K is the resident candle blower for all the family birthday celebrations. The little boy has acquired the skill of blowing lighted candles (without any spittle from his breath), after numerous afternoons spent bubble-blowing with Mummy.

We celebrated dh’s birthday on Friday and Saturday. Initially dh mentioned that he was not keen to have any cake for his birthday, but ended up buying himself a cake, so that he could get K to show off his candle blowing skill at his mom’s place on Saturday.

Dh and I spent some couple-time on Friday night celebrating his birthday over dinner at The Prime Society, a cosy steak place at Dempsey Road. Pretty pricey at $100 per head, but great ambience, relatively good food and good service.

Dh and I shared a brownie which the service staff presented to him with a lighted candle, given to us on the house. It was nice for them to take note when I mentioned to them that ‘it will be birthday celebration’ when I called to make reservations. So for the great service, we will be back…since dh is a major steak-eater.

So what is dh’s birthday present this year? I planned to give dh his birthday present at the end of the night, however, I just could not resist when K wore his b/w car t-shirt in the afternoon. When K saw the pic, he look at his t-shirt, then glanced back at the painting and started to cry. He was not consoled until dh explained to him that it was a painting of ‘Dada and Kyle.’ Probably he was confused to see this painting of a kid looking like him and wearing his t-shirt.

Of course dh loved the painting, although the first question he asked was, “Why does K’s lips looks like that?” My answer to him was “Haven’t you noticed how K’s lips look like? The artiste Paul Koh who created this piece of painting was quite accurate in depicting K’s pink and luscious lips 😛

Dh remarked that this is the best present he has received from me. Well, I guess I outdid myself this time, it is going to be tough to think about what to buy for him next year. Maybe another painting from Paul, this time of the three of us? What can I say, I am not exactly the most creative when it comes to birthday presents.

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When we got our flat, I really disliked this ‘breakfast counter’ thing that the previous owner put up. I always felt that it was a white elephant since the outside of the counter did not quite face the dining area, but the hall.

I have finally found a use for the ‘breakfast counter’. This year I am able to put up the Christmas decorations since I have the time, the house is less cluttered with no more other furniture that looks out of place and no one will comment when I put up these other frills in the house.

Since this year is planned to be a budget Christmas for us, I managed to get this mini Christmas tree and decos from Spotlight and Daiso. Will only be looking at a real fir tree once we have more space in the house. Regardless, I think these Christmas decos do create some Christmas mood for the home.

This year has not been the easiest year, with all the upheavals that dh and I have been experiencing so far. However God has been always good to us. Despite the recession setting in, I know that our family will be fully taken care of during these times. All we have to do is to rest in Him and let God be God.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord;

I will put My laws in their minds and write them on their hearts;

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The last time K went to the zoo was in Feb. From our previous visit dh signed up for the Friends of the zoo membership, as he was quite certain that we will be back very often since we only lived about 15 mins away. However, we only did manage to take another excursion to the zoo almost 10 months later, oh well…

I took this pic of K and dh about 10 months ago.

This pic of K and dh was taken on Friday…

It was a beautiful morning and K was thrilled to have yiyi and uncle ed who joined us at the zoo. The little boy refused to sit in his stroller the whole time and had no qualms asking to be carried.

K simply refused to wear his hat and dh was rather concerned that the top of his head felt rather hot, so he covered K’s head with the towel. K is at this stage where he will just refuse to have anything to do with hats.

We brought K to the waterplay area in Kidzworld and the small fountain kept him busy for about 20 mins before he started to get bored. I wasn’t too keen on the other areas within the waterplay area as it was mostly filled with murky water.

Did not have much time to see the shows or check out the kids kampong within Kidzworld. Looks like we will have to schedule more visits to the zoo before our membership expires in Feb ’09, right dh?

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