William's Birthday Parties

We had two celebration for William's birthday this year.  This boy is quite decisive over what he wants.  He requested for a celebration with his friends at kindy, even months before his birthday, and as for the family celebration, he said it should be at the same place as the previous years.

His actual birthday fell a Monday, which was coincidently a school outing day.  So we had to choose the Thursday before.  I bought a simple cheese cake, ordered some pizzas and spent most of the remaining budget on the party packs!  Each child received a page of stickers, UHT milk, junk food, a healthy biscuit and depending on the gender, Transformer mini toys or a 7 piece stationery Princess set, together with a color printed slip saying, "Thank you for making my day special."

The delivery boy couldn't find his school and Daddy had to wait at the guardhouse to wave him down if the boy happen to drive past!  The pizza arrived just in time, as the kids settled down after their PE lesson.  The pizza however, was not piping hot as it should be.  But kids are thankfully not choosy at this age, as they gobbled down the pizza excitedly after the song singing and cake cutting ritual.

William got to say "grace" before the food was served, and he was so happily proud when he said it.

Cutting his cake.  Looking on is Chrissy and Eviana

The "King" and I

Family Celebration

We have pictures taken every year at Souled Out on his 2nd, 3rd and 4th birthday and nicely framed up in the complimentary paper frames from the outlet.  I noticed that in the last two years birthdays, William wore the same viking hat so for this year, it would be nice if the restaurant could provide a different hat.

Failing to obtain the lady boss' contact, I told hubby I'm leaving it to him if he can source it from his "cables".  Hubby did the easiest - to drop a note in their Facebook page, and voila... the rest they say is history!  The manager liaised with us, and asked William to choose his favourite hat or costume for his birthday.  William chose the Pirate hat and the management generously obliged us.

The kids enjoyed the complimentary helium balloon decorations, and William had pizza for his meal, complimentary from the management.

The rest of us had the following...

Crunchy kurma chicken

Braised lamb shank

Sirloin steak

Prawn tauhu balls

Something pasta

Tenderloin steak

Salad

Salmon in creamy sauce fettucine

Nachos with mozzarella and salsa dip

Carbonara with bacon strips

Pan seared garoupa with rice

Spicy hot dog

Pepperoni and pineapple pizza

 

Pirate William's brand new hat, courtesy of Souled Out.  Thank you Mr Ali for the special arrangement!

Picture taken a few hours before officially turning 5

Dear William,

I love you more each day.  Truly you multiply the joy in our family with your ever generous laughter, and ever ready smile.  I pray for God's protection, blessing of health and good friends, to surround you every day of your life.  May you seek and receive wisdom and realize your dream that builds on your creativeness.  Mummy will continue to cuddle, hug and kiss you as you will forever be my little boy, my boy boy.