Ian's 3rd birthday!!!

Just added this blog entry with earlier one (2 days before Ian's bday) as couldn't find the camera cable tho took alot of pics =) of the dear boy's bday....here's how we spent the day as it was a 'tradition' that daddy will take lve to spend time with us...so here we are at the bird park...quite glad it was a gd gloomy day (no rain as compared to Ian's bday last yr when we went to the zoo!) This time, ian was most excited when he heard we are going to the bird park...guess he knows its a place of fun and shows!

Here we are sitted at the amphitheatre....we went for 2 shows, one on the hawks and eagles show where they soar real low just above our head and another on birdies show which had more friendly birds like flamingoes and maccaws....we saw alot of kids as some kindergartens and pri schs were there as well and the shows were entertaining....

This is the part we had to come coz when Ian was barely a few mths old we ever came to Bird park and took a pic with the aviary waterfall and here we are back again except its less crowded this time and there happened to be a solo tourist to take this pic for us hehee....nice huh in a secluded place...must dig that old pic and make a comparison hehee

And we came to this playground for our packed lunch.....there were some wet play but we din bring change for Ian as we came before and thot it wouldn't be on like the last time when we came it wasn't running...well Ian had a gd time at the slides while we ate our lunch...a time for him to work out his limbs....

before we went for yet another children's parrot show which had barely 3 kids (most adults) as the kids from the schs have went back and we had a time all for ourselves since the attention were on the few kids and Ian just loved clapping as the parrots sang and counted 1-10! At a point the person was asking for anyone who's bday was on the day coz the parrot sang a bday song! How timely for us to come for the show!
After the show we left the bird park coz we went ard the park already and we were on our way for ian's nap!

When he woke up from his short nap on the pram, we gave him a treat to Swensens...or rather Swensens gave him a treat coz mama just tried to check if we could get a free firehouse for his bday since we din have his birth cert with us and the mgr was most pleased to give us the complimentary firehouse and we had fries to go with it...lately Ian's been keen to do coloring, see how intensely he was doing his coloring with the fries which din manage to tempt him for a while only hehee soon he was checking on the fries and ice cream!

Happy Birthday our dear son.....so fast u are turning 3 already and truly enjoying the ice-cream before him and was most happy to be able to blow the candle and eat the ice cream =) yumpsss..

Thereafter we were on our way to pick up ian's present from us and here's the bike! And he was happy to own a bike after seeing us having our own bikes and his tricycle was deemed a bit too small for him already and after some 'coaching' the boy was peddling his bicycle away and most happy to be ringing his bike bell as well! Here's when dayi's gift of the helmet supposed to come to use but we were out whole day so we din bring along for the cycling....we will go for more cycling huh...

And of coz not forgettting the mini celeb we had at nite and we got a real tiny cake since we had too much sweet stuff in the day....Ian's just happy with the candles and cutting of cake...at a pt, he did ask how come so many cakes....hhhmm counting the mini one which po2 got him when he stayed over the wk before, he had 4 cakes just for his bday sigh....wat luxury huh well hope u will really walk without daddy carrying soon huh since u blew out so many times of the candles!

This cheeky boy actually purposely closed eyes on the timer camera...he was closing his eyes at almost all the pics we tried to take...anw the finale of the bday was him going for hair cut with his daddy...we din kindof think of going so soon but he just din allow his daddy to go wo him and the condition was he was supp to sit on his own (on the wooden plank at the barber)...mama din go (as she thot Ian wouldn't be game to sit on his own) so no pics but well he DID sit on his own...hhmm what a change on his bday huh =)
And of coz 'chopped' the mini cake as well hehhee....what a truly blessed bday Ian had....not only the many blessings from friends and families but also from God and his parents =) the next bday ticker mama got for Ian was counting his blessing one by one till he turns 4 next yr! Well guess next yr will be quite different since he will be entering sch and perhaps we will still sneak him out for a day of celeb just with the family =)

This mth we see him asking more WHYssss...almost a punctuation to every statement we make....sigh sometimes dunno how to answer some of his whys hhmm....but now he's more independent, wanting to do things on his own and definitely able to sit down to do more drawing and colouring....guess more learning coming along the mths ahead!