【Here I Come, Halloween 。我也來萬聖節湊熱鬧！】

The Halloween Eve 2011

maaaaaaaaaaaali mali humm, 急急如律令。。。
Time to get up!!! It's PARTY time!!

Mummy actually did not plan to make *Happy Halloween Meal* because, 

Firstly, Halloween has never been on the list of celebration; 

Secondly, Iroko and mummy are on their vacation, visiting the new born cousin in Penang ^.^v 

Thirdly, mummy is not confident to produce a presentable *happy meal* without {ma-masak} tools and daddy's camera.

Pumpkin carvings? Ghosts? Mummy? Skeleton?……?
taa laang!!! At last, 殭屍 (jiang shi)--chinese vampire came to the fore!!

However, the heat of Halloween is getting stronger everywhere... and Iroko is so attracted to those Halloween party products... and couple of ideas (for *Happy Halloween Meal*) started bursting to welcome the festival v(*u*)v

Finally, for the very first time, the Halloween even dinner was produced outside the {ma-masak} work station ^.^v

*happy Halloween eve dinner* includes:
Strawberries (starter) + mashed potato + hard boiled egg + sweet corn soup

童言童語之迎接小生命記：

那天在醫院裡小妞看到了好幾個剛剛呱呱落地的小貝比。閃爍的眼光落在玻璃窗內的那些小生命，帶著驚喜+驚訝的聲音，小妞小心翼翼地問媽咪：

“Mummy, are the babies real ones？Oh no, how come so small？” @_@

女兒丫，可知道那時剛出世的妳比他們任何一個來得更迷你！！

。。。

看到剛從產房出來的小表妹，小妞跟著大人們興奮地擁上前去，望著米C姐姐（nurse）打開裹著小寶貝的布以確認性別時，小妞突然問了一道讓媽咪跌破眼鏡的怪問題：

“What happen to 妹妹's 'pom pom' （the genital part）？”  Note: 妹妹 = younger sister

媽咪很疑惑地回答小妞的疑惑：“Because the nurse wanted to make sure 妹妹is a girl...” @_@ 

媽呀，那真的很考驗媽咪的性知識急智！！不過，不就是實話實說 >.<

。。。

漸漸習慣了真實小生命的模樣後，小妞跟小表妹隔著玻璃窗聊起天來了：

“妹妹，do you want to go to Alor Setar？Youcan play with 叔叔 and 爺爺。。。Got jambu （rose apple in Malay language）。。。but 妹妹has no teeth, cannot eat. Koko got teeth, broken already but can eat jambu。。。” 

@_@。。。 >_< 

【Happy Deepavali 。屠妖節快樂】

October 25, 2011 Rich sunlight & rain

憤怒鳥+孔雀的合體　＞＿＜

A few peacocks have been drafted for preparing this *happy Deepavali meal*. Mummy eventually decided to make fun of Angry Bird ;p
In fact, the Angry Bird is always the catchiest creature to Iroko. As the meal was served, she didn't realise it actually is an "Angry Peacock". Perhaps, the tail doesn't resemble a conventional peacock's tail... @.@

童言童語：
不曉得什麼原因，小妞忽然很害怕上舞蹈班，連續好幾個禮拜了，進到舞蹈室的首十分鐘內她一定哭一場才漸漸進入狀況 >,<
好像是因為一直更換老師的關係，
好像是因為被其中一位老師的大聲量嚇到，
又好像是因為她發現自己不是很喜歡靜態的舞蹈/運動
（自從上了gymnastics，她就無法“安分守己”的跟著老師跳芭蕾了）。。。

昨天小妞跟Barney跳舞跳得起勁時，媽咪就趁機試探小妞她是不是很愛跳舞，想不想跳得像熒幕上的哥哥姐姐們那麼棒。怎知，小妞並沒有中媽咪的圈套，告訴媽咪：
“Yea, Koko loves dancing, Koko can learn from Barney at home, no need to go dancing class...”

晚上，媽咪跟小妞提起過兩天就要帶她乘搭飛機回家鄉迎接姑姑的小貝比，所以接著兩個星期都不能去gynmastics 和舞蹈班了。這時輪到小妞趁機告訴媽咪：
“Mummy no need to go dancing class anymore, because Koko already finished the last one！…… so mummy don't need to pay for dancing class…… but mummy must pay to MeiLing teacher （her gymnastics coach）ya！！ ”

【ALOHA :D。小妞，扭扭】

 October 24, 2011 旱 。雨

這個草圖給媽咪很多創作靈感。
從頭到腳都有無限的發揮空間。
想過用褐紅色的糙米粉，也想過把薯泥用可可粉“染成”深褐色做頭髮；
想過用乳酪片修當皮膚， 也想過用白米飯捏成飯糰娃娃；
想過用5顏6色的圓形糖片做一串項鍊；
想過給娃娃“縫製”soba抹茶面草裙；
想過讓娃娃穿件紅色小背心。。。

Iroko has been influenced deeply by Barney series.
Recently, she loves folk dances so much...
The Hula is one of her regular exercise choices now!

結果因為小妞開始鬧肚子餓，就一切從簡。。。

*happy lunch* includes:
Grapes & orange (starter) + mashed potato + steamed French beans +  Yacon soup

童言童語：

某天在等電梯時，小妞興致勃勃拉起她的蓬蓬裙，在那裡左扭右擺的跳起舞來。看她跳得那麼開心，媽咪也配合她，做狀拉裙子隨她踢踏踢踏地起舞。怎知那小妞竟然揶揄媽咪：

“Mummy, you want to dance like Koko？But mummy is wearing pants, mummy doesn't have skirt like Koko one！。。。Or Koko buy for mummy？ But mummy is too big, cannot fit！Never mind when mummy becomes smaller like a baby, then mummy can wear the skirt。。。”

媽咪就告訴小妞，人只能一直長大，然後變老，媽咪是沒有辦法在變小貝比了。結果小妞“安慰”媽咪說：

“Can, mummy must eat a lot of rice, noodles... then you will become smaller！”@_@ 

因為大人常常告訴她要吃得飽飽才會長大，要多吃點才有力氣做這個做那個。。。想必小妞心裡一定認為只要吃多一點，吃飽一點，就會有“法力”變出你想要的東西！！

【Sun-bathing ( ' j ' ) 。夏日炎炎。。。正好發呆】

May 12, 2011 Finally the tap water gets cold 終於降溫了，涼！

熱到不想活動了，咻。。。

 The original plan was to make "cacing" (earthworms) popping out from sweetcorns, but it's (cacing) just too simple & dull, nothing about visual effect '~'

Unconciously, mummy moulded the mashed potatoe into an elephant!!

*happy lunch* includes:
Mashed potatoe + steamed sweetcorns & cauliflower & broccoli + seaweed soup

Perhaps, the weather is getting better, not too hot & stuffy today, Iroko's appetite has also returned ;D She finished 90% of the meal (1 large size potatoe + 1/2 cup of sweetcorns + 2 stalks of cauliflower & broccoli + 1 full bowl of soup)--mummy helped her to clear the other 2 cauliflower & brocolli.

童言童語：
正處於學習自主的小妞，最近也常學習討價還價。

比如媽咪提醒她洗澡洗太久了，該起來了，她就跟媽咪“殺價”，“One more time shampoo, okay? Ok larrr... ”

又比如她的雪糕癮來時，她會先“開條件”說服媽咪，“Only one okay? Promise!”

又或者，她想要爹地帶她去公園玩滑梯，她會先下手為強，“Tonight daddy brings koko to tortoise park (Taman Bukit Jalil)?”, 爹地還來不及反應，她就說，“PROMISE!”

聽起來好像有點過分，但那小妞，通常都只是說說而已，而媽咪也有自己的“太極拳” 來應付小妞，嗬嗬嗬。。。。

【‘雞’遇上‘蛋’。Chicken & the Egg】

2011年1月19日 晴。月圓

其實今天有點懶，不太想開{ma-masak}，因為工作表排得滿滿了，要準備早午晚餐，要打掃房子，要出去換外幣，要做年餅，晚上又得陪老公到SEREMBAN去買外公的藥。

但準備午餐的時候還是“過意不去”（或心有不甘？）地做了個簡單的*happy meal*給女兒 ;)

【‘雞’遇上‘蛋’ 。Chicken & the Egg】

雖然一天下來很忙，很累，但很開心，因為女兒吃得很開胃，玩得很開心 ;)

【Healthy "Doughnut" 。“咸咸圈”】

Jan. 26, 2011 Cloudy

Iroko falls in love with doughnut since she tasted the J-brand's doughnuts the other day. Undoubtedly, their doughnuts are always tempting. Even mummy loves them too >,< Unfortunately Iroko ought to avoid this kind of unhealthy confectionary to prevent her 4 broken front milk teeth get further decayed!

Doesn't matter, mummy got a tricky idea here!!

【Healthy "Doughnut"!】
No frying, no sugar, no artificial taste!

Mainly because the little one is having constipation these few days ;( mummy has to ban rice in order to make sure Iroko won't get severe dehydrated. And mashed potato is always an ideal food whenever she has this problem.

Iroko got "cheated" again! kkeekkkeee

On top of the main course, mummy also prepared Iroko's favourite seaweed soup to increase her fluid intake.
A kid's "inputs" and "outputs" are always critical issues that annoy all "baby sitters"!! phewwwww....

"Mummy!!!! One more doughnut pleaseeeee!!

【The Blonde 。金髮美眉】

October 21, 2011 Raining soon... @ 15:48pm

This is another non-cartoon *happy meal*.
Iroko called the blonde "po po" (her grandma) because they both got love handles >,<""
It (the meal) doesn't mean to satirize, indeed! To mummy, that is a language of motherly, a symbol of debonair ^.^

Honestly, the *happy lunch* is specially designed to remember mummy's mummy! Simply miss her...
Because of giving birth to her six children, she gained such a figure for the later part of her life!!

The quality of the Russet potato mummy bought this round is really good! Other than the natural sweetness, it gives very fine and smooth texture after being mashed.

In order to differentiate the hair and skin, which was quite pale, little amount of Milo (type of chocolate & malt powder, similar to Vico, etc.) was added to the mashed potato. Unexpectedly, the chocolate flavour mashed potato tastes gooooooood!!! yum yum ^.^v

*happy lunch* includes:
Apple (starter) + boiled quail eggs + mashed potato +
steamed broccoli, baby corn & cauliflower + winter melon soup

童言童語：
昨天差不多把晚餐吃完的時候，小妞很自滿地告訴媽咪：
“Koko pandai hor, finished the dinner by yourself （她自己），no need mummy feeds.... Koko is a good girl！But mummy is not a good girl... :-( ”

媽咪很不解地問她為什麼。

“Because mummy got angry！！That's not nice, you know？！” >_<"'

原來她還對昨天下午在洗澡時發生的事耿耿於懷@.@

話說小妞不喜歡花灑灑在她頭上的感覺，昨天洗澡時，小妞在浴缸裡享受泡泡浴，媽咪就用花灑幫她把頭上的泡沫洗乾淨，結果由於她的雙手都沾滿泡沫，無法擦去臉上的水，於是氣急敗壞的她就呱呱叫STOP STOP!!
媽咪就故意用激將法告訴她要是她真的那麼怕水，那以後就不能學游泳了。一聽媽咪那麼一說，她就叫得更大聲了。於是，媽咪就很豎起了臉，幫她擦乾身體，穿衣。。。讓她知道不可以那麼放縱！

原來在孩子的眼裡，不笑的臉=生氣！！

【What a Piquant Treat ！！ 。越吃越餓的小甜點】

2011年10月20日 陰霾裡藏不住的喜悅 *u*

這是唯一一個媽咪百試百靈的食譜 ^.^v
無論是藍莓還是這一次的檸檬口味，都讓人滿意 ^.^v
唯一要被打折的是印象分--賣相不是很好 ^~^

就是這個硅胶模具的處女之作 ;)

因為第一次用硅胶模具（silicon baking mold），不曉得硅胶的傳熱功能原來真的是名不虛傳！再加上那毛毛蟲狀的模型，導致那些凸起來的部分都稍微烤焦了>_《

有點焦，得上點粉來遮醜 >,<

蛋糕表面上因為淋上了檸檬糖釉，所以有點亮亮閃閃的；
但因為媽咪擅自把糖的分量減了一半，所以被淋到的表層有點酸酸的>.< 
剛開始吃幾口，有點後悔，但越吃就越起勁，過癮，開胃！！

後來再撒上葡萄糖粉（媽咪很喜歡葡萄糖粉那種入口即溶，冰冰涼涼的感覺，而且比起普通糖霜，這會來得比較健康;p）
檸檬酸加上額外的糖粉反而把蛋糕的味道襯托得更完整了 ^.^v

哎呀，怎麼會忘了罂粟籽（poppy seeds）>.<
不然，口感和視覺效果一定更好！！

這一回口感方面倒真的讓人喜出望外！一般上新鮮出爐的蛋糕都是特別可口，可是這一次竟然是“先苦後甜”！剛出爐的時候，一口咬下去，確實有一丁點失望，覺得有點紮實，不夠鬆軟。。。可是隔了一夜，反而變得有“空間感”了，而且軟硬度恰恰好！！
上桌前再把蛋糕“叮”微熱，就很完美了。。。

Lemon Yogurt Butter Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
A) 125g - Butter
     1 cup- Sugar (80% filled/about 160g-170g) [cut down to 140g.]
     Grated lemon zest from 1 normal size lemon

B) 3 large eggs (at room temperature)

C) 2 cups - Plain flour (250g.) [ replaced with cake flour, and it worked out well]
     2 tsp   - Baking powder
     ¼ tsp - Salt
   
D) 1 small tub Yogurt (125g-150g) + milk = 1 cup
     OR
     1 cup - Yogurt (either plain or flavoured) (160g--170g)
     1 tsp  -  Lemon juice (optional)

E) 1½ cups - Fresh blueberries [omitted because mummy expected a pure lemon cake]


Lemon glaze: lemon juice from 1 lemon + 1 to 2 tbsp sugar. Cook over low heat until sugar dissolves.
Add 2 or 3 tbsp if you cannot take tangy/sour taste!

Let's do it:
**Preheat your oven at 180C as you start your work.

1) Beat (A) till creamy and fluffy.
2) Add (B), one at a time, mix well before each addition.
3) Fold in manually (C) alternate with (D) in 3 to 4 additions, beat till just incorporated.
** DO NOT OVER BEAT!!
4) Pour the batter in a greased 9"x5" loaf pan; arrange (E) on top but DO NOT PRESS!
5) Bake at 180C for 50-60 mins or until a skewer inserted and comes out clean [I got mine done in 45min.).
6) Pour over and brush lemon glaze on top. Let the hot cake stands in pan for 5 to 10min. Cool on wire rack.

Recipe Source: Cake.Bake.Love

【It's Hedgehog Again ;p 。又見刺猬】

October 19, 2011 Stormy weather >_<

*happy lunch* includes:
Fresh tomato (starter)  + pan fried tomato & spring onion egg +
steamed cheese sausage + stir fried spinach with minced meat + English gourd soup

This is the third one. We had mini carrot hedgehogs and large orange hedgehog visited Iroko in the past.
Why hedgehog again? The reason may be somewhat far-fetched ;p
... because this little creature is cute (to mummy ;p)
... because mummy is not confident enough to produce nice photos using the antique digital camera, that would only waste her effort /o\ ;p

童言童語：
下午出去時路經一所神廟，小妞馬上雙手合十，一邊膜拜一邊念念有詞地說：
“hoho （神明）保佑平安，快高長大，嗯嗯（上大號）沒有cry，哎呀，but Koko yik yik yek yek a bit just now when Koko en en!  Sorry huh hoho，but Koko didn't cry what! ” >_<

【A Flower for You ' V ' 。送你一朵小花 ^u^】

October 18, 2011 Cloudy rainy

密布的烏雲擋不住燦爛的微笑 ;>

Mummy was "lost" when preparing the meal.

As the photo shooting was done, she was wondering why she did not use a dark colour plate--the visual effect of the photos would definitely be much better!

... but... no no no, she changed  the plate to the white one because she actually planned to make a furry koala (cover the surface of bread with chicken floss)!!

sighhhhhhh '~'

arghhhhhh >_<

Anyway, with mummy's poor photography skills, with limited knowledge of the antique digital camera, without the help of DSLR, the ultimate outcome (visual effect wise) might not improve much... ;(

童言童語：

小妞韻律操學院停車場裡的發票機（parking ticket dispenser machine）和自動付款機（autopay machine）都是具備感應器而且還會“說話”。每當車子靠近發票機，有人走近自動付款機時，那些機器都會先打招呼，再給予指示。

每一次去到那停車場，小妞總是百問不厭，千篇一律地說：

“iee, how come the machine can talk？So funny！”

今天車子進入停車場，媽咪剛把車窗搖下來，小妞又重複了同樣的問題。不過，她馬上又沾沾自喜補充道：

“ohh, because the machine eats a lot of parking tickets！Then can talk ^.^v... Like Koko eat so much, then can jump up high, can do star jumps。。。But machine cannot eat rice, noodles, porridge。。。 you know mummy？”

【Cheerful Day ^.^ 。天天好天！】

October 17, 2011 A day with smiling sun!

CHEERS!!! Although it's MONDAY!! 

Egg is one of the most popular materials for preparing Iroko's *happy meals*.
Especially hard boiled eggs--always give a huge room of imagination + creativity ^^
Of course, Iroko loves to eat eggs but definitely not the yolks of hard boiled eggs >,<
She simply doesn't like the texture...

Ready？Say ‘cheeseeeee’！！

Since it's established fourteen months ago, for the first time, mummy invited quail eggs to perform at {ma-masak}.
Iroko was somewhat unsure if those oval thingy are egg when she first saw them @.@

*happy lunch* includes:
Strawberries (starters) + quail eggs + cheddar cheese +  pan fried sausage
dried noodles with mushroom sauce + carrot + boiled broccoli & sweet corn

沒有雞蛋的雞蛋麵 o_0

童言童語：

因為常常看到電視節目裡的哥哥姐姐騎在馬背上載歌載舞，小妞一直都躍躍欲試。可是，那一次帶她到動物園，看到活生生的馬兒時，她就退縮了 >_<''' 

之後，她就一直耿耿於懷，一直不斷催眠自己，下一次去動物園時，她一定可以！

昨天前往書展的途中，經過一個馬場，小妞就很興奮地要求爹地媽咪帶她去騎馬。還不斷地自言自語說：

“Do you （她自己）dare to ride horse？... Of course you won't cry... ” 

哇塞，竟然敢說 OF COURSE!! >.<

跟著，還挑戰爹地和媽咪敢不敢和她一起騎馬》_《

【The Memory of English Afternoon Tea 。回味英式下午茶】

2011年10月15日 大熱天

Raisin & Cranberry scones ^.^V

這是第二次弄的鬆餅（或司康--Scone的譯音）。
第一次是迷迭香口味；
這一次是葡萄乾+蔓越梅（小妞不是很喜歡迷迭香的味道）。

之前在英國吃到生平的第一個鬆餅就愛上了。一直很想嘗試動手做，但很多食譜都把做法寫得很“恐怖”---很挑戰，好像一個不細心地捏就弄不出，所以一直下不了手。。。買現成的真的不便宜。。。

食譜是面子書的一位網友飄洋過海分享的。第一次試做成功後就認定了這個食譜 ^.^v 只因為它讓媽咪找回了那種味道和口感。。。和本地烘培店賣的比較，是有過之而無不及的！
。。。就是香，脆，不會太紮實，卻又不會鬆散
。。。只要跟足材料和做法！
。。。其實不會復雜，也不難^.^v

鬆餅食譜

Ingredients:
* yields 16 medium size scones

A) 2   cups (220g)   Self raising flour      
     1/2 cup (60g)     Plain flour (or all purpose flour) 


B) 1/2 tsp Baking powder
     1/2 tsp Salt
     1 tbsp  Icing sugar
     4 tbsp  Rosemary (dried) [I replaced with raisins and cranberries)

C) 1/2 cup (115g) Chilled unsalted butter (cut into small cubes)

D) 3/4 cup (180ml) Milk
    1pcs                   Egg (lightly beaten) 
For glazing:
1 egg, beated and add 1 tbsp milk


Let's do it!!
1. Preheat oven at 205C. Line baking tray.

2. Sieve together self raising flour & the plain flour. Add in (B)--baking powder, icing sugar, salt, and rosemary, mix well.

3. Use fingertips to rub the flour mixture and chilled butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs or lumpy.

4.  Make a well at the centre of the mixture, slowly add in (D)--milk and egg. Mix well very gently using spatula.
**DO NOTOVERMIX or the scones will turn out very hard!! >.<

5. Sprinkle some flour on the tabletop. Gently knead the dough on the flour; pat the dough to make it 1.5" thick. Divide the dough into 16 pieces. Shape each dough to become round. Arrange on the lined baking tray. Glaze with egg&milk mixture.

6. Bake in preheated oven at 205C for about 15min. (duration may vary from one oven to another).

DONE!! ;)

【Durian Muffins 。沒有滿分的榴蓮“滿分”】

October 14, 2011 Bad weather??... hazy, frowsty, blur blur @.@

是的，媽咪不是很滿意這一次的鬆糕（muffin）;s

雖然賣相還過得去，但在烘培的時候媽咪嗅不到榴蓮的味道，就心知不妙。。。
（因為榴蓮被冷凍，解凍過）

果然，沒有榴蓮應該有的濃厚味道 ;(
而且，應該是過度攪拌的關係，再加上榴蓮果肉本身的質感和水分，
烘出來的鬆糕有點紮實+潮濕，沒有媽咪想要的“鬆” ;(
所以，乾脆直接不叫它們“鬆糕...

It seems bugs love Iroko so much because they very often drop by {ma-masak}even without invitation/expectation from mummy or Iroko. The *happy breakfast* was originally planned to be butterflies. Unfortunately, they turned out displeasingly no matter how hard mummy tried to beautify them... '~' ... until the bug-rescue-team appeared and got mummy & the butterflies off the hook >,<

So, here is another bugs meal...

*happy breakfast* includes:
Durian muffins

童言童語：
小妞的爹地很愛整小妞，尤其是小妞最“脆弱”，最經不起“考驗” （疲倦要睡，開始無法控制脾氣）時，就特別想激她。

就像昨晚臨睡前，明知道小妞認定她那張單人床是除了她，就只有媽咪有特權睡在上面。但爹地就是故意趁小妞還在玩，大動作地爬上小妞的床躺著。結果當然被小妞一連串的：
“I'm so sad... Mummy and Koko got no more bed, no more place to sleep... Daddy is too big, cannot sleep on koko's bed...” 給轟了下來 >,<

搞到小妞半夜做夢也淒涼地哭著哀求：
“NO~ ~ ~ Daddy, please don't sleep on Koko's bed!!! 不要~ ~ ~ ” @.@

【Let's Go Circus 。到馬戲團看表演去！】

October 13, 2011 High temp + bright + blue sky + white clouds

Elephant is one of Iroko's favourite animals and she has greater preference over this clumsy cute animal when she saw Barney repeatedly sings the elephant song and performs the elephant dance.
Continuing from the previous *happy meals* of the current week, today's *happy lunch* remains the spirit of "simplisticism" ;p

Daddy bought these mini potatoes from Cameron Highlands last week.
Better finish them as soon as possible before the growth of green tuber/new sprouts @.@

No joke, it took less than 7min. to complete the arrangement / decor of the meal. The most demanding part was to peel the potatoe skin >@<
Look!!! The smallest potatoe is even smaller than a small size fish ball!!!

*happy lunch* includes:
Banana (starter) + mashed potatoe + durian muffin +
+ hard boiled egg + steamed French beans + seaweed fish balls soup 

童言童語：
昨天下午小妞午睡醒來後，媽咪陪她在露台看了一會兒天空，就開始忙著準備晚餐；晚餐後又忙著清洗碗碟，再給小妞洗澡，再去洗她的衣服（手洗，所以很慢），接著又曬衣服，收衣服，折衣服，跟著又燙衣服 @.@

雖然小妞一整晚也自得其樂地跟Barney載歌載舞，但也注意到媽咪沒有停下來，就很嘮叨地問媽咪：
“Mummy, what are you doing? Why are you so busy?” O_O

女兒，老娘的老公，妳的老爸都還沒投訴老婆沒時間陪他咧！！
（當然，他怎敢出聲，就不怕媽咪叫他做家務？！）\o/

【Lovely Company 。兩小無猜】

October 12, 2011 The sky is blue-ing...

Just couldn't tell which part went wrong o.0
Why does the male one look like a rat instead of Kitty Cat??
The eyes? Let's replace them with oval shape eyes (see the last picture) 

Time flies, it's middle of the week again...
This is so far the most "'not-so-simple" (because it's "not-so--complicated‘ either ;p) *happy meal* ^-^

As the Kitty was drafted (weeks ago), the original plan was to convert it into a 3-D hard boiled egg Kitty with sweet pink dress. However, it seems the motion and sense didn't go parallel >,<
Well, make it as back up plan when mummy runs out of idea ^.^v

By the way, mummy didn't know that Hello Kitty already got married!!!
(a cute friend of mummy informed her about the news via FB few minutes ago)
Kitty husband is Dear Daniel, who resembles Kitty's features except the hair (he has some hair on top).
What a coincidence, Daniel and the male cat mummy made look alike ;)

*happy lunch* includes:
Dried cranberries (starter) + fish balls + water cress soup
馬麻豆腐飯 （mama tofu rice--tofu & carrot & amaranth & minced chicken in vegetarian oyster sauce）

童言童語：
看見媽咪為她的午餐照相，小妞也一起湊熱鬧，拿起相機鏡頭的蓋在那裡“喀嚓，喀嚓”的叫。還很“專業”地跟她的“模特兒”（那對吉蒂貓）說：

“Meow meow, let me take some photos for you!.... why you didn't smile?? You must smile, okay? Otherwise not nice you know?!!”

大家一起笑一個吧！！ ^u*

【Sharing the Woe 。共患難】

October 11, 2011 Hazy Cloudy Sun-less Rain-less (什麼怪天氣 >,<)

有難同當＾u＾

It's "gymnastics day" today, bet Iroko wouldn't have mood to bother about her *happy lunch* =.=
To avoid mummy's effort gets in vain, thus mummy made her this 5-min-easy-to-do simple breakfast ;p
(even the mouth of those bears were ommitted @.@)
... and in fact, the work of selecting, editting photos and writing the blog is even more time-consuming >,<

童言童語：
昨天洗完澡，小妞讓媽咪把她抱起時，一邊說：
“Koko want to help mummy to off the COMPUTER!”

雖然媽咪聽得一頭霧水，但也是應酬她說okay！
但小妞就一直抬起頭，手一直往上方指：
“No... that one...”

喔，原來她指的是熱水器！！！ @_@

在她第一次接觸熱水器時媽咪就向她介紹那是“HEATER”；可是到現在那小妞還是不能把那東西的名字牢牢記住 >@<
要說她差勁，但至少她記得電腦和熱水器在稱呼上都有個“共同點”---都是以 -TER收尾
>,<

【A Simple Fine Day 。鳥語花香】

October 10, 2011 When the Sun met the Rain...

Sometimes, living a day without special mission/motive is fine...
... and that always brings carefree joys to life,
... and that always is the easiest way to bring life with surprises ^^

This chirpy *happy breakfast* is another simple work precedes plan of the day...

童言童語：
小妞絕對是個百分百感性的女生，之前有提過她每次看到電視裡出現傷心/哭泣的場面，她十之八九也會跟著一起哭。而且流的還是真眼淚！！ >.<
女兒，老媽沒瞎扯，看看這證據吧！！

小妞看到Barney裡的一群小貓咪迷路回不了家的故事，問了爹地一句：
“What happened to the cats?” 就哭得梨花帶淚了 T_T

【Cat-Like FOX >_< 。狸？貓？】

October 07, 2011 Remains the same... raining now....

*happy breakfast*
At the first sight, Iroko labeled this animal as CAT >,<
... because of the long whiskers?!

The kitchen is closed today after breakfast because Iroko needed to go shopping with grandma in the afternoon ^.^v
... and because it's Friday!! The weekend eve!! ^.^v (mummy has switched her mood to holiday mode ;p)

童言童語：
（注：有點18XS）

昨天到了晚上臨睡前小妞才把忍了一整天的“黃金” 給嗯出來 >_<
看到成果時，小妞很驚喜地說：
“ieee... en en looks like a bird!”

媽咪的第一個反應竟然有點猥瑣（想歪了）：
“huh？？Like daddy's bird-bird？”

小妞馬上澄清：
“Nooooo！！It's real bird. Can fly in the sky one！！” 一邊說還一邊拍動她的“翅膀”飛給媽咪看 ;p

oppps... 好的好的，媽咪一定會好好檢討自己 ;p
 

【King of the Snow White Kingdom 。白雪獅子王】

October 06, 2011 Shady sky wet weather

The lion appeared last week gave mummy some degrees of emotional baggage, and she was still carrying around with her until the presence of this white lion ^.^v At least this is a satisfactory one ;)
White lion seems far more adorable and tender, doesn't it?

In fact, mummy was unsure if there is white lion in real world (didn't do any research prior to the making of today's *happy lunch* ;p). White lions do exist!! They are rare though.

By the way, mere white rice-chicken floss-mix is so yummmmmm ;)

*happy lunch* includes:
Steamed cheese sausage + stir fried mustard + sweet corn soup + chicken floss

童言童語：
小妞很喜歡在天上飛的交通工具：飛機，直升機，熱氣球，降落傘。。。
但每次聽到飛機/直升機發出的聲音，她又顯得害怕，還一直在那裡自欺欺人的地說：
“Koko 沒有怕怕，pandai hor！”
說著的同時，雖然目不轉睛地追隨著那飛行物體的行踪，可是卻緊緊地把媽咪/爹地抱著 >.<

雖然搭了好幾次飛機，但何時何刻講到飛機，小妞就只會說她要搭飛機去BALI島。好像飛機只能飛去巴厘島似的 >.<

可能因為那一次的巴厘島之旅給她留下了太深刻的印象吧？！
（因為那一次的family trip真的很熱鬧，有公公婆婆大姨二姨舅舅表哥表姐同伴 ^^）

【Venetian Mask 。威尼斯的神話】

October 05, 2011 Wet windy day

Cute and happy cartoon characters are common icon of {ma-masak}; it very seldom collects something like this one -.-

*happy lunch* includes:
Strawberries from Cameron Highlands
+ mini potatoes from Cameron Highlands
+ sweet corn from Cameron Highlands
+ hard boiled egg + Engllish gourd soup

Iroko kept asking mummy what is that, yet she didn't seem uncomfortable with her *happy lunch* because there are two Venetian mask fridge magnets at home. In fact, she has gotten used to see them but she was curious to know what they are and how should she "address" them.

卸下eye mask，看起來真的很滑稽 >,<

（童言童語？？）：
今天要記錄的不是小妞說過的話，而是她讓媽咪很窩心的一些舉動 ^^
（所以覺得標題有點不合適，但又懶得去想了;p）

兒童教育系列Barney有一首經典（對那紫色小恐龍的小粉絲們來說）的片尾曲：I love you You love me We're happy family With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too ....
通常看Barney時，小妞都很專心地自個兒在那裡跟著唱歌+跳舞，完全不理會媽咪。可是，每當小妞聽到那首片尾曲，不管媽咪在哪裡，她一定奔向媽咪，抱抱媽咪，唱到 “...a kiss from me to you...” 時，就豎起腳尖，用力地把身子往上伸，再用雙唇輕輕貼著媽咪的唇。。。

這種舉動完完全全把媽咪給征服了，更足以說服媽咪育兒再辛苦，勞累，也是一種幸福的+心甘情願去扛的負擔。。。

【Mood-less Work。意興闌珊之作】

October 04, 2011 Rainyyyyyyyy

Simply feel lazy...

Simply need a break...

Simply feel mood-less to stay in the kitchen...

Thank you birdie for lending your ears ;)

The kitchen (as well as mummy's motivation) has shut down since last Saturday. Until today, mummy actually didn't plan to produce *happy meal* >,< 

... but seems that Iroko so gets used and expects to have her *happy meals* every weekday >.<

She started to "miss" (mummy assumed) her *happy meal* today--when she played her mamasak (cooking), she was talking to herself: "Let Koko do some cooking for you... ermm, what do you want to eat today? Giraffe? Or..... cat?"

There and then, mummy felt so bad and so sorry for the little one >,<

Thus, despite her laziness and mood-less-ness, mummy made a simple one to soothe her guiltiness and to satisfy Iroko ;p 

*happy dinner* includes:
Strawberries + pancakes with cheddar cheese, honey, chicken floss, raisins, & chocolate toppings

童言童語：

坐在車裡，小妞突然打破了沉默，問媽咪：

“Mummy do you still have money？”

媽咪說沒有了，問小妞：

“Can you share your money with mummy？”

小妞猶豫了一會兒，竟然質問媽咪：

“What do you want to buy？”

媽咪繼續追問她願不願意把她的錢分一點給媽咪用。那小妞才很尷尬地說：

“Yes！” 

>,<