Party at CH School
WF celebrated his 6th birthday in CH School on the eve of his birthday this year. It so happened that M also had her appointment at the ENT Clinic at SGH that morning, so I took the morning off to accompany her there. After that, I went in to office before going off soon again after lunch with my colleague.
R went to work in the morning but took the afternoon off to join in the celebration. WY was there, too, after he had returned to CH School after taking his CA2 CL Oral exam in KHS that morning. M declined to come because she would have no patience with the waiting etc.
As was done last year, we made WF's celebration in CH School a very exciting time for everyone in the school. It isn't so much as we want to 'show off' or 'make it a habit' for WF to enjoy 'grand bd celebrations' all the time, but more importantly, we want WF's final birthday celebration in CH School to be as memorable as possible - afterall, he will be bidding his teachers and friends goodbye at the end of this year because the K2's are all graduating this year and will be going on to their respective primary schools next year! :)
Also, we made the celebration a multi-purpose affair.
You see, the enrolment in the CH School this year is something like 150% of last year's crowd and so, we figured that a 2kg cake (which was what we bought last year) would not be enough for everyone. Going by what we know of the children's (especially WF and his K2 classmates') appetite for the fresh, soft and delicious chocolate sponge with blueberry filling cake from CreativeBake, we also guessed that even a 3kg (maximum size for non-customised orders) was unlikely to be sufficient.
So, eventually, I decided to get 2 cakes instead! One was a 3kg Transformer-design one and the other a 1.5kg 'boat-ful of animals' design one. And to kill 2 birds with one stone, I arranged for the message on the smaller cake to read 'Happy Teachers' Day!'.
Hence, 'multi-purpose'. :)
The gifts for WF's classmates in the K2 class comprised a packet of milo premix and some Oreo biscuits wrapped prettily in an Ikea plastic mug. The younger children in other classes got some Munchy biscuits and 2 candies, with no mug.
The Teachers' Day gift was a simple Ikea vase, which we decorated with some pebbles, also from Ikea.
When we arrived at CH School, the children were just getting up from their afternoon nap. The teachers organised the children at the assembly area. Everyone sang our birthday boy the birthday song (in English, then Chinese and then Malay). WF cut his cake shyly, followed by the teachers cutting theirs.
Whilst the Chinese teacher (this is usually a privilege reserved for the form teacher but since the former teacher had been away on medical leave, the job was given to the Chinese teacher instead) helped to cut the cake for distribution to the children in their respective classes (WY and his BASC friends helped), I got the K2's to pose for some photos. These small little ones were all so easy in front of the camera. See for yourself!
After the cakes have been distributed by WY and his BASC friends, the children tucked into their share and enjoyed themselves. Many asked for 2nd helpings, some even tried to 'chope' theirs before they finished their first serving!
After the cake, WY and WF handed out the vases to the teachers and staff. They all thanked us and those not in the classes with their charges, came over to say 'bye' when we left for home at about 4:30pm.
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