Ali's 2nd birthday celebrations

Can't believe two years threw by just like that!!  Our little one is officially two years old!!  

Just like last year, we had two birthday parties - one for the family and the other one for friends.  My mom and my mother-in-law both have birthdays very close to Ali.  It made a whole lot of sense to do group birthdays (then we don't have to do three separate meals!!)

Por por and her friend, Amanda.  Oh Amanda is an amazing cook, her pad thai was just AMAZING!!!  These two were forced to hold Ali's toys, lol.

Uncle Dan supervising the two boys when they are playing with their mom's ipad.  He was afraid that the two might trash the ipad if they got too angry playing angry birds...hahhaha....And look at goo cheung, he was also forced to hold on to Ali's baa baa sheep.

Ali kissing her favourite toy.

Ali got yet another birthday gift from goo ma and goo cheung - a Woodstock!  Now, Snoopy is going to be REALLY happy!!!

Her goo ma and goo cheung never failed to spoil the little one rotten.  They got her a small panda cake.  Unfortunately, it was a tiramisu, so it went straight into daddy's tummy.

The three happy birthday gals waiting to cut their cake.  Look at that beautiful craving of the watermelon.  Amanda spent two days craving it.  Gorgeous!  Thanks so much, Amanda!

The next day we had our friends over.  Weather has been really aweful this summer.  More like fall than summer.  We prayed and prayed to have nice weather and guess what?  It was freakishly hot!!!  Awesome!!!  Perfect day for a pool party!  

The water was a little cold so the kids tend to sit on the edge of the pool to play.  Only baby Madeline was brave enough to sit in the water!!!  Look at her fearless face!

Ali and her bff Allison, chilling by the pool.

Allison even brought her little brother Adrian along too!!  Look how content he was....zzzzzz.....

While everyone was having fun, poor daddy was working his butt off, preparing and grilling the food.  He was barbequing for 3 hours straight in the heat!!  Thank you hubby!!!  You are the best dada EVER!!!!

The adults were having fun playing with the fishing game.  Umm...guys, those are for the kids, you know!!!  LOL.

Kids and adults hanging out.

Mommy didn't slack off that much.  I spent most of my day prepping for dinner, making a big pot of pasta for the little ones and making dessert.  I chose to make banana bread and morning glory muffins (carrots, zucchini, apples and raisins) this time since most of the kids can eat cakes now.  They are relatively healthier choices, but for the ones that really like sweets, I asked Ali's kai mama to help me make nutella frosting.  I know NOTHING about frosting and she is an expert!!!  Thanks Y for all your help!!!

Look how cute the cupcakes turned out!

Allison and her mommy enjoying dessert after a delicious bbq!

Trevor goh goh enjoying his cupcake while checking out the cat.

My dessert monsters, Kiki and Hayhay!!!  Apparently, they ate 3 bowls of pasta and still have room for half a dozen of cupcakes!!!!

Daddy, Ali and the kai siblings.  Look at dada's crazy hair.  It has been a long day for daddy!!!!

Family picture with the birthday girl.  Of course, we couldn't leave Sam out of this!!

Thanks everyone for celebrating Ali's birthday with us!!!  She had SO MUCH FUN!!!  It took her two days to recover from this fun-packed weekend!!!  And not to mention all the wonderful birthday gifts she got too!! You guys really have spoiled her (and us) silly!!!