We headed to Joel's school in the morning with 3 cake boxes! Joel doesnt know what's inside the boxes (nor that we're going to celebrate his bday in class), so he was very happy when we took out the CAR cakes! That's Cakes #1. As expected, he LOVED the blue car the most. (I was told by the seller that the smallest cake is only good for 4 person. 1 size up is good for 6 person, so i ordered 3 of this cake size becoz Joel's class has 3 teachers & 15 students on a day with full attendance. But after cutting up the first cake, we realised that it was enough for all the kids and the teachers. So we gave the 2 other cakes to the other classes to enjoy)
We had another lunch appointment with friends at Paulaner but since Joel was enjoying himself so much in school, we decided to leave him there till before his nap time. Meanwhile, we went to collect the cake from Awfully Chocolate and home to decorate it with M&Ms! That's Cake #2.
Daddy Elvis had made reservations at Paulaner becoz of their outdoor playground (although we dont have any child guests). But the temperature dropped soooo much on this day that it was freezing and not suitable to be playing outdoors. Nevertheless, Joel had a good time and a great meal with some of our closer friends in Shanghai - the people he sees regularly. After the lunch celebration, we also allowed Joel to about 15mins at the playground. (Becoz of the bad weather, we also decided last minute to leave Emma at home. We're so sorry, Little Emma.)
In the evening, we headed to Taiwanese friends' house for dinner. (Last Christmas Day, we also had dinner at their house) We didnt expect them to buy a cake for Joel! Usually, everywhere is selling only Christmas-themed cakes and logcakes...so Joel had a Santa Claus cake! That's Cake #3!
I'm sure Joel had a truly memorable birthday celebration which made up for all the smaller birthday celebrations he has had in the past.
Joel, Mommy & Daddy love you very much.
- I havent been updating my blog for the longest time...and i decided back-date it during our trip in Singapore now for CNY 2011. Wanted to take the pictures from my Facebook... only to realise that the network is soooo slow and doesnt work too well. Hence, i will post more of the pictures after i'm back in Shanghai using the VPN which is also slow... FYI, both blogspot AND facebook are banned in China. :/
