2 birthdays in a week...

The father/husband had a quiet birthday earlier in the week, and the daughter just had a fun-filled celebration hours ago.

Birthday #1

We went to Primanti Brothers on Sunday for a pre-birthday dinner. It is supposedly a "must-go" American eating place in Pittsburgh - (greasy) burgers, sandwich. I had the Pitts-Burger Cheese Steak #2 best seller. The burger is served with fries and coleslaw... not by the side but in the sandwich. I think they don't have big plates, that's why they have to squeeze everything together. Elaine thinks that they are just plain lazy... haha.

See how the burger dwarfed my mouth.... By the way, that is just HALF of the burger.


The birthday cake came on the next day (31 March)... homemade, handmade swissroll (that looked a little flat :p)...

A birthday kiss - on the nose... That's was before we ate the cake, so it is ok...


Family photo....

Birthday #2
Charis invited her sunday school friends (and their siblings) to our home for a birthday lunch.... Lots of fun for all of them. And lots of work for Elaine too... preparing the cupcakes, bee hoons, putting together little giveaways for the friends, etc... Charis has been looking forward to this day for weeks.

Since we don't have enough chairs and tables to seat everyone, Elaine let them have a picnic-style lunch. They didn't mind it at all...

The pretty birthday cupcakes baked in mini ice-cream cones... Elaine learnt the recipe from a Strawberry Shortcake cartoon that Charis has been watching. It actually worked!


The children singing birthday song... Notice how happy Charis looked....


Attacking the cupcakes!

To end off her birthday celebration, we are going to the Shrine Circus. Won 3 tickets that were given away by the school... Box seat, good food, free tickets.... just have to pay for the parking.

P.S. Actually her birthday is tomorrow - but we are celebrating according to Singapore's time. Or maybe we will give her 2 celebrations... we will see how it goes.