Happy Birthday, Little Man!

What a way to wake up in the morning, to be told that the day you've waited for and counted down to, has finally arrived!

J was so happy he started singing the birthday song the moment we woke him up for school this morning. After which he instructs me to sing the birthday song to him. He was too excited to have breakfast.

Upon reaching school, he proceeds to inform EVERYONE he meets that it is his birthday. Literally, everyone. So he gets plenty of birthday wishes, from his teachers and the parents of his classmates.

As a treat, I made chocolate chip cookies for his class. (The cookies had to be dairy-free and nut-free, because of allergies that his classmates have. It wasn't taste-free though! It was a great cookie mix. Lurve it.) And the kids sing the birthday song for him. Miss S tells me how picky he is during snack time in class. Apparently, he religiously rejects yoghurt, pretzels and all manner of fruit.

De rigeur: birthday balloons, birthday song (two from Singapore, one in school and several at home), trains and birthday cupcakes (which the kids helped to bake!).

This is what anticipation looks like. We had the kids close their eyes before we took the gift-wrapped presents out.

The spoils: Geotrax from Grandma and Grandpa, Wordworld magnet playset from Kong-kong and Ah-ma and magnetic building blocks from Mom and Dad. He has been waiting for his new toys for so so long.

The kids get to stir the cupcake mix and decorate them (once I've poured the batter into the cases). It wasn't too long before they figured they could eat the sprinkles directly.

Birthday cake

As per J's instructions (I want a tall tall tallest cake, Mom!), I had to make a pyramid out of the cupcakes. No frosting this time because the kids didn't really go for it the last time around. I was mostly worried about getting through the birthday song without the pyramid collapsing.

All in all, he had a great day. As bedtime drew near, he kept saying, "My birthday's almost over." Very wistfully.