It’s Waffles Day!!

When IKEA approached me to collaborate with them, I was pretty excited but at the same time, I was worried that I couldn’t have the extra time to work on the projects. However, after Irina shared the brief with me, I knew I have to take it up because it’s gonna be lots of fun with my 2 little ones. Think fun tasks and quality time with my kids, so why not? 😉

The first task which was given to me was to celebrate Swedish Waffles Day which falls on 25th March. I thought it would be great to have a picnic with XiaoBao & MiniBao at the comfort of our own home.

Over the weekend, I brought the kids to IKEA to shop around for all the things to make our Waffles Picnic a success.

Truth to be told, I have never walked into IKEA market so it was great to find out IKEA food market sells frozen waffles (and many more convenient food that looks delicious which we bagged home too).

XiaoBao woke up from his nap first so I got him to help out with the preparation. Simple tasks like placing the frozen waffles onto the oven tray

and removing the leaf from the strawberries and rinsing them.The frozen waffles definitely saved us lots of time because all we had to do was to pop these heart shaped waffles into my oven and wait for a short while till they turned crispy & golden brown.

And TADAH, they are ready to be served! I served the waffles on the PROPPMÄTT Chopping board which I thought makes a nice looking serveware too.

On it, I have spreaded a portion of SYLT JORDGUBB Strawberry & Blueberry Jam which I also got from IKEA’s food market and some Nutella too.

I also also prepared a variety of other toppings and some fruits.

Fresh Strawberries
Fresh Blueberries
Pocky & Biscuit Sticks

Which were served using MIXTUR serveware and I placed them on the second tier of FÖRÄDLA three tier serving stand together with the extra waffles on the top tier and the last tier was left for fruit platter.

Other toppings such as Cereal, M&M’s chocolates and raisins were stored in KORKEN jar that has an aroma-tight seal, keeping food fresh for a longer period of time.

And I also prepared some more cereals as a topping choice in VARDAGEN jar with lid cos my kids love cereals!

Other than having a good variety of topping choices for our Waffles Day, I also wanted to try to give my children the best home picnic experience so I gotten the RESÖ Children’s picnic table (which I super love because it’s so cute!!) and set it up at our balcony. Wanted to get the artificial grass to make them feel closer to having a picnic outdoor but it was sold out on the day I went. 😭

As I wanted them to be a part of the entire experience, I tried getting XiaoBao to help out in some simple tasks. Wanted Mikayle to do it as well but most of the time, she was napping or it was too complex for her to handle. 😅

So, we got XiaoBao to help assemble the picnic table by drilling the screws in but of course, its with my husband’s assistance.

As usual, it’s so easy to assemble IKEA’s item.

Once we got everything prepared, we all helped to bring everything to the balcony. The kids were so excited and they eagerly went to sit down and got all ready to start. 😂

Just look at the wide grin on their faces. 😍

And Mikayle couldn’t wait a second longer and wanted to eat the food already. 😅

XiaoBao helped himself to the waffles and took 1 for his little sister too.

I told the kiddos to choose their own toppings and decorate their own waffles cos that is part of the fun of the entire process, isn’t it? 😉

Mikayle was still quite lost. She didn’t know that the toppings were meant to be placed onto of her waffles so she kept popping them directly into her mouth. Hahaha!

After Mikayle watched and observed her brother, she followed suit and of course, picked whatever her big bro picked. HAHAHA!

Then XiaoBao told his little sister that she can put other toppings too.

Mikayle seems satisfied already though.

Haha look at how happy he was!

After selecting his toppings, he squeezed out some hot fudge sauce over his waffle.

He definitely looks damn satisfied with his final product. But errrr, the hot fudge sauce was a little too much, right?

Mikayle was also decorating her waffles with other toppings and when she saw her brother putting the hot fudge, she wanted some too. Squeezed out a little for her.

Having a taste of it.

AND SMILE!!! She loves it!

While XiaoBao was still adding more strawberries to his waffles, Mikayle was so happy with hers and couldn’t wait to start.

But first, have a drink. 😉

My husband and I joined in to eat with them too.

Feeding XiaoBao his first ever bite of IKEA’s waffles and my husband cut Mikayle’s waffle into pieces so it’s easier for her to eat.

YUMS!

These two! ❤

My husband is always busy with work so I’m really glad that he took time out to be part of this lovely afternoon. I’m sure both the kids enjoyed the time spent with him.

Kids being kids means they can get overly excited and tends to knock things off the table. Name one kid who has never ever knock something over. I know NONE. Hahaha so if you have noticed, each of them got a set of children’s tableware from the KALAS collection.

Throughout the session, we ate, talked, sang, laughed and the kids danced too. So much fun!

Of course, I prepared Apple & Grape juice in IKEA 365+ Jug with cork lid to quench their thirst and hydrate them.

As much as this is a sponsored post, all the ideas & creativity were entirely my own. So I’m thankful to be able to work on a campaign while having such quality and fun time with my precious little ones.

I’m definitely gonna do more of such activities with my two little ones because they enjoyed it so much. And I strongly encourage more parents to try having a picnic/tea session like this at home.