Yeah, he turned 2 yesterday and all we did was to attend his school concert which, unfortunately coincided with it! But it was great seeing him in action on stage - he didn't fret, didn't cry, didn't run off stage, didn't do much either! haha, just shaking his bells, and his bum to "Lemon Tree" - he's been showing off his moves for about 2 months now at home, especially from the day we took a cab and heard the song on radio. I was quite a proud mommy, seeing my handsome little boy (with sparkly hair gel which i had a lot of trouble getting off!) behave so well, and looking absolutely charming. Took videos for Grandpa so had no time to snap pictures!
We celebrated his birthday on Saturday morning instead with a yummy cake from Choc.A.Bloc, which is just a few blocks away from our place. Auntie Connie and Uncle Max came along, tooting the party whistles, wearing cheerful party hats, and a huge helium-filled Thomas the Train balloon! Val promptly used it as a bunching bag, and sang his "不倒翁" song. Anyone knows what is 不倒翁 in English??? Then we finally gave him Auntie Shuhui's present, a Thomas the Train & Big Loader set, which he saw 2 weeks ago but i managed to persuade the good boy to be patient and only open it on his birthday. Set up the complicated tracks and all with Uncle Max's help and we were chugging along! It's also my first motorised train set, so i was quite thrilled seeing the trains deliver the ball bearings from place to place.
I got Val a Little Tike pedal/ push bike but that he saw 2 weeks ago, accidentally, as I had set it up while he was at school and hid it in a spare room. When i went into the room one day, he followed me, spotted the bike, and the rest is history....
After the cake and prezzies, we trooped down to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden when he had a swell time playing at the water feature, and then hugging calabashes and other fruits he saw at the garden. Got too hot to bear, and escaped to Plaza Singapura for lunch at Lao Beijing. Sumptuous, albeit, expensive lunch later (the tiny plate of pickles cost $5!!!), we got home and all snoozed.
That was it, another year's passed and my boy is growing older, more sensible, yet also more prone to tantrums! The terrible twos are officially upon us but i'm loving every moment - especially when he throws himself upon me and smother me with kisses.
Oh, and we deliberately did not celebrate his birthday in school last Friday. I've decided that there's no need to go OTT for birthdays. IF his bd falls on a weekday next year, we will celebrate in school, and might even do the whole goodie bag shebang. BUT, as long as it's not on a weekday, I will not succumb to the double-triple celebrations that some kids get. I can't afford it anyways, and since I grew up fine, without much fanfare on my bds, i shd think Val will be fine. I'll just wait for him to request for a celebration before thinking what's next. This seems like a straight forward opinion, but trust me, i spent DAYS pondering on this OKAY!
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