Celebrating Isabelle’s 2nd Birthday

Hubby and I have been rather busy lately, but we didn’t forget about Isabelle’s 2nd birthday. We had numerous discussions about whether to hold a birthday party for her or just celebrate among close family members. We just can’t think of where to hold her birthday. She had her full moon and 1st birthday parties at McDonald’s and even if we know that the kids will love to have a party there, but hubby was not keen about the venue. Besides that, both of us are rather exhausted with packing our personal stuffs and hubby’s stocks at his office, we are out of energy to entertain the guests now too tired to hold a party now.

Thus, we decided to have a simple dinner with family members last night at Kizuna Japanese Restaurant since we went there a few times and we like the food. Hubby booked a room days ago and we ordered a cake for Isabelle too. Talking about the cake, it didn’t come easy either. Firstly, I wanted to book a 3D Barbie Doll cake from The Left Shore, but it’s closed for a week. Then, the cake maker next door is too busy to bake a cake for us. We didn’t have many choices left so we settled with Gold Vision cake house, and they used a cheapo China doll instead of the real Martel Barbie! Ok, it’s just a doll, why make a big fuss about it? Besides, both hubby and I boh lak liao.

The Doll Cake for Isabelle

Anyway, the dinner was great and all the kids had fun with their favorite sushi and unagi. They even “put on a show” about Goldilocks and The Three Bear and Little Red Riding Hood. Hubby’s been practicing with them for weeks for the performance, but of course, with little Isabelle being one of the characters, you can’t hope much from their plays. LOL!

Thank god we had a room for ourselves for more privacy. If we didn’t have the room, the kids definitely couldn’t put up teh shows with all the indoor and outdoor furniture as well as diners around. Besides that, the kids were too noisy, I think they would be disturbing the diners too.

I like my cake.

Justin, Isabelle, Xin Yi and Li Wei

Oh ya, we bought a mini laptop for Isabelle as her present. She’s been fighting with Justin for his toy laptop, so it’s the best gift for her now. Anyway, we are trying our best not to buy too many toys until we settle down in Bangkok. No point moving so many things over!

Besides that, I knitted her a dress. Too bad it’s too big for her, so I’m sending it over to the shop to get it fixed. However, Justin got his orange knit tee with a horse. He has been bugging me to knit one but I only managed to knit the back and the sleeves. I asked the shop to knit the front part because I don’t have time for intrasia and knitting at full speed. Besides that, it looks nicer knitted by professional knitters. LOL!

A knit dress for Isabelle

Koh koh has a new knit tee with a horse leh!

On top of that, Isabelle has the doll as one of her presents too. We took out the doll from the cake and the waitress helped us to wash it. She even wrapped the doll with a tissue paper since it’s naked. LOL! How considerate huh?

My new doll

I put on the clothes for the doll after we got to the car. The cake shop gave us the clothes, and it looks better now.

My doll wears boots woh, I want boots too mommy…

In short, it’s still a bit early for her 2nd birthday, but mommy still want to wish you a happy birthday, my girl.