. It wasn't Christmas themed at all.

I made the icing mixtures. The green was too runny and the blue was too thick.

Never the less we started decorating.

 

When I say we I mean me. Jonathan ate the sugar balls, licked obscene amounts of icing mixture and retreated into a sugar rush just before bed time.

Oh, I didnt mention that I just used plain milk arrow biscuits.

All in all, like most things, preperation is key. I wasn't prepared and they don't really look like Christmas biscuits.

Maybe Jonathan can have one in the morning, before daycare... Perhaps I'll drop him off before the sugar sets in.

Wicked Wednesday 17.12.2014

Yesterday I did a clear out of Jonathan's toys. You know, all the toys that are fantastic but never used and sit at the bottom of the toy chest?

He got home from daycare and never realised that I had strategically placed all the toys at the bottom of the chest on top in hope he would 'play' with them.

He did realise this morning and my super tidy lounge room turned into this within 5  minutes...

Wicked Wednesdays

Do you think he could keep still for just one photo?

Going home

You'd think I would have written many posts on my one month holiday to England. 

It's been so busy, perhaps I could have found the time, but I didn't.

Jonathan has just fallen asleep and I'm still laying here next to him, just thinking.

Thinking of the 24 hour flight home (please behave) and thinking of leaving everyone.

We always do this. Come to England and never want to go home... Back to Australia. We settle down in Australia and think how could we ever go back to England. Then back to England and floods of happiness come rushing in.

I hate that I feel so at home here. I feel like I could stay here forever, submerge myself in all her glory. So torn, but am I really? Would I still want to stay if I settled in, lived my life day to day... Work, shopping, cooking, daycare runs, cleaning, bills, stresses... Would I then long for Australia? 

I feel like I need Jonathan to spend time here. Spend a part of his childhood knowing his family here, his grandparents, aunts, uncles who all adore him, firmly plant a love for this country in him.

This Thursday could never come for all I care, but it will. I'll be sad. I am now.

There's no place like home but where is it? 

Silent Sunday 26.10.2014

Silent Sunday 8/6/2014

Wednesday Words - Crazy enough to change the world...

I've been away from blogging for a while and am happy to be jumping back in. I had forgotten about WednesdayWords by the lovely Emma over on the blog Crazy With Twins. I think i've only participated twice on the link in so I thought I'd join in while I can still keep my eyes open.

I'm not sure that as an individual we can change the entire world but i'm certain we can make changes to the world that is important to us.

My husband, recently diagnosed with testicular cancer, is my world along with my son Jonathan. Until now I feel as though our lives have taken the paths intended for us all. It's not until a life changing event occurs that we feel the need to change this. Change our world... for the better. 

My world as I know it is currently in limbo, waiting on catscan results, oncologist appointments etc (I didn't even know what an Oncologist was until 3 weeks ago) BUT the changes we vow to make will only see things improve. If the improvement results in my little world changing for the better then yes... I'm crazy enough to change the world.

When we are happy and positive it shows. It's the small steps to our 'world' changes even if we need to pretend to be for the people we love most.

Peace, love, HEALTH and Happiness for all xx

The Haircut

I was all up for Jonathan having his first haircut. In fact he probably didn't need it. It was one of those things I couldn't wait for him to do or have like crawling and walking and now that it's over and done with, well, I want his hair back.

I couldn't get him to the hair dresser fast enough. Another event to photograph then tweet, facebook, Instagram and so on... Look at my beautiful baby boy.

My baby boy is now a toddler boy. His first locks were cut away in seconds and they'd taken all his little life to grow. I remember being told at my 30 week scan... 'See all that fuzz around his head? that's hair" he was born with locks of ginger gold.

I've written this small post out because i'm feeling a bit sad, sad that every last bit of my baby boy is disappearing and he's growing faster than I ever imagined he would.

Has anyone else felt like this over the smallest of things?