Tuesday, August 15, 2006
BBQ on National Day
Last Wednesday was National Day. Instead of staying home to watch the parade on TV, we joined our friends at Jamie's place for a BBQ gathering. I prepared a non-dairy apple crumble, washed some corn, sweet potatoes and baby potatoes to be thrown into the pit and a simple salad. Jamie ordered the BBQ stuff from bbqwholesale.com. The food was not bad, especially the buffalo wings and otaks. Matthew ate fried rice and meat from the buffalo wings. Good, he would tell you when you asked him if the food was "hao chi" or delicious.
Some interesting snippets from the gathering.
1. 3 of the boys had their pants off because they wanted to go into the pool! It started with Ignatius, then Cayden and finally Cheng En.
2. Ribena boys drinking packs of Ribena. There was this Ribena advertisement from our younger days that went like that:
Iggy : What are you drinking?
Cayden : Ribena, my mother says it's good for me.
Iggy : Can i have some?
Cayden : Yes, but not too much
3. Matthew loved his apricots and he shared! Matthew and Joshua were sitting side by side on the steps next to the BBQ area. I asked Matthew if he would share with Joshua. Matthew, without thinking, stuffed the remaining piece of apricot he had into Joshua's mouth. Evon's helper and I were so worried that he would choke on it, but no, he didn't. Joshua just chewed and munched and finished it!
4. The fathers gathered at the BBQ pit, manning the pit. Some male bonding there. We gals wondered what they chatted about.
5. No more stranger anxiety for Matthew. He did all the Hi-5s, byes, hugs and kisses! He sat on my lap while I was chit-chatting with the gals and would giggle and laugh where we laughed! Hahaha!
6. Actually the boys are more or less the same height, but Cheng En is definitely the tallest! Matthew has biggest feet of them all, I think.
7. YiXuan was the only gal at the BBQ. Cherylin came and left earlier, before we started the BBQ.
So who were there at the BBQ? The hosts were Jamie, Joash and Cayden. The guests were me, Mike and Matthew, Evon, P and Joshua (with their helper), Elaine, WW and Ignatius, Jannie and Cheng En (with her helper), Lih Miin, CW and YiXuan.
We all agreed that we had lots of fun. Next time the kids are older and can play together, it would be more fun!
Some interesting snippets from the gathering.
1. 3 of the boys had their pants off because they wanted to go into the pool! It started with Ignatius, then Cayden and finally Cheng En.
2. Ribena boys drinking packs of Ribena. There was this Ribena advertisement from our younger days that went like that:
Iggy : What are you drinking?
Cayden : Ribena, my mother says it's good for me.
Iggy : Can i have some?
Cayden : Yes, but not too much
3. Matthew loved his apricots and he shared! Matthew and Joshua were sitting side by side on the steps next to the BBQ area. I asked Matthew if he would share with Joshua. Matthew, without thinking, stuffed the remaining piece of apricot he had into Joshua's mouth. Evon's helper and I were so worried that he would choke on it, but no, he didn't. Joshua just chewed and munched and finished it!
4. The fathers gathered at the BBQ pit, manning the pit. Some male bonding there. We gals wondered what they chatted about.
5. No more stranger anxiety for Matthew. He did all the Hi-5s, byes, hugs and kisses! He sat on my lap while I was chit-chatting with the gals and would giggle and laugh where we laughed! Hahaha!
6. Actually the boys are more or less the same height, but Cheng En is definitely the tallest! Matthew has biggest feet of them all, I think.
7. YiXuan was the only gal at the BBQ. Cherylin came and left earlier, before we started the BBQ.
So who were there at the BBQ? The hosts were Jamie, Joash and Cayden. The guests were me, Mike and Matthew, Evon, P and Joshua (with their helper), Elaine, WW and Ignatius, Jannie and Cheng En (with her helper), Lih Miin, CW and YiXuan.
We all agreed that we had lots of fun. Next time the kids are older and can play together, it would be more fun!
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