Feeling spoiled!!

I feel really grateful for good friends and family.

Chris is away this year during my birthday and I wasn't expecting to do anything special this year.

But my friends and family have more than made it up.

I'm feeling rather spoiled actually.

A group of neighbours got together and organised a birthday dinner last night. Wagyu steak, Kurobuta pork and lots of good wine, beer and whiskey. Who could say no to that! On top of dinner they got me a cake from Paul's and a few kids got to blow out candles with me. I even got presents. Totally unexpected. We had dinner till 10pm, and only called it quits so that the kids would be forced to go to bed!

And my family have organised dinner with the extended family: cousin ( who has recented made a move to Singapore with her parents-my dad's brother ), my dad's brothers and cousins! I'm looking forward to that.

In kid related news, Annika was struck by a gastro bug over the weekend and I'm quite relieved that she's older so can use the toilet reasonably well now. She got to skip school yesterday and of course Madison was hinting that she 'might' be having a 'fever' as well.

Liam got another pouty lip by falling and hitting himself against the metal railing of the sofa bed. He was so lucky to have missed his eye/brain. But of course that doesn't stop him from climbing all over the place though.

Onwards towards the end of August ! ( already )