A joyous day

Yesterday was 'hao hao nan ren's' special day! Yes, it was dh's birthday. The kids were excited.

That's the very beautiful thing about children. Simple things make them happy. Although, there was no big birthday bash, they were still hopping around in the house. After school, Ann and Kai came home and did their individual birthday cards for their papa. Then we went out to get birthday cake and ice-cream to have after dinner. I think the greatest surprise for dh was when Noel delivered a birthday gift to him in the office!

No, there wasn't candle light dinner at any restaurant because these days, the kids have to be in bed early and they are so used to having us around before their bedtime, we decided that we will all celebrate papa's birthday at home. Anyway, the kids are excited to be involved in the celebration!


Ann's birthday card to papa


I love you daddy. She is a daddy's girl


Kai's card to pops - that's how Kai likes to call dh sometimes


Kai is a very sensitive and sentimental boy. Expressing his gratitude to his papa and giving him a 'car' as a present ;)


Aglio black pepper seafood pasta. What exactly is 'aglio'. A check in the cooking dictionary, I found out that 'aglio' simply meant 'garlic' in Italian. So when you have aglio pasta, it was just garlic with pasta. Adding a twist to the usual aglio pasta, I have added bacon, capsicum, outopus, white clams and salmon belly. It was simple yet delicious and what a great way to feed the kids with healthy food - SALMON!


This is a cold dessert. It's called 'gula melaka sago' Using pearl sago, I steamed them till they are cooked. Pour melted gula melaka or black sugar and coconut milk over it...adding mint leaves gave it a very sweet and refreshing taste. Great dessert for hot, hot sunny island of Singapore! DH's favourite dessert.


(Remember, we still have our things in the boxes...so this year, no mummy dearest home-baked birthday cake.) The kids chose the cakes. Instead of buying a huge birthday cake, we bought two small cupcakes instead. (No wastage!) Well, from the ornaments on the cakes, you should be able to guess who chose what. Looks more like their birthday cakes than dh's. And yes, those two candles were magic candles, the fire never got blown off. DH was pretty amused and of course, the kids had a great laugh!

.
What is a birthday celebration without pictures! More good years to 'hao hao nan ren'!

Recalling last year when we celebrated dh's birthday at Macungie...