Creative Mama: Baptism

On January 30, 2011, Luca was baptised at Holy Name of Jesus Parish. It turned out to be a very nice day. After the church ceremony, we all went to Meridiana restaurant. The food was delicious and everyone had a good time.

Of course my favorite part of any special occassion is planning. I decided to make my own bonbonnieras. We had started the tradition of making food-type bonbonnieras at my engagment party. My dad had made pots of delicious jam! Ever since then, every occassion that calls for a party favor, food was on the menu. I find it so much more practical then another little figurine or plate for the kitchen. Those things are nice, but if you go to many parties, you end up with so many things that you dont have space for. Food however, you eat and its over. No worries about places to store, no worries about already having one the same, and most of all, it's YUMMY! So for the baptism, I wanted to do the same thing. For weeks before I was searching online for ideas. I came up with a million of course. What to choose!?!?!

I kept coming back to a picture of this delicious looking caramel sauce. Finally, I decided to stop looking and just go with that idea. In the end I made one pot of homemade caramel sauce and one of chocolate sauce. They turned out sooooooo good. I've tried them both warmed up and drizzled over vanilla ice cream. To die for. You can even drizzle over cake or pancakes....or if you really wanted to, with a spoon right out of the jar. Hehe! I need to give a shout out to my mom for wrapping them! They're so pretty. And also my dad for helping me with the actual sauces! So here is a picture of the final product.

Cute huh??? It was a lot of work....but worth it in the end. I had fun making them.

I also have to give a shout out to my dad for the beautiful cake he made (with a broken right arm mind you!). It was simple but elegant. Perfect for the occassion. And of course it was soooooooo amazingly delicious, you cant even understand unless you taste it. It was layer upon layer of pure yummyness!

Aint it purdy! And how good does it look. My mouth is watering just looking at it.

And the star of the day, my little Luca. What a cutie. He was such a good boy all day. For his outfit, I didnt want the traditional dress (actually I wouldnt have minded, but its not really in style anymore I think). I was looking at the little suits that I've seen all the little boys wearing, but I wasnt convinced. He's only 4 months old and he's so little. Those suits have too many pieces and the poor kids are always untucked and its so annoying. They're so little, they should be comfortable. I went with a knit one piece outfit. It was so cute and appropriate for winter. He was so comfy in it. Check it out.