What a nice day mummy

That's how Oliver described our wonderfully relaxing day here in Singapore. Unfortunately daddy had to work all day again :( but we had lots of fun just the three of us.

My daily routine - taking the boys downstairs for a little walk.

Stopped at the supermarket in the condo to get some chips! 

Watching the water fountain:

Picnic lunch by the playground:

Some bare feet play time on the grass :)

Oliver found a big stick to throw - can you see it?  he was actually very very good!

Came back to the apartment and just chilled out on the balcony. We could see quite far away today. 

Indonesian islands:

And a bit of Malaysia! How cool is that - two countries as one panorama view: 

After the boys afternoon nap, we got changed into our swimming gear and jumped in the swimming pool downstairs. It was just the perfect temperature! I decided to feed the boys by the poolside to make my life easier :)

By the time we got back the boys were very tired and ready for bed which gave me some "my time"  for blogging. Yes Oliver, it was such a nice day!

Tomorrow daddy is finally off - should be a great family day :)

Sushitastic Details

Here are the photos from the party!

This year the birthday invitations were sent via email as we wanted to reach our wonderful friends in Brunei!

Thanks to Yoshimi and Boel, I managed to make a banner for Oliver: 

Thank you so much Greet and Treats / Beenal for wonderful looking Sushi cakes and biscuits. They were just fantastic! (She made Rainbow cakes and biscuits for Oliver last year) You ROCK!! 

So cute! Sushi biscuits for goodie bags:

Us hostesses wore a pretty Japanese hair tie:

Candy and Gummy Marshmallow Sushi:

Fresh Fruit Sushi - apples as rice, papaya and watermelon as fish on top!

Sandwich rolls and all sorts of Maki Sushi :)

Japanese welcome banner:

The Felt Sushi for after lunch craft activity - Thank you Linnea for helping me!

I am very happy how the party turned out. Only two more weeks until Luca's birthday. I must make sure I make his as special as Oliver's one :)

Sushi Birthday Party - part 2

I just couldn't wait to see Oliver and his friends' faces when we brought out these cool looking Sushi cakes. 

Wooow Sushi cake!!

The candles were rather strong this year - he was blowing and blowing and blowing but...

It wasn't easy...

Luckily got some help from Helen :)

Cutting the cake - all by himself

This salmon sushi tastes rather sweet...

In no time all the cakes were gone!

With Sushifull tummies everyone went home with a party bag containing mini sushi mat, gummy sushi, and sushi biscuits. 

Could have been too much sushi for one day but I am sure everyone had fun :) For sure Oliver had a great birthday party. Thank you everyone for being part of his special day!

Sushi Birthday Party - part 1

What a wonderful way to catch up with our friends! Boel kindly accepted my request of having Oliver's 3rd birthday party at her place during our stay in Brunei. 

It took me a while to decide on what birthday theme to have - something Oliver is into right now... like dinosaurs? Cars? Planes? Ah ha! Sushi!!!  It turned out to be a great theme as Sushi is very popular, especially in Brunei. 

Let the party begin! - Welcome everyone! 

First free play with kitchen and train sets - Oliver was so excited to see so many of his friends:

Daddies also had a good time catching up while the kids were busy:

The party had two main parts. 1) Make your own sushi lunch and 2) Felt craft activity.

The table was set nicely - I bought a mini-sushi mat & spatula set for each kid. 

Let's make some sushi!

Muuummm So yummy!

Come on carrot I want to eat you!

Sandwich sushi was also popular:

While I assisted the kids making sushi, Luca was well looked after - thank you Aynur :)

Time for us adults to eat too:

It was great watching the kids enjoy eating what they had made. Certainly it was a HIT!!

Then time for some glueing and sticking - Let's make some takeaway sushi! I loved that the parents were so good getting involved and assisting the kids. 

This is the sample sushi set I made:

Well done Ewan!

Someone asked where I got the felt sushi kit - No I didn't buy them, I just spent couple of nights cutting the pieces myself. But as you know felt is just so easy to deal with - easy peasy :) 

In no time at all it was time for the main event - the cake! (continue to the next post...)