Finally. A New Addition to our Kitchen!
Yes. We now have an oven!
A simple, medium-sized oven.
Me. SO. Happy.
[Read: No more steaming of cakes that are supposed to be baked in the oven, hehe]
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We borrowed a few recipe books from the library and we’ve been experimenting quite a bit ever since.
The kids are involved ‘in the making of things’ most of the time too.
[I want them to learn to be an active and helpful member of the family, to appreciate the efforts needed in the making of something, and to give and share the ‘fruits of their labour’ with friends and neighbours]
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In these photos, we’re about to make a Banana Cake, and they both helped in mixing the ingredients together.
Btw, just in case you’re wondering if the kids bickered at all during the process, … the answer is YES. They did make a fuss, once in a while, about who’s supposed to be doing what, etc.
But if you ask me, despite the slight headache their bickering gives me, I still believe it’s just part and parcel of learning about team work in the family. It’s a necessary process.
I mean, they’d never learn ‘how to’ work together, contribute and share, if they themselves never experience necessary conflicts in the process. Yes?
Anyway, here’s Vai presenting to you the fruit of his labour.
A slice of our yummy banana cake!
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Hi Mal,
The brand we got was ‘Techno’. It was on sale at Harvey Norman. I didn’t plan to get a big oven, nor a small one. So I thought this one should be just nice. About 30litre capacity, I think.
Hope the info helps 🙂
Hi, may I know which brand of oven did you buy? I am thinking of getting a oven to try baking with the kids but has no longer which oven is suitable
sungrapes:
Hi there! Thanks for sharing and for following the blog and our little family’s journey! 🙂
These days I mostly shoot using my Canon Powershot S90.
And I do sometimes adjust the setting.
The colours from this particular camera come out quite nicely rich to begin with though, but then again all my photos on this blog have gone through some post-processing works, so that I can have the look and feel that I wish to have. The colour / contract / sharpness etc is therefore more enhanced than an original image straight from the camera.
Such colour enhancements do make a difference. And I guess this is where you feel yours look ‘normal’ ?
PS: There are many other factors that affect the look of the photos, like, camera angle, composition / framing, lighting, camera type / lens, etc … I’ve shared some of these tips in the past … you can find them under ‘photography’ category yeah … hope they’ll help.
Ruth:
… and when we wish to have something for a long while, the level of appreciation when we finally get it is much much higher! 🙂
Michelle:
Yup .. most welcome to join in !! 😀
hey Leonny,
been following ur blogs cos i like ur picts and Vai has such a cheeky smile! (consider me one of his fans.)
May i ask u abt taking picts with digital cam?
Is urs all adjusted to auto settings? eg auto flash,auto focus? Or do u play with the settings to achieve certain qualities?
Cos i try to be artistic but my picts look so …normal..
Any tips? if u not too busy baking? ; )
thks!
nice nice! 🙂 i’ve been wanting to get an oven too! 🙂
waaa next time boleh ikut bikin kue juga dong ci… ^^v