Adam is F I V E!

Our Adam turned 5 on 17 May. Oh wow. Our firstborn, five YEARS old.
I became a mum when I was 26 and have not looked back since.

Okay, I told a lie.

I look back all. the. freakin. time.

When the kids make me mad because they fight over the same toy despite having twin toys/ refuse to sleep no matter how long I pretend to sleep/ refuse to listen to instructions/ etc, I look back at my single days.

When I make the kids cry, I look back at what they have done, and what I have done.

When I see how tall the kids have grown, I look back at their baby photos.

 

 

Anyway, I digress.
On 16 May 2014 Friday, we were supposed to celebrate Adam's birthday in school with his teachers and friends.

It was raining on the fateful morning, and Ashton had to take a dump as we were leaving the house, making us late for Adam's party (Murphy's Law)!
 Adam started to get worried when all his friends were seated and waiting for his cake and his Daddy & Mummy weren't there! His kind teacher offered to call his Mummy and assured him we were on the way. Thankfully, we... managed to make it in the nick of time, cake, baby, camera and all.
All his friends and his teacher sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM and he was grinning from ear to ear. The kids enjoyed the cake and had 2nd servings.

Phew~!

 

On the day of Adam's actual birthdate, 17 May Saturday, our parents and siblings joined us at Peach Garden Thomson Plaza for a steamboat celebration.

Thanks to my friend Carrier who had kindly arranged everything for us, we were given a private room to enjoy away from the evening dining crowd.
And thanks to Aunty Angela, your restaurant service and food very naiseee!!

The epic 4-tier Pagoda steamboat only available at Peach Garden Thomson Plaza.
They were in the news HERE.

 

 

If you are wondering why Adam has 2 different theme cakes this year, well, that's because he is so fickle-minded and couldn't make up his mind.

One morning before I left for work, he told me he wanted a 3D Angry Birds cake with playable catapult and birds (!!!??!) That sent me into a frenzy and I emailed several home-bakers to find one who could accommodate my last-minute order.

That evening when I got home, he suddenly wanted Batman cake. And he didn't even like Batman before!

Long story short, in the end we went to Bengawan Solo at T3 Changi Airport to order his Batman and Spiderman cake.... *rolls eyes*

 

 



HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE.

I can't believe I've been your Mummy/ chauffeur/ cook/ handyman/ nurse for 5 YEARS. Not in an awe-struck kinda way, but more like Im-surprised-I-haven't-died-of-seizures-yet kind of way. Parenting is such a tough job, and you are both so different, but I promise to do my best son.

Do keep that sparkle in your lovely eyes, and as I say it every year, don't grow up too fast.

 



Birthday celebration - Part 3.

It's not my birthday yet. Not officially anyway, but I have had celebrations with some of the most amazing people on earth for the past coupla weekends.

Today, I celebrate with my own family.

 

At Peach Garden, Thomson Plaza, having Peking Duck dim sum lunch.

 

Adam and my Mum

My cool baby Ashton.

My rosette cake which Hubby ordered from Sweet Perfection. Thanks Hubby. You are too sweet!

Family photo, missing my youngest brother because he is in the hospital nursing an injured leg.

 

 

Thank you, God, for blessing me in so many ways.
I know my life is not worry-free, but it is blessed with the most amazing people I can imagine.

Thank you, Hubby and my family, for loving me, for accepting my flaws and weaknesses as a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. 

 

 

Birthday celebrations - Part 2.

It's a super packed weekend for me with my birthday celebrations with friends, my own family, and my in-laws.

My bunch of crazy gals whom I know since Secondary school decided to have a birthday celebration today. We are a group of 5 - Siew Wei and I are born 4 days apart in Feb, while Angeline and I are born 4 days apart with her birthday in March. As for Carol and Huiwen, they are both December babies.

Busy as we all are with our own commitments, we always try to set time aside for one another on birthdays, Christmases, New years and special occasions.

 

I was initially rather worried about not being able to meet my gal friends for our birthdays' celebration due to a hectic work schedule and family engagements.

Thankfully, Hubby did a bit of re-scheduling with his parents and I got off work at 4pm (on a Saturday!) so I quickly rushed home to bathe, change and get the kids ready for our party.

 

Huiwen's boy Liam, She is not pictured at all tonight :( because she was the first to arrive and by the time Angeline came, she was carrying her baby boy Keith to sleep.

Crazy Carol who kept claiming Adam as her boyfriend and asked Andy if we mind having her as our daughter-in-law.



My 38 sisters and I.

 

 

 

Some crazy facts about us:

- We used to call ourselves (Huiwen, Carol, Siew Wei and I) Funkiest Four (in the beginning Angeline, on the right, was in another class and we only got to know one another later).

I was the one who came up with that name! So cheesy now but so cool then Haha.

 

- We used to get into all sorts of trouble together, with the school authorities and with the Ah Lians those days. We still joke about our epic Giordano wind-breaker in bright yellow and white, and had to wear black bra underneath on purpose. OMG!

 

- And those Ferragamo and Fendi headbands, Ferragamo 4-plates belt, orange sharp plastic comb, JPG and Valentino long wallet.... HAHAHAH who else remembers those?!

I wonder where we got the money to afford designer goods last time!

 

- Carol got in trouble when she went to Canto and borrowed Angeline's IC (because Angeline's birthday in March while hers in Dec so she was technically still underage) but she got in trouble with the bouncer because she couldn't remember Angeline's address! She only memorised her IC number.

 

- We always had sleepovers (mostly at my place) and my Aunt used to help us cheat Home Econs sewing.

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And so many other memories which we still remember so WELL! But ask me what I ate for lunch yesterday and I cannot remember ... Hehee..

18 years of friendship and still counting.

From singles to dating to getting married and having kids of our own (except for Carol cos she is the wildest one always don't wanna settle down), we still make it a point to keep in touch and keep our friendship flame burning.

 

This pic was taken just recently during CNY when we had steamboat and MJ session.

We so Aunty and 38 but we love it :)