All Grown Up

Yesterday was my Little Princess's 2nd birthday. She didn't have a big party, just a family celebration. My intention was to order a Barney cake for her since she loves the big, fat, purple dinosour so much (I wonder why .. Barney is not even cute, but that's besides the point). But too bad for the little kiddie, she had to settle for a no cartoon cake since I didn't have enough time. I had intended to make a trip to the cake shop on Friday, but I was on MC so there goes the Barney cake.

The menu for the day was steamboat. Heh, heh .. I was too lazy to cook up a storm! With a steamboat, everybody does their own cooking! Anyway, I was getting into the spirit of the Chinese New Year reunion dinners. This time, there were no accidents with the cake .. no one tried to lick the icing off or drop the cake on the floor and nobody poked a hole in the cake. The older bro was singing a birthday song for her all day long! Sometimes he can be so adorable. And he didn't insist that it was his birthday (he usually does this whenever we celebrate anyone's birthday). Check out the smiley face on the cake, done by yours truly. The cake was baked by her dearest granny who has finally perfected the recipe for a yummylicious chocolate icing. And If you see the POOH handphone holder, that's the present I got for myself. Please ignore the cheesy tablecloth, I didn't want to get the nicer ones dirty.

I can't believe that my little darling is now 2. I can still remember quite vividly all the pain and agony I went through during my pregnancy. And all those horrible tests. And right before she was due, she decided to get her bum stuck where her head should be and the naughty little girl refused to turn for 2 whole weeks so she had to be delivered by C-section. Very drama you know that little princess. I can still recall before they knocked me out in the operating theatre the doctor who looks like Datin J's hubby looking down at me and trying to persuade me to have a half-body epidural instead of GA. Hahaaa .. I nearly freaked out and I'm sure I freaked him out when I started bawling right there and then, wailing that I wanted to be totally unconscious!

She's a big girl now. Next year she'll be starting playgroup. Why do my little darlings grow up so fast. The next thing you know, they'll be teenagers who do not want to be kissed and cuddled anymore .. sigh .. and I'll be real old by then. Like I was telling K, savour the moment as they go by really fast. I'm gonna go and cuddle them now ...