Matthew's 1st Lunar Birthday

6 Dec 2013 (十一月初四) was Matthew's lunar birthday. We celebrated the same way as we did for Jonathan with home cooked mee sua (面线), chicken drumsticks and eggs. We also had a birthday cake and a simplified 抓周.

very happy with his feast

i luv his smiley face here

婆婆 was here to celebrate with Matthew and as per tradition, she fed him with the mee sua.

looking onto his mee sua

drumstick drumstick

Except that Matt was not keen to eat his birthday feast. I have 2 boys that would not open their mouth easily to food. He push away the mee sua and drumsticks as if they were poisonous meat.

so happy

All children love birthday and Matthew was no exception. Luv his smiley face here and there.

cutting cake

After the birthday song and symbolic cake cutting, we proceeded to 抓周. We did a simplified version with items similiar to Jonathan's time.

our 抓周 basket

We included

Pen - to signify good writer/ poet/ scholarly
Calculator - to signify good in accounting
Measuring tape - to signify a career in tailoring/ designing/ building
Money - to signify good fortune/ businessman
"Cong" 葱－ to signify intelligence

Garlic 蒜－ similar to calculator

As usual, we placed the basket a distance away and let him walked towards it. He walked and walked in glee towards the basket.