QY turns 4

It's QY's 4th birthday. We had 3 rounds of celebrations for her. One on the Sunday before actual day for my entire clan at home. Two on actual day; one in school with her classmates and teachers and one at Parkway with her two best friends.

I loved the home celebration. We gathered everyone, including Ed's Brothers VK and VY and their family. Food was delicious cos my mom prepared most of them while Ed ordered the remaining from Lily. QY warms up to her cousin Yun immediately although they don't meet often. After all, blood is thicker than water. I do want her to spend more time with her cousin Yun, am hoping that QY will grow up to be like her.

She receives lots of presents, no wonder children always say that their birthdays are the happiest days of their lives. Her most dreamt of gift came from aunt PL, who bought her a Barbie Totally Hair Color It Set. Her favourite would probably be the Disney Princess blouse and skirt that AK (my ex-student who adopted QY as his godsister) bought for her. But personally I liked her jewellery case cum musical box from SY best. And I think her doodle set from Yun was most appropriate for her learning at the moment cos she is learning to write.

Celebration in school was simple and over in half an hour. We arrived at noon, brought in the goody bags and the "Wink" design, 2kg cake. The table for birthday cake was quickly set up. All the kids are already seated and ready for the mini celebration. She posed for photos first with Ed and I, then with all the boys, then the girls, and finally with her teachers. We all sang the birthday song in 3 versions, English, Chinese, and May the good Lord bless you. Then she blew out the candles, teacher quickly cut and distribute the cake to everyone. The kids are so seasoned to such celebrations and knew precisely what to do that everything went like clock work mechanics. By 12.30pm, everyone finished the entire cake, some had a second round of spaghetti (prepared by the kitchen), drank water, washed and clean up, tables cleared, all disposables thrown into bin, queue up and ready to move to music room for next activity. Wow! That was so organised.


After school she met up with her 2 best friends for more fun at 3pm. We had wanted to go to Bouncing Castle at Katong Mall, but the place is empty, bared! Contingency plan put into action! Other gyms nearby were considered but Mel thought that the kids are far more advance for these gyms now, so not worth spending the money. We decided to push forward the remaining programme. We went straight to do the Window Art Handicraft (something that QY has been looking forward to since she was 2, but I kept postponing it). Then the kids spent a long time playing at Isetan Toy Dept and at the kiddy rides till 5pm. She picked a Disney princess water bottle there as a gift from aunt Siew. THe kids made alot of noise, terrorised a English girl while she was taking a ride in a "van" by clambering all over the vehicle and trapping her girl inside. We had early dinner at Swensens where she was given a free sundae with 3 scoops of ice cream. Home by 8pm when she baths and fall asleep almost immediately.