Category Archives: Parenting & Motherhood

Bringing up kids

How I Uncracked the Crack “Under Pressure”

Posted on March 5, 2012 by The Giddy Tigress

A few days before my daughter’s birthday do, I started making the Dora figurine for her cake.  I used fondant, and when I searched the internet, there weren’t too many samples to refer to.  Most of the Dora cakes used … Continue reading →

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That Cake I Made

Posted on February 2, 2012 by The Giddy Tigress

Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook would have known that I’d recently made a birthday cake for my son. For me, the hardest part of making a novelty cake is not in the baking nor the … Continue reading →

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My PlayDoh Problem is Solved

Posted on July 31, 2011 by The Giddy Tigress

My kids LOVE PlayDoh.  I don’t. I find that it is too sticky and if you push it into the crevices of some of the PlayDoh moulding tools, you can’t get it all out.  Cleaning up after a PlayDoh session … Continue reading →

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A Baking Project on a Rainy Morning

Posted on July 29, 2011 by The Giddy Tigress

It was raining out two days ago, and the kids were bored.  They looked bored anyway.  I decided to have a small baking project with the kids.  It was also an excuse for me to use up all the 5 … Continue reading →

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My current Battle Hymn

Posted on April 4, 2011 by The Giddy Tigress

Got this book last Friday.  I don’t think I can wait till Christmas even if I’d wanted to. And the funniest thing is that *someone* beat me to reading it: my husband.  That’s the strangest thing ever, because if you know … Continue reading →

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