BBQ Experience

Daddy and Mummy decided to have a BBQ with a small group of friends on Saturday, inviting only 3 other families along, to have some parenting talk ....

Uncle Telang, Auntie Winnie, Joel and Camille
Uncle Shucheng, Auntie Peiling and Amelia (Zhiyun)
Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei and Kaiying

Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei and Kaiying were the first to arrive at about 5 pm .... and then came Uncle Telang and family. While Mummy was busy preparing food for BBQ, Daddy and the rest went downstairs to set up the BBQ. But before that, Joel and I decided to change into our swimming costume to have some fun in the swimming pool. Auntie Jiawei initially wanted to have Kaiying join in the water fun, but decided not to, since it was a little late and too troublesome for Auntie Jiawei to change into her gear ...

See Kaiying comfortably sitting on the chair .... ready to fall asleep anytime. Kaiying has the same eating problem like me, when I was young. Refused to eat at times, and when she eats, only took very little. So now Kaiying has dropped out of the growth chart :(

So while Daddy and Uncle Telang (more of Uncle Telang actually) were setting up the BBQ fire, Joel and I played in the kiddy pool, with Auntie Winnie looking after us

Then Uncle Shucheng and family came.

We started the BBQ slightly before 7 pm ... finally. Had quite some food, contirbuted by all :

1. Chicken satay (Mummy bought chicken leg, cut them into small pieces and took Prima Deli satay mix to marinate before tat). Tasted quite well with the satay peanut sauce

2. Tiger prawns

3. Salmon stick

4. Chicken wings (unfortunately, the BBQ fire was not that strong, so Mummy grilled the chicken wings using an oven instead)

5. Bacon + cheese with asparagus wrap

6. Portabello mushroom (unfortunately, the BBQ fire was not that strong, so took too long to get the mushroom cooked)

7. Corn

8. Sweet potato

9. Some mock / vegetarian food (bought from a vegetarian stall)

10. Watermelon and packet drinks / coke

See Uncle Shucheng and Auntie Peiling feeding Zhiyun, before they have their own dinner ... reminded Daddy of the same routine when I was younger .... sigh ... the greatness of parents !!!

But as least Zhiyun looked like she enjoyed her food (easier to feed), compared to me, when I was the same age ....

After swimming, we changed out of our wet gear and tucked in

Kaiying took a bit of her own dinner ... before Auntie Jiawei gave some chicken wing to her .... Kaiying seemed to enjoy her chicken wing ... think this was much better than her own food ... looks like Auntie Jiawei got to prepare chicken wings everyday

And being kaypoh, I helped Uncle Telang to do some fanning, just for a short while

And since the playground was just nearby, of course, the kids had to play there. Uncle Telang bought some illuminated rings ... and we all had fun

Unfortunately, because Kaiying and Zhiyun are still small, Uncle Eng Kit, Auntie Jiawei, Uncle Shucheng, Auntie Peilin had to leave early. So Daddy and Mummy did not have a chance to really talk to them

So next time, potluck would be a better idea than BBQ ....