Freeze Dried Strawberries

Maya found a new favorite snack; freeze dried strawberries. She finished half a packet in one sitting. Got these darlings from our favorite baking shop called "Jadi." I must admit, these are actually quite good and the price is very affordable.

Sinful Tarts Fun

Items: Tart shells, whipped cream, graham honey teddies, candied cherries, Reese peanut butter chips, stars sprinkles and cheddar cheese.

Method: Fill each tart shell with whipped cream and start decorating. :) That's how simple this activity is. A little sinful on the ingredients, but I guess if it's a once in a blue moon thing, it should be alright. Maya had lots of fun making these tarts. She was so proud of her little tarts she kept telling mummy she made them. And with her daddy's gene, she just couldn't help eating the ingredients while she was making them, especially the cheese.

Peekaboo, I See Stars

Another bed time activity before story book session. Got these stack up cups from Ikea at a reasonable price, and the chain stars from Daiso. Yes, Daiso again :P Love this RM5 shop to bits. We played peekaboo with the stars and also demolition fun by stacking up the cups. After a while, girls will be girls, Maya started "cooking" the stars and pretending to feed them to me. Took a long while before she finally waved good bye to them; her way of showing she is done with something.

Magic Counting Wand

Items: Wooden pegs, glow-in-the-dark stars, 3M double sided tape, scissors and disposable chop sticks.

Method: Cut the double sided tape into small strips and stick on one side of the wooden pegs. Stick the stars on the double sided tape. Peg the pegs onto the chopstick, and let the counting fun begins.

Some chopstick can have a star, some have three so on and so forth. And some can disappear and there you have your subtraction; and some chopsticks can add more stars, and there you have your addition. We decided to hang the additional stars on Maya's chair, and pretend it's a fairy throne. Endless fun, and they glow in the dark as well!

 

To Increase Milk Production

For mothers who are breast feeding and want to increase their milk production, I would like to introduce this product by Sendayu Tinggi, a Malaysian Company. The ingredients contained inside are : dates, fenugreek, coriander, fennel, star anise and black caraway. These supplement can be found in shops that sell Malaysian beauty products, such as Widuri and Ugie. Per bottle, it should be RM 43, the recommended selling price. I highly recommend this for those who needs a boost in their milk production. Plus point, this actually tastes good.

Microwave Potato Chips

I was browsing my usual recipe hunting site when I stumbled on to this. Out of curiosity, I attempted it and it worked. Delicious too! Well.... A bit sinful though. The actual recipe can be found here : http://allrecipes.com/recipe/potato-chips/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=potato%20chips&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe%20Hub

The only difference is, I followed one of the commenter's advice and coat the chips individually. :)

Home Made Playdough

The original recipe can be found here : http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh/

 

Items needed : 2 cups flour + 1 tablespoon cream of tartar = sieve together . 2 cups warm water + 1 cup salt = mix in together and stir to dilute as much salt into the water. 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil and a non stick pan.

Mix in the sieved ingredients, salt water and vegetable oil together. After the ingredients have been thoroughly mix, sieve them to remove any lumps.

Heat up the pan and pour in the mixture. Remember to stir constantly to prevent burning. It will harden into Playdough pretty fast. Remove from pan and leave to cool. You can add in coloring if you want but I decided to leave mine plain this time so that I can mix into my original Playdough which are already partially harden. :)