Papa's Birthday

We celebrated derod's birthday yesterday with both sets of parents at an outdoor steamboat dinner. Prior to that, we had some time on our hands and went to Vivocity where Gabe's sharp eyes zoomed in on "WATER FOUNTAIN!!!" located outside of the shopping centre when he was tucked about a hundred metres deep within the barracades of shops. So, father and son spent some time exploring the feature before stomach-filling time.

Gabe's favourite Chinese song is sheng ri kuai le. So imagine his delight when everyone was singing it while he was secured on his papa's lap. He's probably thinking that everyone's singing the song to him!

We are three, for the moment. And derod is three-ty something.

After all the fanfare, we returned home and carried out our nightly routine with Gabe. I reiterated that it was papa's birthday and asked if he'd like to sing the happy birthday song to papa. Gabe happily belted out both renditions in English and Chinese. We were so amused yet amazed. You see, we've always known that Gabe knew the song(s) but since we've never heard nor requested for him to sing the whole song on his own, we were never really sure of the extent of this knowledge, until tonight. And the papa was so touched, he told me that it was "the best birthday present ever".