Jayna's 1st Birthday

As per tradition in Joshua's family, we're celebrating both Jayna's and my birthdays on the same Sunday the week before the actual dates. We decided to bring the kids to Fidgets to celebrate Jayna's and have dinner at one of my favorite restaurant New Garo to celebrate mine.

Resident "Muscle-man" carrying both kids at the same time.
(It was really hard to capture a picture with two kids
since they took turns to smile.
This is the only shot where they both look decent enough.)

Jayna's birthday gift
- Two wrist rattlers
(She couldn't stop waving her hands
the first time I put them on her. LOL)

AT FIDGETS

It was only there that my suspicion about Jayna is confirmed: I am now certain she is an introvert. While Jayna and I were alone at the play area, she was happy to explore the place and smiled a lot. The moment other kids entered the picture, she immediately froze and looked lost. She was much more content to look at the other kids play from the sofa a distance away.

She behaved the exact opposite from Joash, cos back then, he was even more thrilled when other toddlers joined him at play. Looks like I made the right decision in not having a real party like the one I had for Joash. She would have been traumatised by the many kids in our house playing with her toys! No prize for guessing who actually enjoyed himself most when we were at Fidgets... Heh heh...

Admiring herself in the mirror...

Don't forget to pose for the camera!

Jayna: "It's so fun when we have the place to ourselves!"

Exploring the sides...

Playing with the giant beads...

Jayna: "Nice duckie..."

Let's climb the mountain together!
(It was IMPOSSIBLE to get a good photo of the siblings playing together as they moved soooo much! What's more with a camera that has a terrible lag time between the click and the shutter. I think I need an upgrade!
*hint hint*)

Watching Gor Gor play...

Let me rest at the sofa with Grandma instead!

My "three" kids???

Jayna: "Oops! Sorry, Daddy!
I didn't mean to hit your face with my flower..."

Joash "sheathed his sword" to have a water break.

A cute and pretty muffin for my dear princess!

Trying to blow out the candle herself?
Her helpful brother blew it out for her in the end.
;P

Eager to have a taste of her birthday muffin!

Now it's my turn at the restaurant...

Candle-blowing Take 2
(Joash was really upset that I blew out the candle by myself
We relit the candle so that he could 'help' me blow it out too.)

May God bless my relationship with my daughter with much mutual love and affection. It is definitely no coincidence that we have our birthdays so close to each other's. Let us glorify God as a team as we celebrate our natal days together!

Here's a video featuring the fun Joash and Jayna had. Jayna enjoyed herself the most when she was surrounded by familiar family members and shielded from other kids she didn't know...