2nd Birthday Celebration

To celebrate Daryl's 2nd birthday, we decided to invite our family members to a dinner party. We were thinking that since it's already his 2nd birthday, we don't have to have a big celebration. Thus the low key celebration this year. In addition, it's also an excuse for Kel's family members to get together as they don't do that much.

The celebration is held at J K Don Cafe & Bar which is located at 201 Telok Kurau Road #01-04 Kurau Court. The cafe serves all kinds of food - Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Western, etc. There is even a pool table there for our guests to play if they feel like it. It is opened by 1 of Kel's good friend, thus we can be assured of good food & service.





















The venue

Instead of a buffet style dinner party, we opted for an ala carte 1. We both feel that it might be better coz our guests can order what they feel like eating instead of being restricted to what we had ordered beforehand. However, in order not to let them go hungry while waiting for their food to be cooked, we ordered some side dishes such as sashimi, sushi, taro balls, japanese siew mai, etc to be served 1st.

Mum & Kat came over to my place 1st in the afternoon so that we can go to the cafe together. Pris will meet us there as she had to work in the morning. Before setting off for dinner venue, we took some pics with Mum.





















Daryl being a brat while we took this pic





















Daryl the bochup boy

We reached the cafe at about 5.30pm so that we can await for our guests to arrive. While waiting for them, we took some pics.









































































Me & Daryl. As you can see, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a good pic with him together.





















A family pic





















Mum & Pris





















Mum & Kat

After the photo taking, Kel & Daryl decided to play some pool. Since it's Daryl's birthday, Jacky (the chef cum manager) decided to open up the pool table so that we & our guests can play for free the whole night. We were very touched by his gesture.





















Asty carrying Daryl while Kel positioned the pole to hit the ball

Chris & his family were the 1st to arrive. While waiting for the rest of our guests to arrive, his daughters decided to learn to play pool too.





















Chris's 2 daughters playing pool

While our guests are arriving, Daryl had his dinner 1st. It's 1 of the privileges of being the birthday boy - you don't have to wait for all the guests to arrive before you can eat your dinner. :p





















Daryl covering his mouth when I was preparing his dinner of chawan mushi & plain rice



























Daryl striking a pose





















Daryl in 1 of his fav Sesame Street bib





















Daryl wiping his mouth with his hand while having his dinner





















Asty feeding the birthday boy

When our guests arrived, we entertained them & got them to place their orders for their main courses. While waiting, they had some of the side dishes, played some pool or chatted with each other.





















Chris & Kel's Mum





















James, Chris & Kel's Mum





















Chris's eldest daughter. She covered her mouth as the wasabi that she was eating was too pungent for her.





















Francis's 2nd son & 3rd daughter





















Francis's 3rd daughter making a face when he fed her some food.





















Kel's Gu Ma & Dad. Kel's cousin - Richard & family is in the background





















Kel's cousin, Gu Ma & Dad





















Kel's Gu Ma & Cousin





















Richard & family





















Richard & his family





















Kel's cousin - Freddy enjoying his main course. Doesn't it look delicious?





















Daryl staring at the balls at the pool table





















Daryl playing pool while Francis's 2nd son looks on. However, Daryl's idea of playing is to put the balls into the pockets manually



























Daryl & James. James is 1 of the few people who can carry Daryl without him protesting.



























Daryl & James playing pool





















Chris's eldest daughter playing pool





















Chris's 2nd daughter playing pool





















James caught in the act trying to feed his gf





















A bashful James with his gf





















Jacky cooking up a storm

At 9pm, we had the cake cutting ceremony. The cake is an ice cream cake which is handmade by Jacky. However, to be honest, while I am impressed with his cake making skills, I wasn't too impressed with its appearance. Jacky had asked a friend to decorate the cake, but the decoration is to girly for my liking. Haiz... Nevermind, it's Jacky's original creation afterall. As long as the cake tastes nice, I think that I can live with it.





















A family pic





















Another family pic























Singing the birthday song





















Blowing the candles





















Cutting the cake





















A pic with Daryl while Kel is cutting the cake





















Daryl trying to bite Kel





















Kel cutting the cake





















Another family pic



























Pris & Daryl. This is her fav pic as Daryl cooperated with us when we were taking the pic.





















Mum & Daryl





















When Kat fed Daryl his birthday cake, he spitted it out as it was too cold. I hope that you can make it out from this pic.





















Kel's dad tried to feed some birthday cake to Daryl without any success





















Now it's James's gf's turn to be caught feeding him. What a lovey dovey couple. :p





















James & his gf.

After the cake cutting, we stayed inside the cafe to eat the cake & chit chat. Daryl, on the other hand, went out of the cafe to play with Cherie (Jason's daughter) or mei mei as he called her.

From about 10pm onwards, our guests started to leave. I think that most of them enjoyed themselves at our party. Most told Kel that they enjoyed the food & the chance to get togther with each other. For us, we are glad that we organised this party with our family members. I took some pics with my family again before they leave.





















Pris, Daryl & her bf





















A family pic with my mum & sis before they leave

Daryl also enjoyed himself a lot at the party. He was so happy that he didn't want to sleep even though it's way past his bedtime already. Since it's his birthday, we indulged him by letting him watch a Sesame Street VCD. At the same time, we took a pic with his ang paos for remembrance.





















Daryl with his ang pows. Thanks a lot to all his uncles & aunties for being so generous. He also received some birthday gifts. However, we were too tired to bring them in from the living room to take pics. Think I'll take the pics tomorrow when Daryl opens them.

When Daryl finished his Sesame Street VCD, we switched off the TV & the light & he was knocked out very soon. What a day...

2 years old

Daryl finally turns 2 years old today. When he woke up, we change him into this new outfit which I bought from Kidz Cottage. Btw, I don't recommend purchasing from Kidz Cottage. I find that their stuff are more expensive than Little Tots Closet & their service is not as personalized as the latter.





















































Daryl holding his 1st ang pow from Ye Ye. Kel's dad gave him the ang pow last night before Daryl slept. See how happy he is.

After opening his ang pow, we went out to the living room so that Daryl have his breakfast & open his presents from us & Auntie Eileen.



























Daryl posing in his new Adidas shoes which was a gift from Kel. His current shoes are kinda of tight already, thus Kel thought of buying a new pair for him. I am amazed at how fast his feet had grown as we bought just his current shoes during CNY. At the rate that he's growing, I think we would need to 'upgrade' his shoes every 6 months already.





















Daryl with his birthday presents. From left to right - Auntie Eileen's present, the Sesame Street board books which I bought for him, the remote control toy car which Asty bought for him, his new Mickey Mouse sandals which I bought for him & the Mega Bloks Farm Set which I bought for him.















































Daryl with Auntie Eileen's present. Thanks Auntie Eileen, he loves it...

There's a Chinese tradition which states that the birthday boy / gal has to eat eggs on their birthday. Therefore, Kel the doting dad asked Asty to boil a hard boiled egg for Daryl. Then he has the 'honour' to feed the birthday boy.













































































































After Daryl's sumptuous breakfast, it's time to play with his presents. I think that Kel is more excited than Daryl in opening up his presents & playing with them. This shows that there is always a child in every adult. :p































































































In the pics above, Kel is helping Daryl to open up the Mega Bloks farm set. After opening it up, Kel & Daryl had a great time playing with it & the rest of his toys. They only stopped when it's time for lunch.

Daryl & Daddy

Daryl can be such a Daddy's boy at times. Tonight, I managed to capture a vid of him in 'action'.

Daryl has a habit of reading his books or book book as he called them every night before he sleeps. Tonight is no exception. As Kel had an early golf game tomorrow morning in JB, he was home early today so that he can sleep early. Thus, tonight is 1 of the rare times that he accompanied Daryl when he's reading.

In the vid below, you can see Kel teaching Daryl some new words. The funniest thing is, when Daryl managed to say the correct word, he would lean over to Kel so that Kel can give him a kiss. This went on for a long time. I was laughing when I saw it & couldn't resist taking a vid of it.

No Need

Kel taught Daryl a new word today. But I don't know whether it's a good idea or not. :p

When Daryl woke up this morning, Kel & I went to play with him on our bed. Kel was telling Daryl that he have to wake up & bath already as mummy is bringing him to have lunch with mummy's friends. However, Daryl was still lazing on the bed as he was enjoying the playtime with Daddy. Then Kel told Daryl that he has to be a good boy so that mummy will bring him out more often. I retorted that if he don't need me to carry him all the time, then he's a good boy already. Thus, Kel told Daryl that he's a big boy already, so he must walk by himself already & don't need us to carry him anymore. Then Kel asked him, "Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you anymore?" Daryl didn't answer him. However, he's got this cheeky look on his face. Kel then got a thought. He taught Daryl how to say "No need". Daryl followed. I must say that we are quite impressed as his pronunciation is very accurate. So the conversation went...

K : Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you later?
D : No need
K : Do you need mummy to carry your bag for you?
D : No need
K : Okie, that's a good boy. Can you get up & go pong pong now?
D : No need
K : Daryl, you cannot be a notti boy k. If not, mummy will not bring you out.

Daryl didn't reply his daddy. But he's got a cheeky grin on his cheek

K : Do you need mummy to spank your backside if you are a notti boy?
D : No need

*faint*

Sigh, I forsee that this word is going to be his favourite from now onwards.

Orange Watch

I realised that Daryl likes stuff which are orange in colour or has got some orange colour in them. E.g. oranges, 1 of his cars which got an orange top, his sandals which is orange & brown in colour, 1 set of his clothes which is orange & grey in colour, etc.

Today, we went back to my mum's place as it's National Day. When we were going back, my mum suddenly remembered that she has an orange watch which she can give to her grandson. She told us to wait while she went to take the watch.

When she found it, she put it on for Daryl. You know what, he stood there like a good little boy & let my mum wear the watch for him. We were so amazed. Our previous attempts to wear anything on his hands were always rebuffed.

The funny thing is, when Daryl was wearing the watch, he would hold up his arm as if he's afraid that the watch would drop should he put down his hands. :p We were laughing when we saw that. I forgot to take a pic of him then as I was laughing too hard. I only remembered when we reached home.



























Daryl staring earnestly at the watch



























Daryl striking a pose for me with his new watch

Bye Tata...

I usually have a shower before bedtime. Tonight is no exception. However, Daryl did something tonight which made me laugh.

When I came out of our bathroom after my shower, Daryl came running to me holding the TV's remote control in his hands. He put the remote control in my hand & pulled me to our bed. When we reached our bed, Daryl said, "Bye Tata" while waving his hands. FYI, tata is Asty. I taught Daryl to call her Kaka as a sign of respect. As he can't pronounced the K sound, his kaka sounds like tata. The funniest thing is, after saying that, he went to open our bedroom's door, signalling that he wants Asty to leave our room.

I was laughing when I heard Daryl said that. He's becoming such a precocious kid

When Asty heard what Daryl said, her answer was, "Okie, u don't want me, then I go out." Then she got up to leave the room. Daryl went to pull her hand & led her towards the door. At the door, he stood there & said,"Bye tata" & waved his hands again.

After Asty had left the room, Daryl closed the door & walked back to our bed with a smug grin on his face. By then, I was in stitches already. I couldn't believe that he actually said & did that. He's such a notti boy...

Meh Meh

Daryl has a fascinaton with small animals such as birds, cats & dogs, etc. He can watch them for hours without getting bored. Daryl calls bird as bird bird, dog is dog dog or woof woof while cat is cat cat or meh meh, depending on his mood. Why meh meh for cat? Coz he can't pronounce meow meow, thus it came out as meh meh... It always brings a smile to my face whenever I heard that.

Today, on our way back home in the afternoon, we chanced upon a cat at the staircase landing. This cat has been a very frequent visitor to our home recently as it has taken to having naps outside our house. Thus when Daryl saw it, he was very excited. He decided that he wants to have a chat with the cat at the staircase landing right there.

Disney Training Pants

I bought 3 more pairs of training pants for Daryl from Little Tots Closet as I feel that his current 2 pairs is not enough.
























However, in order to successfully toilet trained him, I think that I would need more training pants. Since Little Tots Closet have limited stocks, I think that I would have to source from elsewhere already.

Today, I let Daryl wear the Disney training pants. As he looks so cute wearing it, Kel couldn't resist taking some pics.









































































Hopefully, Daryl can be toilet trained soon. His diaper expenses is probably going to bankrupt us soon as he's now wearing XXL size diapers already. :p

Golf

Kel is an avid golfer, thus he would play golf whenever his schedule permits. Today is 1 of those days.

This morning, when Kel was packing his golf bag in our room, Daryl followed him into the room & sat on the bed to watch his daddy. Before packing his stuff into his golf bag, Kel would place them on the bed 1st to ensure that he didn't left anything out. Daryl was watching his every move. After a while, Daryl couldn't resist the temptation & started to play with Kel's stuff. When Kel saw that, he couldn't resist to let Daryl wear his stuff.



























Doesn't Daryl look like a golfer?



























Another pic of Daryl looking like a golfer.



























Daryl trying to unbuckle his belt



























Daryl is still trying to unbuckle his belt.

Kel & I were in stitches when we saw Daryl in his new outfit. It was with great reluctance that he took his stuff off Daryl.

Daryl the Drama King

Daryl did something really funny just now in the afternoon.

I was working in the study room when Daryl came to pull me out of the room. I followed him out to the living room. He gestured for me to sit down on the sofa beside him. to watch his cartoon with him, or rather, I was watching the cartoon while Daryl was playing with his cars beside me.

Suddenly, he bent down to knock his head on his cars. I didn't do anything & waited to see what would be his reaction. (P/S : it's not that I am hard hearted. It's just that it's the 1st time that I had seen Daryl do that. I had a feeling that he wants attention from me, thus I wanted to see what he's going to do.) My drama boy went, " Ehh......" It sounded like a cry, but it's not really a cry. Then he pointed to his forehead & went "Head... pain pain... head... pain pain..." I controlled my laughter & told him, "Darling, it serves you right! Who asked you to hit your head against your car car?" His reply was, "Head... pain pain..." Then he took my hand so that I can sayang his head. When I heard that, I played along. I went, "Oh, head... pain pain ah... okie, nevermind, then mummy kiss k. Then no more pain pain already..." I kissed his forehead a few times. Seeing no reaction from him, I kissed his forehead a few more times till he pulled away. Then you know what he did? He went, "Pain pain no more... pain pain no more..." The funniest thing is, he was twirling his hands around when he said that. Coupled with this very serious look on his face, I was laughing so hard that my sides hurt. My darling is such a drama king...

When Kel came back from his appt at night, I told him about what his baobei did. Kel went to tease Daryl about what he said to me just now, I think Daryl knew that we were teasing him. He went to hide his face in Kel's legs. It was soooooo funny... We had a good laugh about it again...

Daryl My Sweetheart

I woke up this morning with a pulled muscle at the left side of my neck. Think that there's something wrong with my sleeping position last night, thus the pulled muscle. Man... what a way to start my day...

In the late afternoon, when I was sitting at the coffeetable doing my work, my neck seems to be getting more painful. Therefore, I asked Kel to help me to massage my neck. Daryl who was playing nearby was watching us.

After a while, Kel stopped & he jokingly asked Daryl to take over & massaged me. To our surprise, Daryl actually came over & started to thump my neck. I was very touched by his gesture!! The enthusiasm which he showed when thumping my neck really melts my heart. Kel who was watching us teased me about Daryl being a mummy's boy. I retorted that he's just jealous. :p