A week before my birthday, the family gathered at Orchard Parade Hotel for a nice steak dinner at Black Angus, as per my request for meat.
It was the first time I’d ever eaten a steak that cost over $40. But then again, it was a giant 16oz (medium rare) ribeye steak with red wine sauce. And even dad had one himself. While I was fretting over the prices, he was all, “it’s your birthday, never mind…”
And it was really, truly awesome. The steak was HUGE! It was nice and tender and bloody, and I’ve never tasted anything like the red wine sauce. We were so eager to get started on the steak that no one thought to take pictures until after it was all done. Pity. But there were plenty of pictures after.
Biggie sis and hubby had a rare night out without baby Linus and were making up for lost baby-less time with a vengeance. So they made the rest of us take lots and lots and lots of photos of them. After all our efforts, this was the only one they liked.
I guess you can’t really blame them for their enthusiasm. Baby Linus was conceived shortly after they were married, and they could only enjoy 9 months of alone time. Ah well… at least Linus is cute and brings a lot of joy to their lives. (When he isn’t bawling away)
Then it was my turn for photos! With the hamsome, charming darz by my side.
Biggie sis shot this, reviewed it in the camera and commented. “This picture looks rather strange. Why ah?”
The boyfriend candidly replies, “She looks demure.”
Wait, what?
“Oh!” biggie sis exclaims. “Yar, you’re right!”
Great, that’s real nice… Admittedly, I still had food in my mouth and couldn’t smile, but still…
Biggie Sis shot this one after and was much pleased. “Ya, this one looks more like you.”
And she’s probably right.
Wenyinyin & her preggie mommie doing colouring
Wenyinyin had spent the morning hunting for my cake with her daddy and preggie mommie, and was excited to say the least. So excited, that as soon as she got to the dinner table, she chirped “where xiaoyi cake?” (when it was, of cos, supposed to be a surprise.)
I was still surprised, btw. Because my parents had arrived at the restaurant with a cake box, which i assumed was the cake. Turned out to be a “backup”, taken from one of the many CNY cakes we were given, and had a giant ç¦ written on it. Wenyinyin’s cake was the real deal.
When dinner was over, Wenyinyin refused to let anyone bring her out of her seat to wash up. She was adamant not to miss any of the cake action. So I had to do it, and only after convincing her that since it was my birthday and my cake, no one would start without me. And she obediently went with me. When the cake was finally served, she sat on my lap, cos it was the closest she could get to the cake.
Preggie sis looked at these two photos and commented, “hey, your daughter is very cute!”
Very funny… My sister’s a joker.
Then it’s more photos… with my parents.
Me, discovering that my cake is from Canele. Oooo!
And finally, our family portrait minus Linus. And the only picture showing yeechin and preggie sister.
It was a great way to start becoming 26. =)