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A couple of pictures from a trip to The Zoo yesterday for (the now) Seven Year Old’s Birthday!\u00a0 I didn’t take many photos of the animals, as Zoos don’t really inspire me much, but I did like the domesticated animal above waiting patiently with a new friend for his owners!…<\/p>\n

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Thankfully the weather gods were smiling on us, and R and her two little friends (big party last year = small party this year<\/a>) had a great afternoon, kicking through the melting snow, inspecting creatures all great and small, and enjoying the (very rare) sunshine…<\/p>\n

My usual chocolate sponge birthday cake<\/a> with a few things stuck to the top just wasn’t going to cut it this year.\u00a0\u00a0 After recently becoming The World’s biggest “My Neighbour Totoro<\/a>” fan, she decided that she absolutely needed to have a Catbus<\/a> cake.\u00a0 There’s nothing like being asked to specifically make something to remind you how far from home you are when certain things (and people – Mum!) aren’t close to hand! \u00a0 Cake decorating in Germany does happen, but not to the same extent, and certain rather vital things are hard to find (like food colouring for example!)… Forget popping into Sainsburys to pick up some ready made fondant icing as well, packs of icing don’t exist here either, so drastic measures were needed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I felt compelled to buy an icing nozzle after cutting my finger open on one in a very posh cookwear shop, so that helped me decide to pipe buttercream icing for the main part of his body, and use marshmallow icing <\/a>(which is revolting to make, but effective when you have no other choice) for Catbus’s features.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He’s obviously not quite right thanks to the food colouring issue, but at least The Seven Year Old could actually tell who he was, and seemed loathed to cut him up and eat him (for all of five seconds)! \u00a0\u00a0 Ever keen to jump on his big sister’s bandwagon, the Four Year old wants Totoro<\/a> for his birthday in March.\u00a0 Luckily Totoro is only grey, white and black, so colours shouldn’t be a problem, but I am ordering some stuff from Amazon just in case he changes his mind!\u00a0 Oh, and if you’re wondering why Catbus has a squashed face, perhaps you would like to ask the Four Year old? \u00a0 Pressing a “Beyblade” into his forehead will do that…!<\/p>\n

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Half-term next week, and Carnival season is well and truly upon us, so I am looking forward to heading into town to check out the fancy dress and indulge in a few doughnuts…\u00a0 Will report back shortly!<\/p>\n

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