Saturday morning...we were still fresh from the gush of euphoria from yesterday's gift-opening...and we were going to Er Yi's house for the Lu Lu sisters' celebration!
put didi in this rocker while preparing stuff...given by Uncle Boon Chye for xun's first month and it had gone through tong, you you and now back to Jun. Ha, would be passed to er yi's girl and san yi's boy in future. papa declared this as the most value for money investment...orrrrr..thanks to Uncle Chye, one of mama's closest male pals
decided to do away with the physical birthday calendar and did up the digital one instead..opps, you's Chinese name was incorrect
the two of you always fought to sit with didi at the back of the car...I supposed you two really adored him
and trying to take more photos of didi..eh...but he did not have many expressions as yet
tong took this photo and didi surely looked so awfully chubby here
ha, he did frown frequently too, like his beloved gor gor
and tong waited quite a while for this sticking out tongue photo
ah ha, it was feasting and MJ time
er yi's house used to be minimalistic but now many colourful things had been added. Introducing the play corner...to the kids' delight
they were just roaming up and down the corridor with toys
while we feasted on pizzas and drumlets
orrr er yi and san yi prepared dumplings with peanut soup for us. interestingly, tong liked it! Not jie jie though.
did not have a tall tree here, just a cute tiny one on the TV console
the wall was decked with you you's craft, jie took a liking to this caterpillar which was fashioned out of a cardboard egg carton
you you had grown up and was able to join in the fun with the older ones. In fact, he had unlocked a new achievement level - being able to play with the two when er jie went to bathe. Initially, he was bawling outside the toilet, but san yi led him to wai gong (whom you you adored) and the next thing you knew, the trio were racing up and down the corridor on wheels
wished wai po was here. Xun missed her too. I really liked the colourful mini tang yuans.
the little ones kept pestering the adults to let them shuffle the tiles and throw the dice
jie jie brought her Christmas present here and got it up and working with the help of er yi zhang and san yi zhang. you you liked this ferris wheel too.hahaha
we had the evil santa game. Everyone was supposed to bring one new but not useful to oneself thing to regift. ha, but san yi even went out specially to buy gifts for the exchange and everyone brought really nice items
we drew MJ tiles to determine the order of who got to pick the gift first
it was er yi zhang and he chose the gift from San yi
nice, it was a neck pillow with a massager
san yi and her hubby bought two neck pillows and then san yi got back another neck pillow (a gift from xiaoyi)
papa chose the other neck pillow
er yi got a pink power bank (from uncle alston and er yi also gave away a power bank to san yi too, ha)
uncle alston got the pillow we brought, he claimed he liked it
mama got a vacuum flask from er yi, and xiaoyi, the last one to choose had to take the scratch map from us. San yi and san yi zhang loved the map so much that they wanted to trade both the floral neck pillow and power bank for the map. it was hilarious...and xiaoyi did agree and we were all happy recipients.
back to MJ...mama's heart warmed at this sight...there was completeness, the 4 sisters and their partners...well...we hoped uncle alston would treasure Xiao yi
while the kids washed up and played in the room
the 4 sisters...forgot to take a photo of the 4 men though
the 4 cheeky munchkins
who were having a whale of a time together
we celebrated san yi's BIG 30!
then the men resumed their game, the rest watched the drama serial together, even wai gong liked this show and always watched it with wai po
finally, at 10 plus, it was time to head home. It used to be the sisters would come to our house at potong pasir and stayed over night. Then when we had kids, they would come and stayed till the wee hours and went back to their own homes.
now our gatherings started at an increasingly earlier time, like lunch and we would linger till after dinner but all heading back before midnight...haha
I thanked God for our extended families all the time...what would we be without our families? at the end of the day, what was the most important thing in our lives? more money? A flourishing career? perhaps not...maybe just a simple meal with our loved ones...
back at home and the loony jie with that bunny hairband san yi gave. The two were having a tender moment on their bed, doing their routine
jie's bed was all cluttered with soft toys.
a selfie before we went to wash up...What a night...this was definitely absolutely the best Christmas celebration of the year. Xun asked me why I thought so, I replied because I loved my sisters the most of all.
27th Dec 15 sunday
papa took care of jun while mama napped a little
papa took care of jun while mama napped
saw on my FB my 5 yrs of friendship on FB with godma...hahaha
and the little tiny angelic xun
and a most comical video of xiaobiaogu and mama playing some games at the hotel room in New York 4 years ago
the kids went to the newly opened Downtown line with papa
cool, now we could go to further places with more ease
mama and the 3 musketeers would be painting the town red together!
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