Pipe Dreams

I confess.

I don't REALLY need a piping bag.

Heck, I don't really do cupcakes.

And I definitely don't do icing.

I'm more of a muffin or chiffon cake kind of girl.

In fact, when they had a cupcake sale for RSPCA at the office,

I didn't volunteer because I knew I couldn't come up with 

cupcakes (with frosting) that people wanted.

However, I've seen MyGirl's eyes light up 

at the thought of making macarons, meringue,

and cupcakes complete with icing

which typically use piping bags to make.

We've used plastic bags or the Tupperware ball I purchased at Vinnie's,

but we've always struggled to get the batter or the icing out.

Then I saw this at Myer's the other day,

I felt it was a perfect addition to our kitchen.

(I admit, I could not resist. I'm hoping to use it for eclairs.) 

(And yes, I can go crazy with kitchen gadgets at times.)

When I showed my new purchase to MyGirl

I imagine her mind went through the many things she would do with it.

True to form, when she realised the birthday of one of her friends was coming up,

she asked if she could bake something to bring to school.

She decided on white chocolate cupcakes with the matching frosting.

The recipe was supposed to make a dozen cupcakes

but MyGirl managed to make two.

She put frosting on the dozen she was bringing to school 

and finished off the icing on six of the extra ones for the house.

Aren't they so pretty?

I'm glad I decided to buy the bag 

even if I'm not sure my hips will be.

Super Size Me

I chanced up on these new toys at Target this weekend.

It was a HUGE Barrel of Monkeys and a tiny Bop It!

They also had other XL toys.

Back home, we still have our regular sized toys 

(plus a mini Barrel I almost forgot we had).

What will they think of next?

Annual Walk

Our anniversary falls on a Saturday this year but since MacGyver has work today,

I decided to take Friday off so that we could spend the day together.

For this year, we decided to drive to Jenolan Caves.

It's over 160 km away making it a 2 1/2 hour drive (at least).

We took the Lucas Cave tour which involved over 900 stair steps

in an hour and a half.  

They say that some of the caves are over 340 million years old.

Did you know that it takes a hundred years for an inch of a stalactite to form?

Stalactites are the ones come from the ceiling (they hang on tight);

stalagmites are the ones that form from the floor (they might reach the top).

I thought these formations were really interesting.

This particular one clearly shows that the earth is moving.

(It is also one of the most photographed parts of the caves.) 

Isn't it awesome?

Here we are trying our hand at getting a picture together.

We even wore matching batch shirts for the occasion.

They say that one is never too young or too old to visit the caves. But while I was inside, I thought that it is possible for one to be too wide or too tall since some of the caves are quite narrow  and others have such low clearance.  I'm glad we were "just right" because I enjoyed going through the caves.