My Family ~ My Life: Jonathan's 1st & Joel's 4th Birthday Celebration

Jonathan is turning ONE on 13th January 2009 but we have decided to celebrate it on 11th which is a Sunday with Joel's. It is just a small family gathering where we have invited our parents, siblings, uncle Peter and a few closed friends to the party where we held it at our small flat. This is a day where we want our closed relatives and friends to witness our little baby, Jon, has already grown up! And since Joel's birthday is just about 2 weeks away (on 24th Jan), we thought of celebrating it together. Some photos to share with you .....

Another customary practice, Jonathan is holding on to a pen with a book, so that as he grows up he will be very knowledgable. Yes!

For customary practice, Jonathan needs to eat drumstick on his 1st year of birthday, but somehow he doesn't fancy the 'delicacy' we have laid in front of him. We should also give him 'tao gua', but mummy has forgotten to buy lor. aiya, that's for fun only la.

Manage to carry Esther again! See, Esther is smiling so sweetly... she is starting to get comfortable with Dick already... haha.

Joel is sitting at the corner trying to quietly finish his piece of cake, yet a group of us just stood next to him to watch him eat. What a disturbing bunch of people........

Jonathan is happily waiting to eat his birthday cake.

Singing birthday song to Joel and Jonathan...

"Happy Birthday to You... Happy Birthday to You...
Happy Birthday to Joel & Jonathan... Happy Birthday to You!!"

Wishing Joel & Jonathan lots of wisdom and good health for years to come!!

Edna and Mi Mi with Jonathan.

Jonathan with his Jiu Jiu and Mi Mi.

Dick finally managed to 'pian' to carry Esther.

Jonathan with his younger Gu-Gu, Sally.

I have almost forgotten about the party hats I've bought for the boys..... but from Jon's look you can tell that he is not enjoying this moment. I think the frilly thing on the hat must have prick his head and he is frowning.... haha.

Hey, see... Esther is smiling so sweetly at the camera. She is getting prettier by the day.

And this is Esther having her lunch on gor gor's high chair.
Esther is my bao bei 3rd sister, Edna's daughter.

And this Xin Yi feeding Jonathan his lunch, and auntie Wik is his 'high chair'.... keke.

Joshua & Jonathan with Gu-Gu.

Jonathan with Gu-Gu, Shirley. See how happy he is.

The buffet spread from e-Creative.

Another view of the cake.
This cake design was chosen by Joel, of course, with the dinosaur design. It was originally on a rectangular cake, however, I have it changed to the letter 'J', since their names start with 'J'. Nice right?