We don't usually celebrate Nig's birthday with a party - just family dinner - but since he's finally received his diploma, we planned a surprised combined party for him. Firstly, on Friday, I got him to remove the car (which got bang the last time) out from the porch and to fix up the canopy, with the excuse that I wanted to let the girls play and run around in the porch.
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| Janae was helping to sweep the porch while Emma caught sight of the empty box |
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| Janae's new 'swing' and Emma was just contented with playing with water |
He wasn't suspicious of anything until he saw the maid bringing out the serving plates and stuff to wash. I told him I don't know what she's up too. He got a bit more suspicious when I insisted that we went out that afternoon. We took the girls shopping and I surprised all 3 of them with movie passes. While we were out, Ah Mah marinated the meats for BBQ for the next day. She finished marinating before we came home.
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| We went shopping while Ah Mah prepared the food for the party the next day |
When we got home, he didn't get any surprise and we didn't say anything. So on Saturday afternoon, we went over to the Lims whereby the guys went to collect some stuff and hang out for guys' time together. After they left, Adel drove us (the kiddos and us ladies) back to our house to get ready for the party. We got the food ready, set up the BBQ pit and waited for everyone to arrive. The only hiccup to the plan was that the guys arrived at our house just as all the other guests arrived - Nig was a bit shocked to see the other cars around and was already laughing...so we didn't manage to shout "SURPRISE" to him...
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| Birthday Boy just arrived |
We started the BBQ.
When everyone was done eating, we proceeded with our next programme. He was presented with a home-made mortar board.
Next was a special presentation by Janae. She played "Happy Birthday" for daddy on the electone. She practiced playing the song for one week and every time when she practiced, I had to remind her it's a surprise present for daddy - to make sure she doesn't blurt it out to him.
Next, Nig was presented with a "fake" cert.
Finally his last surprise....
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| Opening his final surprise |
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| A surprise because his cert was actually with his coursemate - got the coursemate's number from his phone and made arrangement for his cert to be couriered to us before the party... |
As our friends left the house, I bathed both girls and put Emma to sleep. Janae went back down to have her last round of fun.
We finally called it a night.
First and foremost our utmost praise and thanks to God for seeing our family through Nig's part-time studies. Thanks Ah Kong, Ah Mah, Nick Tua Pek, Tracie Kor Kor, Sal Ee Ee, Uncle Dan, Auntie Adel, Uncle Alvin, Uncle David, Auntie Liz, Sol, Nat and Abby for all the help you guys provided in planning the surprise party. Definitely couldn't have done it without everyone's help. And thanks for sharing this happy moment with us :)
