fifth of april

Charis is a 4-year-old as of 4 days ago... it's a cliche... but time really does seem to fly by. When I look at Josiah's tiny face, it frequently reminds me of baby Charis... now, she has outgrown all the clothes that we brought from Singapore. They are growing up too fast!

She requested for a party to celebrate her 4th birthday... so we invited a few of her friends to join us at home.

Creating the party mood with balloons (a friend offered to decorate the place for us)...


The pretty birthday cake (the same friend baked and iced it for us)...

A game of musical chairs... "loser" gets to crawl into the tent for a treat!

Charis holding up her craft...

Birthday girl and friends from Sunday school...


Yay... "I'm 4 now! I'm a big girl!"

Farewell Dinner #1 - Pastor & Auntie Cecilia

The "moving on" feeling becomes more real when we start to see more entries for "Farewell dinner with so-and-so" in the schedule. Yesterday we kick-started our farewell dinner tour at the home of Pastor and Auntie Cecilia.



Although we have been to their place many times for gatherings - CNY lunches, Christmas carolling, International Students gatherings - this is the first time that it is just them and us. And this time it feels a little bit different. I guess the thought that it may be the last time in a long while that we will be having dinner together just tingled up a bit of sadness. Nevertheless, the dinner was wonderful and the time spent meaningful. And Charis, as usual, helped with the entertainment to liven things up:



In case you are wondering, Auntie Cecilia prepare a lovely Japanese dinner for us - very much like what we see in Japan Hour. Sushi, sashimi, tempura.... And there was a very nice Lemongrass Jelly for desert (but we forgot to take a photo of it).