Happy 10th Bday

It had been 10 years, 10 long years. Where did all the time go? From the preemie baby, who was not much bigger than a palm (ok, Daddy Lim's huge palm size) to the cute little toddler, to the current somewhat independent girl.

Lil Shauna has always been living up to the role of the 1st born; responsible (most of the time) and striving to achieve the impossibly high standards that Mummy sets for her. The little angle comforts our poor heart when the boy makes parenting seems so difficult. Haha.

Her bday fell right on a Saturday and she has requested for no classes. It was a request that has to be granted especially after the gruelling SA1. Strangely, she woke up even before Daddy Lim and I even left for the morning ride when she finally had the chance to sleep in.

The kids were well told that bday parties ceased after the age of 7. While there are no parties, we met up with precious friends. We met the Chan family for lunch at the guild house. The kids love that place, especially the playroom, even when I am sure that they have totally outgrown the room. The sumptuous lunch was followed by 2 hours of KTV. The kids had been well-trained, especially with all the car karaoke that we had been doing for the past months. The 2 hours were fully utilised with the kids' belting their favourite tunes and with DJ Mummy in the house. "Put your hands in the air"!

After yelling into the mic for 2 hours, the last part was the longkang fishing at ORTO, which is again another specific request from the bday girl.

The kids (big and small) all had fun. Lil Shauna and Zaky were very much the experts as it was their 5th or 6th time. After they filled up their little tank, they happily helped to scoop fishes for QQ's tank.

The weather wasnt too kind and we were all perspiring in the shade. Daddy Lim was activated to buy an ice cream cake from North Point. Fortunately, we all had dinners to go to and had to "fish" the kids out of the pool after over an hour of fun.

Lil Shauna and Zaky were allowed to pick and bring home 5 fishes each. They carefully chose their pick. Lil Shauna based her choices on the fish color and vitality while Zaky only focused on selecting the fittest. The remaining catches were returned to the pond.

Finally, it was time for the cake. While Lil Shauna had requested for a fruit cake, nothing was more comforting than an ice cream cake in that weather. Tadah!

Auntie H said that it looked more like my bday. Lol. Of course I had to take perfect care of the ice cream cake; I was guarding it with my life! Everyone was yearning longingly for a slice in that weather.

Happy bday baby!

The ice cream cake was so in demand. We got a 1kg cake and there was no worries of having leftovers. Zaly had 3 servings and would have come back for more if we hadnt stopped him.

We left ORTO at about 6pm with happy kids and fishes and headed to nainai's house for dinner. We didnt stay too long bcos we were all in desperate need for a good shower and also to save the fishes from suffocation. Two of Lil Shauna's fish died while we were at nainai's place.

The bday girl had a great time. Despite the fact that there was no elaborated bday party, she had a lot of fun with her friends. Zaky started asking when is his bday coming.... in another 6 months' time. Haha.

Mummy Lim