11th of August was Euan's birthday! We tried to make it special for him. We went to the swings as he loves them and in the evening we prepared a big cake for him.
Mum and I made an Elmo cake - you remember the red character from Sesame Street? Euan loves him. However, the icing colour didn't quite work out and we ended up with a pink Elmo! When we put the cake in front of Euan (hoping that he tastes it and eats from it) he was scared and started crying. Good thing a friend of mine got him a little birthday cake.
At the weekend we organized a little birthday party and made 'quccija' for him. This is a Maltese tradition where you place things on a tray in front of the child. Each item on the tray has a connection with a profession. The first thing the child grabs will be his/her profession. On the tray we had a computer mouse - computer expert, DVD - actor/singer, thermometer - doctor; credit card - banker, money - accountant, pen - professional, rosary beads - religious person, vegetable - farmer, measuring tape - tailor, brush - painter and kitchen utensil - cook. Euan grabbed a DVD first
followed by a computer mouse and finally a vegetable. From the guests we learned that apparently there are similar traditions in China too.
We then cut the cake which was a Nutella covered chocolate cake this time round. He ate so much cake and enjoyed it!
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