40th Birthday

One of the challenges at school is getting Ana to take a nap. We just let her sleep in her stroller.

We celebrated Matt's birthday at school a day early. Many of the staff wore black. We hung up the banner and balloons that Matt's mom had brought from the States and had a cake for the office staff. It's nice to celebrate with friends--even though they give you a hard time. Some of them popped balloons, wrote 40th on them, and then spread them all around his office--quite a mess! He got some gift certificates from the high school teachers, some nice cards from his students (and nerds), and a cake from his home room.

We also went to the Wongs on Friday--a public holiday here. They had a special Chinese meal of roast suckling pig, char siew, vegetables, and rice. For the birthday cake they bought egg tarts and inserted a happy birthday sign--very cute and yummy! They gave him a Singapore Cricket Club tie (of which they are members.) He'll be the only one at school with one of those!