All About Your Child

Today is my boys’ Ah Yee’s (aunt aka my sis) birthday.

We had our usual midnight cake cutting celebration to start the day off and ended with a sumptuous dinner at Kuishinbo.

I think this year, the kids enjoyed this day as much as the adults! *laugh*

The experience at Kuishinbo was just too funny! Every half hour or so, the staff at Kuishinbo will ring the bell and start distributing specialties to the first 20 odd  customers who ‘run’ to the counter.

So whenever we hear ‘ring-a-ling-a-ling’, everyone dropped whatever they were chewing on and dash for the counter, without even knowing what food is being distributed! It was more like a ‘Just-Take-It!’ attitude. *laugh*

So the kids’ ears were all high and pointy throughout the 3hour-buffet, just to wait for the ‘ring-a-ling-a-ling’! *laugh*

Binbin whacked that bowl of grapes. He practically had fruit and chawamushi buffet!!! What an expensive fruit buffet he had?! *eyes rolled* Towards the end, when all the adults were ‘heavily pregnant with food’, he was still getting grapes for all of us. *eyes rolled* His reason was “I share what I like with you all, because I love you all!” …….

And Keatkeat cannot get enough sweetness from pastries and freshness from sushi. With so much flour and rice, he was full in no time! So full that he could not even finish his ice-cream! *laugh*

What the kids loved most was the fondue! ‘Chocolate Fountain’ was the name they called it. They were happily poking the fruits and rolling them under the rain of strawberry chocolate.

As for the adults, the birthday girl (my sis), Allan and I hit the seafood!!! The monster crabs, the sashimi, the shells…. With so much choices, I did not forget the chocolates!!! Yum!

I apologize for the lack of photos. I was too busy eating!!! *laugh*

The bill came up to a scary $180+. Then again, its once in a year event, so its still pretty cool for such an indulgence. *wink*

Happy Birthday Ah Yee!
~ from Keatkeat and Binbin.

To me, children’s world is everything about simplicity. Pure fun and honesty surrounds every corner. What is secret? To them at this age, below 6, all that they know is sharing the great news.

Things which made them happy. Events which made them angry. Experiences which caused a tear in their eye. They let it all out in words. To them keeping a secret is as good as going against every cell in their body.

You ask them to keep a secret, they ask “WHY?”

Which in fact, is a fantastic question!!!

It was Allan’s birthday few months back. He happily ran to his Papa and said, “I made a card for you and hide it in your laptop.” *faint*

Me: “Shhhh… Binbin, its supposed to be a surprise.”

Binbin: “But Papa would be happier to know it now, right? Don’t need to wait till he go home then know mah.”

Yesterday, Binbin did it again.

Binbin: “Ah Yee (my younger sis), we bought a cake for you already.”

Me: “Shhhh…. Binbin!”

My Sis: “What did you say Binbin?” (even though it was obvious that she heard it, but she just played along. *laugh*)

Binbin got the clue and left the room in silence.

It made me think. Why am I trying to teach my children? To suppress their excitement? To prevent them from making another person happy, by spreading the good news? Why don’t I just let them say what they want to say?

What if they learned the wrong message that ‘not all things need to be said’? *pout* That would be the last thing I want. I want them to continue the way they share their little daily ups and downs with me. Every little thoughts that go into their head, they express explicitly.

I want things to stay this way…… come to think of it, “Surprise” is not such a big thing afterall. In fact, sometimes it could be a big disappointment. *Wink*