My younger sister Juji made party sausage rolls. Lots of them!

The last time Juji made these, our little niece Ruby ate heaps of them. Juji made even more this time because not only is Ruby older with a bigger appetite, we now have her baby sister Zoe to eat them too! And boy, did they eat them! These mini sausage rolls were a perfect bite-size and extremely moreish.

Jac and I made chicken nuggets, which we served with barbecue sauce and chilli sauce.

We used chunks of thigh meat and breast meat. The crispy coating was out of a box – Unifood brand “Kentucky” seasoning. My brother (Ruby and Zoe’s dad) was very pleased to see the chicken nuggets. He loves chicken, even more than me, if you can believe that! He’s had the nickname Chicken Boy ever since he was a little boy. :)

Mum made char siu (Chinese barbecue pork), served hot from the oven. Juji chopped the char siu into chunks. They looked shiny and juicy and smelled fantastic.

The char siu tasted as good as it looked – it was succulent and finger-sucking good.

My eldest sister CW made three kinds of sandwiches – ham, cucumber dipped in white wine vinegar, and hard-boiled egg, all on soft white bread with the crusts cut off. :) The hard-boiled egg ones were my favourite.

My plate, round one – one of each kind of sandwich, two pieces of char siu, a chicken nugget and a sausage roll.

My sister-in-law Ange had made a pineapple upside-down cake for my birthday cake and Ruby helped! Ange tells us Ruby loves to cook and is a fantastic little helper in the kitchen – among other tasks, she helped lay the pineapple rings on top of the cake. :)

The pineapple rings were caramelised, soft and syrupy. The cake smelled sweet and buttery. Butter and baked pineapple together make a most delicious smell!

The cake was lovely and moist. Mum and Dad split the leftovers with Jac and me. :D