the day started with picnic at pasir ris park!
the children playing at the playground.
steph and elaine brought along 2 small tents and 1 big tent and set it up for the children to have fun!
bea and princess in the small tents once they were set up.
the adults setting up the big tent…
again, bea and princess went inside the big tent to play after it was being set up!
after having breakfast, each of us bought some food along, the boys started to slide down the slope next to where the pavilion where we were at.
it started drizzling… so we packed up and headed back to the chai’s place to have wash up and have lunch.
after showering, after lunch, it was cake cutting time!
then it was time for presents! princess and k helping ethan to open his presents!
C and k helping e open present!
then it was time to meet the rest at vivo city for the rest of the celebration.
at starbucks.
while walking to starbucks, princess saw this princess balloon sculpture and wanted to get it.
after our coffee break, we went to build-a-bear!
princess choosing her bear.
the bear was then being stuffed by the staff. see the initial piece of clothing princess chose for her bear.
the staff gave each child 2 hearts. the children had to make a wish for ethan on 1 heart and pass it back to the staff for her to stuff it into ethan’s bear. for the other heart, it went inside each child’s bear.
while they were doing their wishes, i went around looking for another set of clothing for princess. her bear was pink and clothing pink… hmmm..
after the hearts were being stuffed into the bears, it was then time to give their bears a bath!
after washing, it was then time for the staff to sew up the bear and dress the bear…
the final dress that princess settled on was…
the bear’s house…
while waiting for each other, the children started posing at the entrance of the shop where they had the huge build-a-bear logo on the floor…
before we left the shop, the staff had the children sing a birthday song for ethan and took a group photograph of them all…
then, they sent the adults an email with birthday greetings!
then we went to king lear for dinner!
and we celebrated elaine’s birthday there as well!

happy birthday ethan!