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Birthday party! Cupcakes! Macarons! And photos! :-D
I must say, i had SUCH a wonderful birthday party this Saturday. :-) So, so happy how it turned out in the end. I didn't think that many would come, since most of my relatives say it is to long a drive to go here. Yeah, it takes about 1½ to 2 hours, but at the same time they expect us to go there all the time "because it is easier..." Anyway, hence I didn't know how many would show up.
But most of them came! o.O I was very surprised and so so happy they did. :-D Good thing I'd had![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spicehobbit help me make macarons and cupcakes... And then peting73 had made three really epic lasagnas that we offered those that came during the day.
Of course, my mom showed up quite early, and she helped me to orginace all the macarons and cupcakes according tospicehobbits instructions. To say we had a blast and made a mess of the kitchen would be an understatement! X-D But the cupcakes and the macarons turned out great! I got a really really beautiful oil-painting from mom that she had bougth from a local artist. So gorgeous. Very colourful with tulips on it. Will fit perfectly in our livingroom, that has the most colourful wallpapers. :-) And of course... She'd warned me that she'd just bring a lil something for Nerd Jr... Yeah. Right. A whole bag full. *head-desk* She is hopeless...
My MIL showed up after that... also with just a lil extra for Nerd Jr... X-D Hopeless grandmas are hopeless... Anyway, she got me a beautiful necklace that she'd gotten at a craftstore by Torpa Stonehouse. Made of black volcanic stone... Simple and really cool! :-D All handmade! So that was a wonderful wonderful gift!
One of my uncles on my dads side of the family (not the farmer) showed up with his family. Even my cousin C, who I hadn't seen in a while! :-D He is SO awesome my cousin! The sweetest guy, but with one HELL of a wicked sense of humor... Not to mention he stands 6.5 feet tall and is both broad shouldered and muscular (shoe size 48-49 EU aka 15.5 US or 13 UK). He is very handsome, but not many believe me when I say he is a sweetheart. I was very touched he put his big body in a car and actually took the time to come visit me. :-) It was wonderful, and it was such a laugh to sit here and talk to him! His wicked sense of humor though, he got from his mom... my uncles wife... Phew! I would hate to get into an argument with her! *lol* Good thing she loves me. ;-) She even offered some awesome hand-me-downs to Nerd Jr, so I do look forward to the mail in the next couple of weeks. :-) As a gift I got some really pretty orchids. I love orchids. It's the only flowers that I can get to survive, and really grow and bloom.
We all more or less gorged ourself on that awesome lasagna. SO so delicious... Seriously. When it comes to food,peting73 is really gawd damn epic.
After that,peting73s aunt with family came over. Including his cousin, of course, who panics when meeting cats or any other animal, so we locked our cats in our bedroom so she could come in to. :-) No problem. Our cats are pretty chill with that. Always, when there is birthday parties and such, his cousin goes all excited but that's OK. You're supposed to at such parties, right? ;-) I got one awesome cookbook from her, and also from his aunt, I got a wonderful Mickey Mouse charm to my Thomas Sabo bracelet from them. :-) Disney... can never go wrong with Disney-gifts for me. I love Disney! :-D
When they'd shown up, we loaded the table with all them cupcakes, macarons and the sponge-cake I'd made myself... not to mention the awesome cinnamon buns that mom had made "just for the hell of it" as she said herself. It filled the table. X-D
While we gorged ourself on everything (It was so SO delicious!) my brother and his family showed up to! Perfect timing! His kids are a bit wild and not used to being in an apartment much, but they were quite well behaved. Approving of Nerd Jr's room, and playing around in the couch... Later on I let them play online on sites for kids on my computer which was a huge success! Apparently, I am a cool aunt. *lol* I got a bigger necklace from them, simple, but still quite stylish with black simple stone in it. Nothing fancy, but still nice. :-) And more orchids! :-D
We all hung out and just ate and ate and ate from all the cupcakes, macarons and the spongecake. Oh my GOSH! And we talked and laughed and told jokes and memories and it was just all around awesome. People left and such a little at a time.
When nearly all had left (except mom, she spent the night), my aunt (mom's sis) and her husband showed up as well! So we warmed the lasanga and had a lil evening snack on that before we gorged ourself on MORE cupcakes, macarons and spongecake! X-D I got quite a bit of cash from them, and I do consider using that as a starting point to save up for my next tattoo... :-) Feels like a pretty good idea, I'd say.
They stayed quite long, and after that me and mom cleaned up the place before we collapsed in bed, mom sleeping in the sofabed in Nerd Jr's room. :-)
It was one HELL of a day, let me tell you! Visitors all day, something I hadn't counted on, but damn if I didn't enjoy myself!peting73 helped a lot of course, since I don't have much energy and have a big belly. :-P And good thing he did! Or my awesome birthday party would not have succeeded! :-)
Have some photos of all them epic cupcakes and macaronsspicehobbit helped me do! I did the filling and frosting for them. :-) So it was a teamwork. ;-) I also made the big sponge-cake, that was filled with poppy seeds and lemon... and then there was a lemony white chocolate glaze on it. :-)
One half of the table...
... other half of the table...
The poppy seed spongecake I made.
Chocolate macarons.
Cinnamon buns mom made. :-)
Apple cupcakes with cinnamon frosting.
Viola macarons! :-D Weirdest colour on the table... X-D Mom thought they looked poisonous! *lol*
Lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting. :-)
Sorry about the sorta bad photos. I took them with my phone. :-P You can click them for bigger if you want. But it looks really lovely, don't it? Trust me, it tasted just as good to! :-D
Sunday me andpeting73 didn't do much at all. Just were lazy asses. We figured we deserved that. ;-)
But most of them came! o.O I was very surprised and so so happy they did. :-D Good thing I'd had
spicehobbit help me make macarons and cupcakes... And then peting73 had made three really epic lasagnas that we offered those that came during the day. Of course, my mom showed up quite early, and she helped me to orginace all the macarons and cupcakes according to
spicehobbits instructions. To say we had a blast and made a mess of the kitchen would be an understatement! X-D But the cupcakes and the macarons turned out great! I got a really really beautiful oil-painting from mom that she had bougth from a local artist. So gorgeous. Very colourful with tulips on it. Will fit perfectly in our livingroom, that has the most colourful wallpapers. :-) And of course... She'd warned me that she'd just bring a lil something for Nerd Jr... Yeah. Right. A whole bag full. *head-desk* She is hopeless... My MIL showed up after that... also with just a lil extra for Nerd Jr... X-D Hopeless grandmas are hopeless... Anyway, she got me a beautiful necklace that she'd gotten at a craftstore by Torpa Stonehouse. Made of black volcanic stone... Simple and really cool! :-D All handmade! So that was a wonderful wonderful gift!
One of my uncles on my dads side of the family (not the farmer) showed up with his family. Even my cousin C, who I hadn't seen in a while! :-D He is SO awesome my cousin! The sweetest guy, but with one HELL of a wicked sense of humor... Not to mention he stands 6.5 feet tall and is both broad shouldered and muscular (shoe size 48-49 EU aka 15.5 US or 13 UK). He is very handsome, but not many believe me when I say he is a sweetheart. I was very touched he put his big body in a car and actually took the time to come visit me. :-) It was wonderful, and it was such a laugh to sit here and talk to him! His wicked sense of humor though, he got from his mom... my uncles wife... Phew! I would hate to get into an argument with her! *lol* Good thing she loves me. ;-) She even offered some awesome hand-me-downs to Nerd Jr, so I do look forward to the mail in the next couple of weeks. :-) As a gift I got some really pretty orchids. I love orchids. It's the only flowers that I can get to survive, and really grow and bloom.
We all more or less gorged ourself on that awesome lasagna. SO so delicious... Seriously. When it comes to food,
peting73 is really gawd damn epic. After that,
peting73s aunt with family came over. Including his cousin, of course, who panics when meeting cats or any other animal, so we locked our cats in our bedroom so she could come in to. :-) No problem. Our cats are pretty chill with that. Always, when there is birthday parties and such, his cousin goes all excited but that's OK. You're supposed to at such parties, right? ;-) I got one awesome cookbook from her, and also from his aunt, I got a wonderful Mickey Mouse charm to my Thomas Sabo bracelet from them. :-) Disney... can never go wrong with Disney-gifts for me. I love Disney! :-D When they'd shown up, we loaded the table with all them cupcakes, macarons and the sponge-cake I'd made myself... not to mention the awesome cinnamon buns that mom had made "just for the hell of it" as she said herself. It filled the table. X-D
While we gorged ourself on everything (It was so SO delicious!) my brother and his family showed up to! Perfect timing! His kids are a bit wild and not used to being in an apartment much, but they were quite well behaved. Approving of Nerd Jr's room, and playing around in the couch... Later on I let them play online on sites for kids on my computer which was a huge success! Apparently, I am a cool aunt. *lol* I got a bigger necklace from them, simple, but still quite stylish with black simple stone in it. Nothing fancy, but still nice. :-) And more orchids! :-D
We all hung out and just ate and ate and ate from all the cupcakes, macarons and the spongecake. Oh my GOSH! And we talked and laughed and told jokes and memories and it was just all around awesome. People left and such a little at a time.
When nearly all had left (except mom, she spent the night), my aunt (mom's sis) and her husband showed up as well! So we warmed the lasanga and had a lil evening snack on that before we gorged ourself on MORE cupcakes, macarons and spongecake! X-D I got quite a bit of cash from them, and I do consider using that as a starting point to save up for my next tattoo... :-) Feels like a pretty good idea, I'd say.
They stayed quite long, and after that me and mom cleaned up the place before we collapsed in bed, mom sleeping in the sofabed in Nerd Jr's room. :-)
It was one HELL of a day, let me tell you! Visitors all day, something I hadn't counted on, but damn if I didn't enjoy myself!
peting73 helped a lot of course, since I don't have much energy and have a big belly. :-P And good thing he did! Or my awesome birthday party would not have succeeded! :-)Have some photos of all them epic cupcakes and macarons
spicehobbit helped me do! I did the filling and frosting for them. :-) So it was a teamwork. ;-) I also made the big sponge-cake, that was filled with poppy seeds and lemon... and then there was a lemony white chocolate glaze on it. :-)
One half of the table...
... other half of the table...
The poppy seed spongecake I made.
Chocolate macarons.
Cinnamon buns mom made. :-)
Apple cupcakes with cinnamon frosting.
Viola macarons! :-D Weirdest colour on the table... X-D Mom thought they looked poisonous! *lol*
Lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting. :-)
Sorry about the sorta bad photos. I took them with my phone. :-P You can click them for bigger if you want. But it looks really lovely, don't it? Trust me, it tasted just as good to! :-D
Sunday me and
peting73 didn't do much at all. Just were lazy asses. We figured we deserved that. ;-)