Thankful Tuesday–Occasions in photos

April to early May is always a busy time in the family.. lots of celebrations.

Instead of an essay; believed pictures suffice to capture the moments. Oh, food gatherings are my favourite form of gatherings. :)

April 29: Our Wedding Anniversary

P.S Cafe: We choose the outlet at Ann Siang Hill. A place we don’t want can’t bring the kids.

Lovely black & white decor with great (sinful) food & my favourite date pudding with toffee topped with vanilla bean ice-cream.

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May 3rd – My Birthday

Birthday treat from younger bro & sister-in-law: I chose to try the value-for-money Japanese buffet at Chizo Zanmai.

Osaka-type of family cuisine. Comfort food with some hits & misses.

But probably not worth paying for the dinner which includes sashimi. I would head back for weekday lunch at $14.90++/pax.

They are nice not to charge my toddler who ate peanuts-worth-of-a-buffet.

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Kim bought back a chocolate truffle cake from Cedele – one of my favourite places to take away birthday cakes.

3 big candles but I am not 30 years old. He said a woman after 30 shouldn’t reveal her age. Errm… I thought I should aged gracefully?

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May 12th: Mother’s Day

4 years of motherhood; this is the first year Xi En seemed to grasp a little concept of Mother’s Day. Not enough to let me sleep in till 10am or make me breakfast in bed (yet).

But his school surely knew what mummies want. We mummies have a soft spot for this sort of things:

A hand-made clay pendant necklace which each kiddo took turns to present to their mummies coupled with lots of hugs and kisses.

Xi En told me a few days before the school Mother’s Day tea party that he has a surprise for me. He was looking high and low in his bag but couldn’t find “the surprise”.

I told him he got to wait till Mother’s Day tea party in school. :P

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We listened to a heart-warming kids’-shrieking Mother’s Day song and planted a garden to bring home:

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My first photo with my two precious boys – Mother’s Day at church:

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Loving mummyhood ever so much – poo,booger,tears,hugs and kisses – all of them. It’s a precious gift from God which I have a love-hate relationship with at times.

But God makes all things beautiful in His time. Thankful for His gift of motherhood. :)

Linking up with:

I wanna spend my life with you

29th April 2006

The day we say “I do”

Happy wedding anniversary to my husband of SEVEN years and boyfriend of NINE long years!

The creative musician in him created some lovely memories during our church wedding reception.

p.s: He only took 2 introductory Mandarin courses in uni. *clap* *clap*

Dug out a really old & poor quality video of a young and handsome man some 7 years ago:

“I wanna spend my life with you””

The lyrics:

We stick together like the birds in the sky

with the feathers flown high with you

We stick together like the flour in the pie

like the apple strudel pie you like

I wanna spend my life with you

with you I won’t be blue

I love to hold your hands & walk thru’ this life till the day becomes night with you

我们像天空里的彩虹
它颜色合起来真的很奇妙
我们像文东记的鸡贩
没黑酱油味道会有点奇怪
我很想陪半你一生
永远在你身边
我喜欢看到你的笑容
请我天天来照顾你

I wanna spend my life with you

with you I won’t be blue

I had been waiting for this day & my life for the time you say I do

for the time you say I do.

But of course, it’s not all that rosy and cosy all the time. I like the following quote I stole off a friend’s FB status update: (how true! heh…)

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But dearie :) :

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HAPPY 7th Wedding Anniversary Kim! *Love u*

Xi En’s 2nd birthday celebrations

Xi En turned 2 on 31st July 2011.

He’s such a big boy now. Compared to his 1st birthday celebration, he is more aware of the celebration and that it’s a fun occasion where he receives presents and sing birthday songs. Smile 

This year we did small scale family celebrations as Xi En was just discharged from the hospital 2 weeks back. We had 2 days of gathering at home and Xi En loved it! Smile 

That’s his birthday cake. He loves Mickey (calls him Mi-Mi); so we got him one such cake from Bengawan Solo. They have lovely Disney Characters cakes:

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He loved the birthday song and clapped along with it:

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Cutting the cake by himself is not a mean feat anymore! Smile 

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Loves receiving gifts and opening them (no holding back!)

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Goes “wah!!!!!” whenever he opened one gift. Expression = priceless!

Loved all the gifts from Ye Ye, Ma Ma, Gu Ma/Jiong, Gong Gong, Po Po, Xiao Jiu, MQ Jie Jie!

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He has 3 sets of Thomas & Friends now! Kids these days are so spoilt blessed…..

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The gift that interests him the most currently is this:

Universe of Imagination Dough Fun Basic Set

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Po Po, being an ex-childcare teacher, knows exactly what he will like at this stage and bought a set of play dough for him. Now Xi En is rolling, kneading and cutting everyday! Smile 

Family photos for memories:

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Once again, HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY Xi En! You are very loved!

May you grow up with great wisdom and good health! Smile 

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