The Chronicle of a 4yo girl's birthday cake

The girls 4th birthday are coming.
This year we decided not to have any theme party but a simple cake cutting session with the family members instead.

However, I dont mind getting another cake for them to celebrate with their classmates... especially when they are aware that they are turning 4 soon and they actually know it fall on which day and kept asking me why it took so long for the day to come.

and the conversation starts...

me: " Children... so what cake will you like to have for 4yo birthday?"
abe: " Mm.... ORANGE cake!"
clara: " I want strawberry cake!"

Last year they had a 2-tier pink colour cake with many strawberries fruits surrounded. Clara dont really have a strong preference.

me: " Abella, mommy is asking for the feature, do you really just want an orange colour cake?"
abe: " YES! " still grinning away.

-_-"

me: " Then how about "Mr bean" cake?" (hee.. teasing them. Mr bean is their favourite show lately but I regreted saying that immediately.)
wtpg: " YES!! I want, I want Mr bean cake!!!"

Cant imagine a dainty 4yo girl bday cake is a comical Mr bean face?! Trying to ammend their decision...
me: " Children, Im afraid it's difficult to find "Mr bean" cake, probably will involve some copyright too. Maybe we can get Mr bean's pet, the bear instead?"
(A bear cake will be nicer and easily avaliable too... hehe)
wtpg: " OK!!!"

*Bingo*

However, though bear pic is easy available, but none looks like Mr bean's brownie bear...

wtpg: " Mommy, hv u got my Mr bean's bear cake huh?"
me: " Er... girls, Im sorry, I cant get it actually... can we have other choice instead?"

Abella really starts thinking...
me:" What about strawberry shortcake? or princess? or butterfly?"
Abe: " Mommy, Im thinking... Let me think ok."
me: " ... ... ... ok. When u hv decided.. jus let me know..."
Abe: " Mommy, I want a bus cake! Yes a bus cake!"

-_-" Cant they just be more girlish... choose flowers or princess or butterfly and dolls etc instead?

Still.. I search for a "bus" cake but it's really not easily available unless custom make which I really dont wish to pay for the extra.

Lastly...
me: " Girls, Im sorry, I cant find "bus" cake too... can u choose dinosaur or lion? I saw a lion cake and the mane is your fav colour orange!"
(narrowing the category... hopfully can end the dilemma)
Clara: "Dinosaur!"
Abe: " Mm... mommy let me think huh.."

-_-

me: "Clara, you will like to hv dinosaur ha? but you hv to discuss with Abella then both of you agreed with one, ok?"

So the two girls engaged in a discussion....
Abe: "Mommy, we want the lion cake. But when we are 5yo can you buy the dinosaur cake, then 6yo orange cake and 7yo strawberry cake..."
me: " Ok ok ok..."

Finally!!!
5yo? 6yo? 7yo?... 0_0 next year then worry lar... haha

A year later...

year 2007...
one tutu Clarabelle...














A year later...
dainty little fellow.














year 2007...
Two little girls, standing below the window frame...













A year later...
same spot but standing as high as the window frame.

What more???

Chating with some stranger painter...

A year for the children can be so much changes huh?

Comforting from the hubby

Though my hubby is like an old a big baby, refuses to grow up.

I cannot deny that he is a rational person, who will point to me when my emotional get over my rational.

me: " Why our girls so steady huh? Dont seem to miss us when staying at Bernice's place? I remember when I first stay over-night at my grandmom's place with my two bros, we cried in the middle of the night and our uncle had no choice but to bring us home..."

hubb: " They started school much earlier than us. Their exposure is there, furthermore theirs are full-day childcare, they slept in school, so they can adapt places beside their home. They sure more independant than us at their age."


me: " Why our girls enjoy staying at Bernice's place huh? Our house also have many toys and we always have fun time... we brought them outing... "

hubb: " Kids are like that, easily over-whelmed by new things, new people."

At time, he can analyse better too...

me: " How come Bernice's mommy told what she observed about our girls are differently from my own observation. To me Abella is better at puzzle and make logic. She has more choice of colour when coloring. She is more observant. She's faster to identify object. However, what Bernice's mommy observed is opposite. Clarabelle seem better..."

hubb: " Clarabelle is not confidance infront of us but not with other people. Abella is more confidance with us but not comfortable with stranger."

He is really a pointer... set me thinking why Clarabelle is not confidance infront of us but actually can be so good infront of other. Have I actually intimidated her learning???

But consolation is, at least now we know both of them are in par... jus that one has a lower self-esteem infront of us, another, infront of stranger.

A different roof

Of late, Clarabelle has develope an interest in house visiting.

She will either say she has not been to somone house and wants to go someone house or say want to invite someone to our house.

Of course, this somone is one she's fond of, but can be one she just aquainted too and she had chemistry with.

Then she has been bugging my fren, Bernice's mommy, everytime we meet up. Speaking of it, I realised we actually have not been to their house.

So my kind hearted fren invited them and even suggested a "1 day 1 night" stay at her house.

I felt is interrupting, albeit the proposal sound interesting. And it was Bernice's mommy and the 3 little girls bugging, I dont wish to spoil spot but acepted the invitation.

So last Saturday night, I simply packed their "luggage" to send them off.
Probably I was too mindful with my domestical routine to accomplish.
Probably I was thinking this not gona to be real, the girls will back off immediately.

I didnt cater time for emotional, the separation anxiety. Not until the moment, when the car was here to fetch them...

Instantly, the carefree Clarabelle hopped in and beckoned Abella excitedly . The affectionate Abella was already eyes red, hand adhesive to mine, asking me to go along too. I was perspiring panick then but relief in heart too. Still we gave Abella the assurance to go ahead, it'll be fine, mommy will pick her next morning for breakfast, there will be many fun waiting ahead.

Abella is always a "sense" abiding child. After our words, she hugged and kissed me gdnite followed by to her daddy then lifted herself and hop on.

3 little girls waved inside happily as the car moved and disappeared..

I have no time for emotional... It was too late by the time I regreted. I missed them instantly. Not that it was the first time they sleep out, they ever stay-over at their mama's hse. But this time I really felt the amiss.

I was hoping for call... to pick them up, as they were weeping, insist to come home...
but none...

I dosed off and thought will be waken up by early morning call, urging us to bring them home...
but none other than a pic sms, taken 3 beauties sleeping and text, "will return ur girls in the evening..."

Arrh... I cant take it further... I return txt insisting to brin back my girls at noon!

What I had worried for my girls, sound more for myself, the older girl huh?!