P's Birthday Celebration with Hubby's Family

We hosted a cosy party in the comfort of our house to celebrate P's birthday (for the last time this year). The theme was Care Bears, and I had purchased some party supplies from Party City some months back. Caterer used was Delihub, and the food had great reviews from my in laws. We got her Care Bear cake from Pine Garden. 

P's Birthday Celebration with my Family

Today marks the first round of P's 2nd birthday celebrations. We drove to Defu Lane's Seafood Paradise to meet my family for dinner. Hubby really loves their 金沙螃蟹, and couldn't resist slurping up the gravy after he finished the crab. I, on the other hand, prefer the crab tang hoon. The whole crab dish has the taste and texture of sharks fin. If wedding banquets can replace this dish, it will save a lot of sharks. Their cuttlefish kang kong was unlike those you get at zi char stalls. The veggie is fried such that it is crispy. I found the food just average, but my family really seem to like it, plus P ate a fair bit too. 6 dishes cost $234, which was expensive in my opinion.

After dinner, we drove back to my parent's place for the cake cutting. I didn't plan to have a birthday theme for P's birthday celebration with my family, but Breadtalk recently launched the Hello Kitty series of cakes that was really quite cute. On a spur of the moment last Friday, I decided on the Hello Kitty theme, which sent my mom scrambling to Compasspoint to order the cake. I bought a Hello Kitty stick balloon from Gift Greetings at Great World City. With the Hello Kitty toy that we got from MacDonald happy meal sometime back, all these set the backdrop for her cake cutting. 

Round 1 done. We'll be heading to Hello Kitty town + Little Big Club in JB for her actual birthday (21 Aug). In laws side will celebrate with her next weekend. 

Aloha Changi Birthday Bash

P had a joint birthday celebration with her aunt Marilyn and uncle Justin today.

We went to collect P's birthday cupcakes from Sweetest Moments at about 2.45pm, and arrived at the Aloha Changi Chalet at about 3.15pm. Upon arrival, I immediately put on an insect repellant patch for P. Shortly after, hubby started complaining of mosquito bites. I had known long ago that hubby is super prone to mosquito bites. Even if we are standing next to each other during whichever mosquito infested event, the mosquitoes will only attack him. Was worried that P might take after him, so I went armed with 3 mosquito patches - one for hubby, 1 for P and 1 for spare (which I decided to use for myself upon seeing the damage on hubby's leg by the blood sucking creature). As guests start arriving, many of them started coming to ask me for insect repellent because their kids got bitten. I was super surprised that I'm the only parent who came prepared, and P is probably the only kid who escaped mosquito bites. Lesson for parents out there: If you are heading to some chalet that you have never been before, better prepare insect repellent just in case.

P is able to walk with support now, much like operating a puppet who has a mind of its own. She happily walked us around the whole chalet, then walked us to the BBQ pit, while shouting and screaming with joy at anyone in sight. Her excitement is infectious, and anyone who saw her has to break into laughter.

She must have exhausted herself with all that excitement, for she got quite tired when the party starts. She napped through the first part of the party, waking only when we were about to do the cake cutting. Man, she woke up and morphed into a cranky baby, plus she stuck to me like glue. No one can detach her from me for more than 5 min. After my hands start to protest, I decided to put on her shoes and she resumed her earlier enthusiasm of walking around and shouting at people, haha.

Cake cutting was great. 3 cake types in total:
1. Uncle Justin's 21st birthday cake from Pine Garden, Roulette theme
2. Aunty Marilyn's 18th birthday ice cream cake from Swensens
3. P's 1st birthday cupcakes from Sweetest Moments
Video of P's birthday song can be found here.

I'm starting to worry about her own birthday party next week. If she turns out as cranky as today, then I'm in big trouble. Plus my mom won't be around to help coz she's attending my cousin's ROM. Ugh, really have to pray hard!!

P at Aloha Changi Chalet B

Uncle Justin's 21st Birthday

Aunty Marilyn's 18th Birthday

Pearlin's 1st Birthday

P and Godma

Yippee, presents!!

Spent a long time dialing out to my friends telling them it's my birthday!