This year's birthday for KK is different in that there isn't any party at home with the usual guests of Popo, Gonggong, Yiyi, Gugu and gang. The boy is spoilt already as every year, we always have a family party where he'll receive lots of gifts. So this year, he was kind of upset when he realised that there wasn't going to be one.
I believe that birthdays are special and big or small, there should still be some form of celebration to make the birthday person feel special. We decided to surprise him with a birthday cake on Friday at school. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the camera so we didn't manage to capture the birthday song moment. The class sang him a birthday song, followed by Hip Hip Hurrays and 6 loud claps for his new age. After that, the class teacher distributed the cake. In the midst of it, the bell rang for 'playtime' and those who had the Chocolate Strawberry cake already was released outside to eat it and/or play. At first, KK was helping to distribute the cake but once the bell rang, he couldn't wait to be with his friends so he left as well. I was pretty embarrassed that the teacher was left to cut and distribute the cake herself and the birthday boy just went out. He didn't even want to eat his birthday cake.
When Hubby bought the camera, I managed to track the boy down (eating lollies outside the canteen with his friend) and took a few photos of him and the cake. We left after that and on the way, Hubby, XX and I gobbled up the remainder of the scrumptious looking and tasting cake.
I believe that birthdays are special and big or small, there should still be some form of celebration to make the birthday person feel special. We decided to surprise him with a birthday cake on Friday at school. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the camera so we didn't manage to capture the birthday song moment. The class sang him a birthday song, followed by Hip Hip Hurrays and 6 loud claps for his new age. After that, the class teacher distributed the cake. In the midst of it, the bell rang for 'playtime' and those who had the Chocolate Strawberry cake already was released outside to eat it and/or play. At first, KK was helping to distribute the cake but once the bell rang, he couldn't wait to be with his friends so he left as well. I was pretty embarrassed that the teacher was left to cut and distribute the cake herself and the birthday boy just went out. He didn't even want to eat his birthday cake.
When Hubby bought the camera, I managed to track the boy down (eating lollies outside the canteen with his friend) and took a few photos of him and the cake. We left after that and on the way, Hubby, XX and I gobbled up the remainder of the scrumptious looking and tasting cake.
KK's classmates enjoying the cake outside
KK with his cake with curious onlookers
What's left of the birthday cake before we gobbled it up
On the actual day, it was a simple affair of a lunch followed by opening of two presents which he received from his aunties/uncles earlier. It was his favourite Transformers toys. We also allowed him to open the last of three Spongebob Squarepants DVDs bought for him by Uncle D. Then it was off to Footscray where we bought a Chocolate Cream Black Forest Cake for him.
At night, we proceeded to our friends' house to celebrate Singapore's birthday. Just a small party of 2 other families who were also Singaporeans/ex-Singaporeans. We had steamboat, two actually, one Tom Yam....my favourite. There were alot of yong tau foo stuff which they'd gotten from Footscray as well. They were really good!
Later on, we took out the cake and had another cake cutting ceremony for KK, who shares the same birthday as Singapore. This time round, he helped to distribute the cake till everyone had gotten a piece (after I gave him a talking to later). A bonus for KK, he got another gift from the kind Uncle Ken and co. there.
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