LARA’S LOVELY LADYBUGS

When Chantelle and Simon van der Bijl’s little miss turned one, Bloemfontein went dotty in red, white and black

Main image: Lara in her ladybug threads. Mom and Dad’s headgear was also on point. Top left and left: “I’m not a very creative person,” laughs doctor Chantelle, so she and her sister Michelle Correia hit Pinterest for some cake and cupcake inspo. Below left: “The house is still covered in glitter from making the dots on those giant letters,” Chantelle says. Top right: Friend Vanessa Nieuwoudt dt made the cake pops, ps, mounted on iced polystyrene discs. Right: Even the strawberries were e given some (choc) spots. ts. Below right: “It was a burger braai. We set out every topping g you could think of on n the table, and everyone built their own,” says s Chantelle.