Aunt Angie turns 33 today and this petite beauty doesn't look a day older than the time I knew her; a good 9 years ago. What I love about Aunt Angie is her resilience and diligence and of course, her very acute sense of humour.

She has been a great pal over the years and definitely a friend Daddy and I can count on. Immediately after dinner, we trooped down to her place and she was walking back home then with pretty flowers in her hands.

Yap, beautiful tulips for the even prettier lady! JM may not look it but he is one romantic and doting husband and father.

This is the cake we got for Aunt Angie...

... naturally :)

Our girls having a good time together like always!

When I saw Aunt Angie's mummy preparing this, I sheepishly admitted that several days ago, I suddenly had a craving for "Loh Hei"; yes, I know we usually eat this during the Lunar New Year but as luck would have it, we got to eat it this evening too, all thanks to Aunt Angie's mum.

All smiles for the camera!

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We were suffering from a hangover from Cheryl's birthday bash the night before but instead of resting, we started baking for C's classmates.

Josiah has this policy of only celebrating birthdays on Fridays and I thought C could bring in some goodies for her friends instead of us getting her a cake in school. Besides, I can't take leave to bring in the cake on Friday.

C was really excited about the dough and she got her hands all dirty trying to cut it with the wonderful cutters that I had earlier bought.

Aunt Di was great!! :) She has everything in order and we quickly packed the cookies into the bag when they were ready.

When I got back, I labeled the goody bags and packed them in a nice bag for her to take to school on Thursday. We were so proud of C; at least she can say she had a hand in preparing the packs.

Today's the day that C's been waiting for. She has been talking about it for the longest time and every time she saw a cake (mine), she would ask if the cake was hers.

The children were really excited when Daddy carried these 2 large bags out of the room.

They couldn't wait for Daddy and Uncle JM to inflate them! And when the play thing was finally up, C and Uncle Ben wasted no time filling them with water.

Actually C get herself wet immediately one of the little float was filled. She didn't even wait to be changed and immediately jumped in!

C was not the only one who got wet! Daddy and Aunt Di having some fun themselves while filling the play items. The sun was scorching and I guess it wasn't such a bad idea to get a little wet.

Grand Mummy also busied herself with the mangoes she found. Earlier on, while she, Grand Daddy, Ben, Di and Margaret were strolling along the beach, they went oyster harvesting and they came back with many oysters. Grand Aunt June joked that if Grand Mummy were to stay at the chalet for another week, Grand Mummy would have found a way to pick the coconuts too. No kidding, Grand Mummy is a very resourceful woman and she can use just about anything to create something new.

C's little friends arrived shortly and they had a whale of a time! The place was filled with laughter and giggles. Oh, there was a kid who was loitering around when we were filling the pools; Aunt Di overheard him telling his maid that he wanted to play.

The spread! The food was good but the serving was a tad too small and they ran out even before 7 pm. Daddy and I were pretty embarrassed when some of our guests came around 7 and there were not much food left. The caterer was also extremely confident that there would not be any leftover that they didn't give us any packaways. Or they are aware that they do not provide any extra food so they know for sure that there will not be leftovers. hmmm (food for thought)

Our two little darlings on the bouncing castle after their shower. They are really cute and when they are fine with each other, oh, they are like inseparable twins.

Our little girl with her birthday cake!

Family portrait!

Later in the night, when all her guests have gone back, the girls had a wild time tearing off the wrapping papers of the presents!

A very delightful girl with her many gifts! Thank you for the wonderful gifts but more importantly, thank you for taking time off to attend her party. Your presence really made her a very happy girl!

Daddy thought that it would be a good idea to have a small gathering and a bbq so we checked in on Friday and got ready for the evening.

I must really thank Aunt Angie and Uncle JM for preparing the really good food and also for fetching Grand Daddy and Mummy from home. Grand Mummy also prepared some food for us to eat while the food was on the grills.

I must say, we all had a great time!

The two girls posing for the camera; never mind the greasy hair and oily faces.

Daddy with his very good friends, Uncle Vincent, and of course JM. Our kids also know how to have fun and they were all munching on seaweed and trying to look funny for the camera.

Cheryl has to bring a snack to school everyday and in the past, I have been packing her very simple food like cakes and bread.

She has her snacks in a very simple and plain looking lunch box too...

Not much of a looker, but C is sweet enough to finish her food almost all the time.

When we went to the Disney restaurant sometime back, a very pretty lunch box caught my eye and I especially like that the lunch box has a partition so that I can start packing 2 kinds of food for her.

Then when I came to work this morning, Aunt Asrina surprised me with a very cute lunch box! She said she couldn't resist it and had to get it for C.

I don't blame her! The lunch box has many compartments and it even comes complete with a fork and spoon.

I am definitely on a roll here...

A fellow mummy will be making a trip to the Hello Kitty shop I was talking about and I have asked for a very big favour.

Extremely cute egg molds!

I am looking for these. (pictures taken from Hong Kong Outlet on ebay)

And this is what it can do to eggs. No kidding! They really shape eggs!

Several days ago, I was doing my research online and I hyperventilated when I saw this. Take a look at this if you have doubts.

Notice that in this picture, it is the YOKE of the eggs that are shaped! Truly remarkable, right?

Aunt Rina was also very kind to ask her friend to help me get some stuff from Japan and I am hoping that I can get my hands on them soon...

After a long break, C and Joshua returned to music class again today. The children were told to prepare a song each to sing and it was really not surprising that most of them chose to sing their all time favourite, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

I know C can be shy at times but I didn't expect her to clam up because she has been one of the most active in class.

Now we all know stage fright happens to even young children.

Teacher Siew Li is very innovative and she comes up with very creative methods to teach her lessons. The children revised their note and note values and they also got a little surprise; some Disney stickers as encouragement for their effort.

Cheryl's eyes widen when she saw Teacher Siew Li putting up bowling pins.

With fun like this, it's no wonder C loves to come to class every Saturday. The children are beginning to learn the bass cleft. Next week, C will have to show Teacher Siew Li 3 pieces of music.

As the title of this post says... "We are sorry, Uncle Ben".

(It is times like this where I wish I can have a new camera; pictures were poorly taken.)

Daddy was surfing the Internet some time back and he found this restaurant that serves "Dai Lok Mien"; Grand Daddy's and Uncle Ben's favourite noodles. This evening, we decided to go try the noodles... without Grand Daddy or Uncle Ben.

Much to our surprise. the place was packed and that could only mean one thing; the food here is fabulous.

Yap, I thought so when they served out the chilli concoction of sambal and "chin cha lok"...

Daddy and our little one waiting anxiously for the noodles...

We tried their signature dishes of hor fun and "Dai Lok Mien" and they were delicious.

Cheryl was so happy and she gave her dearest Daddy a kiss.

"Uncle Ben, don't worry, we will definitely go again and this time, we will take you along." We will also try their crabs because almost everyone at the restaurant were eating crabs one way or another. And if you look closely enough, the place was filled with very satisfied guests who left their marks on the shells of the crabs they devoured.