Happy Birthday to me

I didn't want any celebrations of any sort.

Absolutely not in the mood for any kind of celebration since healthwise, I haven't exactly been feeling dandy for the last few weeks. The family agreed to just doing a normal weekend dinner like we always did.

The concession was that we adjourned to Prive for desserts thereafter. Younger BIL wore jeans for the night and paid for desserts at Prive, both of which were in honour of my birthday :) Its a big deal when any of the 3 brothers in the family wear jeans cos they are perpetually clad in bermudas.

HM & E proposed to have dinner too on a weekday, which we usually do whenever one of our birthdays are around the corner. I begged off.

They gave me a great surprised on the actual day, which was Monday.

They sent a cake and a basket of flowers. Faith immediately lay claim to the teddy bear that came with the flowers, declaring that "I love my present! I love my bear!" and put words to action by smoothering the bear with wet kisses :)

We cut the cake that night. Faith lapped up the cake and the strawberries decorating the top of the cake.

Thanks, guys! I loved it!

Bean sprouts

The theme for the week was "Zhong Zi" (seedlings).

So, the little kids planted green beans to grow sprouts. Much like a science project.

Not that Faith has any concept of seedlings. Probably to her, the art & craft session ended as soon as she dumps the handful of beans into the container with the soaked cotton pads.

On the contrary, I couldn't bear to dump the contents. I left it on the kitchen counter and watched it sprout over the next few days. I would have continued to leave it alone and see what happens. Louis was of the opinion that we should not cos it would start to smell really bad after.

Nonetheless, it was a nice little art & craft...although I feel its more of a science project :)