Saitaomei is 8

The happiest 8 year old in the world. Despite R and I being introverts, we somehow made this lovely little girl who is always bright, cheerful and positive. She is always so considerate and loving, and is my affectionate, sweet baby girl.

She was praying for a long time before she blew out her candle. Knowing this girl’s personality, she was probably praying for her Gung Gung who is her favourite person in the world. I just asked her about it and she said she prayed for her cousins and sister to be nice to her, and for her family to be blessed, and thanked Gung Gung for teaching her guitar and Mah Mah for teaching her NAPLAN. No wonder she took so long haha.

Her doting grandparents.

Hijinx hotel for challenge rooms as a birthday activity. It was actually a really fun family activity, both R and I had lots of fun too.

Birthday lunch at her favourite restaurant with her favourite people in the world. I think it’s safe to say this sweet little girl of mine had the best birthday 🎁 .

Cliff Richard and Hank Marvin

I think the three daughters were all holding their breath until Hank Marvin made his grand entrance at the concert. This was the moment we’d been praying for, that my ah Pa would get to see his ultimate idol play some of his favourite songs live. Hank didn’t disappoint, his guitar playing was so beautiful and his sound was so clear and amazing. I can see why my father worshipped him growing up. The songs he played, The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, familiar songs that we’ve heard our father play over and over since our youth. It still amazes me to hear my own daughter playing and singing to Summer Holiday, her guitar teacher being none other than her favourite Gung Gung.

When Saitaoha and Saitaomei were born, I realised how hard my parents worked to allow us to build the foundation for all our dreams to come true. As parents, we want our children to have the best lives, we want them to live their dreams. But I realised that as we grow older, we not only want to make our children’s dreams come true, we also want our parents’ dreams to come true!

I hope my parents enjoyed themselves and we can continue making wonderful memories together as a family.