Almost 7

We kicked off Ryan's birthday celebration with a dinner with the families of two of his friends in Stanley last night. Jaden is his "oldest" friend in Hong Kong, both boys met when they were just over a year old. Here's a bit of trivia, their mothers met on AsiaXpat, the most popular discussion forum in Hong Kong! Ryan and Samuel spent two years together in the same class at kinder. Another bit of trivia, their mothers met when they were both heavily pregnant waiting to pick up the boys after kinder. Our daughters were born one week apart.

The boys

The girls

The Mums

Unfortunately, there aren't any photos of the Daddies. I will have to remember to take some next time. 

It was a beautiful summer evening, overcast and breezy. After a short play in the playground, the kids were drawn to the live band playing over in the amphitheatre. Mia and Zoe got right up and started their own little dance party! You can see them in action here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWFr04uynw&feature=relmfu. 

Dancing queens

plus the obligatory head toss

Super heroes or dancing - I wonder which one is more interesting to the boys?

Clowning around

Dinner was at Mijas, a Spanish restaurant. We've been to this restaurant many times before, and we've always liked the ambiance and food. Tonight we had a lovely table out on the verandah with a view of the ocean. I ordered a bunch of different dishes for everyone to share, but when the food came Shad and I were shocked at the size of the serves. Since we were there nine months ago their portions have shrunk significantly. Shad proceeded to give them some "feedback" after which the manager came back with a new presentation of their lamb dish which was now two ribs bigger for Shad's comments!

So so happy. He didn't expect the cake.

Sweaty but happy kids

Always the clown!