Daddy's 31st Birthday!

Talk about celebrating Daddy's birthday with a bash. What a bash it turned out to be because it was done over 3 consecutive days. There was a prelude; which was just the cake cutting on Friday night; Aunt Angie and family came over to do the honours because Aunt Linda who ordered the cake suddenly had plans and could not make it. The girls had a fun time playing with each other first before digging in.

The power of peer pressure; all the girls were feeding themselves and finishing up all of their food. I have never seen Cheryl more interested in her food than that night.

After our girls had their dinner, Daddy finally reached home. Yes, he had to work late as he had so much to do. But the girls were thrilled to see him and of course to sing him the birthday song. All of them wanted to blow the candles on the cake. Zinnia, counted the candles and proudly declared that her God-Father is 4 years old! Daddy, you wish!!

This is us, with our darling God-daughters!

On Saturday evening, we went to a Korean restaurant for our dinner. This time, we had Aunt Colleen, Uncle Zixian, Bernie and Nicolette with us together with Aunt Angie and family. It has been a long time since we had dinner together. If my memory does not fail me, the last time our 3 families gathered was last August when Daddy returned from his overseas trip.

The food at the restaurant was nice, and different. Spicy too (good because it cleared both Daddy's and mine bowels quite well when we came home). We were pleasantly surprised that the waitresses were all Korean and the food was quite authentic. I was thinking it is just another restaurant jumping on the Korean-craze band wagon and trying to "con" simple folks like us. But I must say, it was a nice experience. Oh, the evening was perfect except for the fact that Zinnia was unwell. "Hope you recover soon, my dear." Meanwhile, Cheryl and Bernie had a ball at the playground.

Just look at the presentation! The waitress even helped with the bbqing of the food and all we had to do was, really to just pig out.

Okay, Daddy revealed at night that he did not really enjoy the food. Next year, I guess I have to find another restaurant. Daddy is more into steak so perhaps it will be in a steak house next year.

This is what the meat looks like sandwiched in raw, crispy vegetables. So unless you are a REAL vege-lover (which Daddy isn't really) you would not fancy this. Eating the meat on it's own is good too but there are so many side dishes and vegetables to go with it that it will be such a waste to eat the meat neat. Hmm, I guess this is why Daddy didn't like it; he felt it was a waste to not eat the other food yet he can't find enough courage to stomach so much greens.

Here are some pictures of the happily-fed people! Cheryl absolutely loves babies! She always wants me to carry babies and she will whisper to me to bring the babies home. You may think that this is a sign for us to become new parents again but our smart little girl will shake her head profusely when you ask her if she wants to be 姐姐. Guess, she is not ready to be a big sister yet.

One thing that impressed all of us was the service rendered to us. We made a mess of our table and when I told the waiter that we wanted a new table for cake cutting, he not only showed us to a new table, he even came with a boxful of party hats and took the initiative to be our camera man. Here we are, smiling to the camera, striking our best poses while screaming "kim chi"!

On Sunday, we had dinner with Grand Daddy, Grand Mummy and all the aunts. The food was great and we had our fill although some of us were complaining that we were full. Hee. Looks like no one can resist good food! And cake for that matter. Daddy even had champagne, thanks to Aunt Diana and Uncle Ben.

After dinner, we went home for cake for the third time.

On Friday, it was Banana cake, Saturday; ice cream cake and Sunday; mango cake. I have never had so many cakes in my life but I love all three of them!