What we did this Christmas

We had a busy schedule this season with loads of food:

23 December

Went to hubby's army friend's place for an early Christmas party. We had curry chicken and the kids exchanged gifts. We headed to my brother's place to celebrate Eugene's 15th birthday-cum-Christmas dinner. We him a Borders gift card as we want him to hit the books like the old days.

24 December

Our tradition in spending Christmas Eve with the Yoongs stays. We celebrated at their place, had dinner, cake and gift exchange there. May had ordered food from Sakae Sushi days ago and went down to collect her order at 6pm but was shocked that people with 5pm orders were still there waiting for their food. It was chaotic as the restaurant could not fulfill many advanced orders and made many disappointed and angry. She gave up and packed some from Ajisen. The food was still good and the kids enjoyed their ramen, tempura prawns and company of each other. The parents watched the WIld Hogs DVD while the kids played. We ate our scrumptious triple-layered chocolate logcake from Pine Garden's Cakes and exchanged gifts.

25 December

Went to an old friend's place to celebrate her daughter's 2nd birthday-cum-Christmas party around Katong area. They had a nice spread of buffet and mini cakes from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. In the evening, we sent Kieran to the Yoongs for a sleepover.

26 December

It was a working day for us but Kieran's childcare centre was closed hence he stayed with the Yoongs, who welcomed him over with open arms. May brought the kids to the zoo and they had such great time. May even got them animal soft toys - Megan got a polar bear, Kieran's a lion and he even asked May to get one for Raeyen. It was so sweet of him to remember his little brother and Aunty May got our little one a cuddly cheetah. They even took some digital shots during pony rides and a group photo. So sweet and a BIG THANK YOU to May!!!

Photos will be posted soon.

Kieran's Concert

No postings from me lately coz I was in Shanghai last week for work. Returned from on Thursday night, just in time to attend Kieran's concert (child care centre's) on Fri 7 Dec at Biopolis.

When we reached the building "Matrix" we could hear kids' voices everywhere. Kieran was decked in all red leotard. We had no idea how he would look like playing a ladybug.

We were pleasantly surprised that he actually looked very cute with all his friends in a ladybug headgear! They whizzed in and out at the stage depicting the pretty insect. The content of the concert was quite disappointing which I didn't want to dwell. Another letdown was the poor sound system, we could hardly hear the kids and it was so unbecoming from a high-tech building that houses the brainiest in the field of biomedical sciences.

At the end of the concert, we took some photos of him in this cute costume and he took one for us in return, and it was well taken I must say. You could tell how proud we were.

My Birthday

Celebrated my actual birthday by not seeing the kids the whole day because it was my company's dinner and dance and as part of the organising committee didn't help much.

My committee members celebrated with a surprise while we were busy organising for the event in the afternoon at the hotel.

Hubby attended the dinner after work and by the time we got home, the kids were asleep.

We managed to celebrate as a family on Sunday 2 December.