Love Long Weekends

Good "Monday" to everyone. So glad it's a short work week and Monday Husband is back! YAY! :)

I love my colleagues. Last Friday was really TGIF, with a wonderful lunch and grocery shopping included. Haha. What was supposed to be just getting a box of oranges ended up with at least $30 worth of groceries per person.

I got the Bisquick mix too, to make pancakes since I've read that it's almost similar to McD's pancakes. I made two batches over the weekend, the first time was really good and the second time was a little runny and I couldn't make thick pancakes. 1 cup of Bisquick (+ 1/2 cup milk + 1 egg) is enough for a hearty breakfast for 2. I still have more left, so I'm gonna make some for Husband when he gets back.

I also made strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting on Saturday, and rocky road brownies yesterday but the recipe is different from my clear-the-fridge project last week. This time round I used a best cocoa brownie recipe with more butter and less flour than the other brownie recipe. This is by far the best brownie recipe I made from scratch! So chocolatey and fudgy.

Junior had a blast too. Saturday I wanted to bring him to the park but it rained, so we ended up at Nyai's. Sunday there was a gathering of the Husband's cousins over at his aunt's house and I brought the strawberry cake along. I always love mingling with his cousins. Sunday I brought Junior to the beach with my in-laws and SIL & nephew. Thankfully it didn't rain, so Junior & Cousin had fun playing with the sand, waves and more water play later at Vivo City. Yesterday was a lazy day at home before we headed out to my mum's by bus. My dad was supposed to fetch us but since Junior was so eager to go out (he carried his shoes and followed me all around the house!) we took the bus instead. Junior was still scared of taking the bus but at least he didn't cry hahaha.

Here's a picture of Junior's painting session yesterday!

Junior's palm print! :)

And off we go to Nyai's :)

I think I shall put up the recipes in separate posts, one for the brownies and another for the strawberry cake. Work time now!

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