Time to "hang" Christmas Tree

09.11.2010

Christmas is around the corner. Daddy has decided to put up our 10 feet tall Christmas Tree at night. It was an excited night for Topaz.

Topaz: Mama, tonight Daddy and I will hang Christmas Tree!!
Mummy: Oh!! you want to "hang" Christmas Tree?
Topaz: No No No... cannot hang... put up the Tree!! haaa....

Daddy came home late, he took his dinner only after 8 p.m. After a "long wait" for Topaz, Daddy, Topaz and of course our lovely little Orion started put up the Christmas Tree. Topaz can now put up all the branches. He is really a good helper for Daddy!! Of course Orion had done his part too by mixed up around all the branches (all braches have alphabets on them) and carrying them around! Mummy just sitting on the sofa gave instruction to Orion in order to control damage.

Time flies, Daddy and Mummy still remember Topaz cannot really help Daddy to put up the tree at all last year. Not to say our little Orion.

10.11.2010 will be the night to put lights and ornaments on the tree!! Topaz's 1st Christmas Tree....that he put up himself.

Happy Birthday to our 10 feet Christmas Tree!! You have been with us for 2nd Christmas!!

Christmas lunch 21-12-2008 (Part Two)

I was informed of this by my colleague, Emily. Of course, it is about Topaz.

While we were celebrating our Christmas lunch together with my colleagues at Sunway.

All of my colleagues were busy to take care of Topaz and Orion. On the other hand, me and Joel were busy enjoying our meal.

Topaz was following Emily to play bubble!! Emily was so busy blowing bubble for him. It was prepared for Byrian (Chuah's only son) to play with Topaz. Unfortunately, he did not turn up. Topaz was so sad. Luckily Emily was around to entertain him.

While they were playing outside the restaurant, Topaz saw a dolphin's statute. He pointed at the dolphin's fin and asked Emily

Topaz: What is it?
Emily: It is fin.
Topaz: Why got fin?
Emily: So dolphin can swim!
Topaz: No!!! It can not swim. It is dead.
Emily: hm.......

Poor Emily....

Christmas eve Part 1-Food

We are having our Christmas dinner at our apartment instead at Winchester house as the renovation still on going.


Our relatives from Penang are joining us for this special event this year.


What food we are having? hee...

starter:
Mushroom soup (Joel's own recipe)
French Salad (Prepared by Patricia). She said next year she wants to do her old style coleslaw...
Chicken and Fish Nuggets (Hee.. my own recipe)


Main course:
Lamb Leg (exchanged with Turkey as Turkey too holy and went to my mother in
law's call group gathering, prepared by my mother in law)
Pasta (My 2nd brother in law, Othniel's, own recipe)
Rosemary Chicken (Prepared by Patricia). She was figuring how to use my mother in law new oven at Kepong....and almost cooked her hand. ha! ha! she was trying to blame the oven

Vegetable (Joel's own recipe)


Dessert:
Jelly (Prepared by Patricia)-used cartoon mold....Topaz and Jeriel boy were "sapu" them...
Fruit (Prepared by Othniel)
Mango Yogurt cake (Prepared by my 3rd brother in law, Nathanael)
Ice cream cake (Prepared by Nathanael)


Drink:
Orange (Preapred by Me)


All the food are delicious and we almost finish most of the food!!


I think we have no problem to run a restaurant, right? May be just open for Christmas Meal?

Christmas Lunch 21-12-2008

My colleagues were decided having a yearly event i.e. Christmas lunch at Sunway Hotel since one of my colleages has UOB Credit Card that entitle for 50% discount for the meal...Good deal ler :)


Me, Joel, Topaz and Orion were attending the lunch.


We really had good time. The best part was gifts exchange.


Topaz was helping us to take our exchanged gifts (total 2).

He opened the first gift and said "I don;t like it. It was a nice spices set.

Then the 2nd gift.. he opened and said "I don;t like it as well..." he was so sad... It was a Jewellery Box...Joel wished it comed with Jewellery...heee of course his dream does not come true.


As my colleague Neela saw my son so sad she gave him a roll of chocolate.


Mummy: You happy now?
Topaz: Yes!! But this is not a present.


Then I realised that as the chocolate was not wrapped then it is not a present. To him a present must be wraped!!


Last night (22/12/2008), I opened the jewellery box and showed to him. It was actually a musical Jewellery Box. I showed him how to operate it. He was so happy.

Mummy: Do you like it?
Topaz: Yes!!


Topaz took the box to Mama's (grandmother's) room and transferring all the "Jewellery" (i.e his watch and mama's watch) from the old box into the new box. He told me the old box too small and not good must put in the new box!!


Thanks to my colleague, Shai, for this wonderful gift to make my son so happy!!! And also the spice set as well.