April Delights

Life had been inexplicably hectic at work recently - with me averaging about 3 to 5 hours of sleep nightly. It is getting harder to juggle motherhood and working life, but I refused to be daunted. Furthermore, there are little blessings in life this month - for it is both Hubby's and Big Bee's birthdays!

As we grow older, we prefer to keep our birthday celebrations more and more simple. And this is the same for Big Bee too. When I asked her how she would like to celebrate her birthday this year, she said she would rather spend a quiet birthday with us, and not involve her friends, unlike her big bash last year.

So, we woke up bright and early on Hubby's birthday to have a simple yet heartwarming breakfast by the pool. As the Bees grow older, we find it so easy to just sit back, relax and observe the little interactions of our 2 big girls, letting them run the show, leaving Hubby and I in the backseat. Today's breakfast comprised of scrumptious soon kueh and mouth-watering fa-gao. We munched on good food, observed the shimmering ripples of the pool and admired the verdant greenery around us. Lovely quality family time.

Breakfast by the pool with the Bees

We then plunged into the pool for a little swim, before hurrying off to The Line at Shangri-La Hotel with Hubby's family for an overwhelming buffet lunch. The food in The Line was just.too.much! And I thought it was crazily expensive and not worth its value. However, Big Bee had been bugging me to go there for its chocolate fountain, after reading about it in someone's blog, so I thought this would be a wonderful chance to bond over food with Hubby's family as well.

They were hardly away from this chocolate fountain for long!

We were also lucky that there was a roaming balloon sculptor who created a cute little flower for Little Bee and an amazingly impressive bouquet of balloon flowers - complete with a bow! - for Big Bee, whose birthday was imminent!

We ended off a rather long day with a lazy and peaceful dinner at our favourite Italian restaurant in a charming area, a relaxing trip to the library and completed the day with Hubby blowing his (all-too-many) candles on his cake!

I really love weekends like these :)