birthday celebrations

Tiger Girl Turns 5

Tiger girl with her birthday cakes and present

Tiger girl with her birthday cakes and present

5 is certainly a magical number. It’s an age where the Magic begins.  It is an age whereby one is able to understand everything that is communicated verbally.

At 5 yrs old Tiger girl can communicate  her wants/ wishes very clearly. She knows what she wants and is able to make decisions on her own.

All of us together

All of us together

This year she wanted strawberry cake  and rainbow cake for her birthday. She couldn’t decide on which type of strawberry cake she wanted so we got a few slices of different types of cakes instead. We also got  Tiramisu and cookies and cream for the boys since those are their favourite cakes.

She got a My Little Pony Chutes and Ladders set as her birthday present as she had been eyeing that set for a while. We didn’t want to buy her any more My Little Pony toys as she has plenty at home from all the collections which she was gifted on her previous birthday.

The kids playing

The kids playing ” disco night” bowling in the afternoon

This year Tiger girl requested to go bowling instead of swimming. Since starting to play bowling a few months back  she is hooked on this spot and have been asking to go  to the bowling alley as it has nearly been a month since our last visit.

The kids bowling scores

The kids bowling scores

This  time she won hands down against her brothers with 101 points. Really remarkable as the lightest ball at 6 pounds is still much too heavy for her. Tiger girl needs to literally ROLL the ball instead of bowling it in the normal fashion to knock down the pins.

It did help that they had the gutters up for the kids when they bowled or else I’m sure their total scores would have been much lesser.

How do your kids celebrate their birthdays?

 
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Writer’s Workshop: Turning 37 this August

Our family of 5

Our family of 5

Last year I celebrated my birthday with the kids and we had Mooncake as a birthday cake. This year I had a different type of celebration.

Cycling at the Park

Cycling at the Park

We decided on taking the kids cycling at the park as  they haven’t been to the park in a long time. This time Tiger girl is able to join us cycling and everyone had a rented bicycle each to pedal on.

Wefie with R

Wefie with R

R flew in for the weekend to spend time with me and the kids. We were able to  spend some couple time together and did what we haven’t had chance to do for a long time- watching a movie together.

We watched Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation at  a newly opened cinema in Clementi.  Watching movies in the neighbourhood area is certainly nice.  There were  ample seats for selection and we  were able to get good  seats for the movie less then 30 min prior to the screening of the show on a Saturday afternoon.

The latest installment of the Mission Impossible show pales in comparison to the previous installments of the series. Both R and me found the story line rather weak and much too violent for my liking.  ( It was certainly not a show I would like the kids to see.)

Enjoying the spread at a Korean Restaurant

Enjoying the spread at a Korean Restaurant

Korean BBQ is something which I enjoy eating and I had the chance to savor  the BBQ meats with R over the weekend.

NLP workshop

NLP workshop

It was a busy birthday weekend for me as besides shuttling the kids around for their weekend classes R and I attended a NLP workshop  and learned more about how one’s mind works and how powerful a tool it is.

It is all in the head. What you perceive does affect your outlook of live and how you conduct yourself. Having a growth mindset is certainly liberating and the way to go if one wants to have a balanced life with continuous growth.

NLP is certainly a subject which I will be looking into when I get the time to do so.

At 37 I find that I am not focused then I was last year .Even though I have more on my plate at the moment I’m happier and more contented with how life is now.

How did you celebrate your birthday this year?

Jenny Matlock Mama’s Losin’ It