We promised ourselves that we will be there for the x'mas musical show performed by Sesame Street. And we made it! The performance might be short, but considering our 12mth old toddler's attention span, I find it just nice!
We were no fans of sesame street to be trueful, but the colors of the backdrop and stage were so attractive, plus the characters coming before our eyes live ... woa! I am a fan now. =) (only the live shows, haha)
check out the videos, bbtara was dancing away at the end of the video. Elmo Song!
Finale
Merry X'mas!!!
and if u are interested to catch them live like we did, they will be at the Compass Point till 29th Nov, performing daily at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm.
I am not a fan of Sesame Street... but, seeing the setup they had at Compass Point right now, makes me so wanna be part of them! so exciting! & we'll be there today for the musical performance! North East Rox! =D
She's back for a very short holiday. And we had to meet up very quickly. She selected Thai food, and we brought her to Nakhon @ Kovan. It was a ladies nite, even bbTara was left at home with livingstone. A nite of food, arguments, discussion, corrections, laughters and complains. This shld be pretty much what happen when u put women together, isn't it? We made so good use of our gaps. =) Thanks to livingstone for taking over the shift while i was out. I suppose this is the first time after an entire year, that I chose to leave her at home. I reached home with her getting ready to slp... we cuddled for 10mins before she goes to bed... how sweet.....=)
We were at Downtown East last nite, and while having dinner (at lemongrass, and omg, the food sux...) ryan boy said he was tired...so, to spur his interest, i told him i will bring him on the kiddy ride, & only if there was a discount. I was obviously not sincere :p But....when u see his hopeful vision staring at the moving train....we all had to give in. And even we broke our own rule, and hop on the train with him! so, this was bbtara's virgin ride on A KIDDY RIDE. She was pretty stiff all the while, and was observing the environment around her thruout the ride. i think she wasn't expecting something like this, cos the most 'exciting' activity for her so far, was to the playground .... heh heh
We were overwhelmed at the party by blessings, generous gifts & tokens, smiles, laughters, and most impt of all, ur presence.... =) I hope for those who have attended the b'day party, u had fun mingling, eating and pple watching... haha... sorry no. 1 --> We apologise if we couldn't spend quality time with u at the party, as we have only 1 mouth each....heh heh sorry no. 2 --> for those that we couldn't invite....but the list gets longer and longer that we got to chop at somewea.... =(
A Big Thank You to you who partcipate in putting the event in order and of cos the bits and pieces...taking pictures, videos, singing the birthday song, clapping, playing, eating....blar blar blar....u noe, without u, this party wouldn't have made it. It's true, and its from the bottom of our hearts.
So, before I forget...let me put the event down in words so that in many many more years to come, bbTara will recall what we have prepared for her on her special day. =)
Dear Baby, Mommy had a wonderful sumptious lunch at Aunty Meow's church wedding, and the deep impression lasted till the day we decided to celebrate ur b'day, the big scale way. So, we decided to use the same caterer. Was so blessed that Uncle Kirk agreed to dress up ur line of food! With see-thru beverage container, and three tiers pastry trays! Yeah! Though mommy and daddy didnt eat the line of food, but we were equally glad that many pple told us the food was awesome! Daddy wanted to make a backdrop for u. But has no idea what to print. So, one day, the idea struck Mommy -- to make u a cover baby for a magazine! So, I got down to the artwork, and viola! We hope u like it like we did. =) There were so many kiddos attending ur b'day party, and Daddy and Mommy wanted to give them a place to play. So we went thru the hassle to find u a pool which we filled up with colorful balls and balloons. Your frens had so much fun tossing the balls and jumping in & out! The adults could drop their kids in there, and proceed for food! How apt. There were remarks from frens saying 'how come there were noise but no children running around?' And many frens love the cartoons on the wall, that they took it back when they left the party. =) Besides all, Jiu Jiu came volunteered with making coffee for every guest possible! Mommy was so guilty bcos I forgot to ask him to fill his tummy first before he got down to work! How silly of me!! Jiu Jiu ended up making 60 over cups of coffee yet having nothing to eat. =( But, we made it up with giving him a treat a few days later. Before the celebration, Mommy decided to plan the attire for our family, and viola! We were all dressed in pink, all matched with camouflage berms! And with that, Mommy decided to extend this creativity onto ur b'day cake! Home baker Uncle William especially handmade the figurines for us (and it took him many days!). =) As I noe I will be changing u into a brown dress for cake cutting, so this was what happen on top of a three-kg figure 1 cake. Sorry baby, if u were expecting something fanciful, like a beautiful fondant cake, or tiered cake....but mommy and daddy think the traditional figure 1 will leave u a better impression when u grow up. We hope u like it, this cake is a gift from Yee Yee. =) We were afraid that u will freak out when u saw the crowd standing in front of u, ready to sing u the song...but u pulled it off with smiles and cues that surprised us! baby, look at the aunties and uncles that were there.....sharing our joy, celebrating with u as u turn 1 year old....these are all daddy and mommy's dear frens! Two wet birthday kiss from us, Happy Birthday Darling! Daddy is still trying to make u blow that candle....look at the smile and wink u had on ur face! u are so adorable in our eyes....
We cannot describe in words how major a milestone we have crossed with u as u turn 1, but baby, u brought us so much fun, tears, laughter, joy and of cos frustration sometimes thruout this twelve months, that we would never wanna trade with anything in the world. You have matured into a toddler after this celebration, technically speaking, you are no longer a 'baby', but, like what ah gong and ah ma (s) always say 'you will always be the baby in daddy and mommy's eyes'.
Happy Birthday our Baby, may we be able to hold ur hands and complete the journey of parenthood so long as we all shall live.....
We made it to our major milestone! Thank you ALL of u who made it to the party today, i noe some had appt and had to reshuffle it in order to attend the celebration. I appreciate ur effort! thank you once again. The party was considered a successful one, with positive compliments on the buffet line, and the lil' corner we setup for the kids so that the parents can have some time to themselves. A teaser to the fotos before I say gdnite.... The customised cake - I forsake every cartoon characters and had the three of us solely sitting on the figure 1 cake. I hope the most creative part was the attire, I had the attire planned and sent to the baker to mould the fondant figurine. Glad the figurine turned out beautiful! The cake could have been better if it wasn't this colorful though.... Thanks to my sister, who proudly sponsered this cake! I have many pple to thank, for making this event successful ! Let me catch some rest before I con't....
gdnite everybody, sweet dreams. & Happy Birthday bbTara, 365days ago, exactly this time...mommy and daddy were in the delivery room waiting for ur arrival u noe.....the journey was amazing.... we love u.
