It was a cause for celebration, My little niece, Claire, who has just turned 2 this year!! When I first met her last year, she was extremely shy. My whole family went to take a look at her, as a welcome to the world for her, but however, she was shy then, that anyone unfamiliar would cause her to cry by going near her. Now? She does not do that too often anymore, this difference of one year made her braver, just hiding her face is enough, no tears!!
We ride our bicycle there, to find that my cousin's house is bustling with activities!! A lot of our relatives were there already, because we actually were quite late. There was a buffet laid out just outside their house, along the corridor that was shared by their neighbors, and the food was delicious!! There was so much variety of food there, and unfortunately, I did not write this blog at that time and now, ended up not being able to recount much up here. Sorry!!
My brothers and I attacked the food first, for the cycling have made us ravenous for food, and how could we resist the mouth-watering spread right in front of us? I remembered going for Round 3- there was so much food!! Meanwhile, my cousin owns a great collection of movies!! Over there, while enjoying the food, there was Thor, The Chronicles of Narnia- Prince Caspian, and one other movie that i could not remember too. It was a great day anyway, for my cousin-in-law's family were there too!! It would appear that my little niece had a cousin from that side of the family, a boy that is five days older, I think, than my niece. They always get to celebrate their birthdays together, albeit that the boy will have to wait.
After making sure that everyone had their fill, my cousin brought out the beautiful Strawberry Shortcake!! Yes!! Finally the time comes!! As my niece is still too small, my cousin had to cut the cake for her. Flashes everywhere, as all of us, her relatives, wanted a snapshot before the cake is divided and shared out. The little guy was carried next to my niece, and his mother prompted him to do something, this action, which he still would not know the meaning yet, which for some reason everybody finds it interesting to watch. It was.. a small peck on my niece's cheek, but yea, since she is still 2, she does not care about this and just kept staring at the beautiful cake. It was a great day though, my cousins and I caught up, enjoyed the celebration, and gawked at my brothers as they gobbled up the entire packet of huge chocolate globules in mere seconds. This was not new to me- I quite have to grab my share of food each day before it's all finished up but my cousins have not quite witness this everyday miracle of watching food being finished so fast right in front of their eyes.
This is pretty much a cool day, and I await for the next celebration coming up, whatever it can be!! Cheers!!
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