Hello all. I had a very fun weekend with a real happy heart ka.This note doesn't have much really but I want to share why it was a lovely weekend.
As always every year, my family observes Saatjeen to end with a big dinner for all. This year was more special in that it was also our sister-in-law's 72nd birthday on the next day so we combined the two occasions to make it a unique evening.....with a few more dishes like fried long noodles, Chinese bamboo shoots, and ice cream as added dessert.
My generation went the easy way to assign the younger ones to think of how to make it special for 'the birthday girl' (the most senior in our family ka!). It turned out to be filled with some real fun and creative surprises ka.
My niece (the sister-in-law's only child) planned with another sister-in-law who's a baker to come up with two coconut cakes, with numbers 7 and 2 shapes to become 72. My niece also made a crown out of some big cashes bundled together.
Another one excellent idea was to have one tissue box filled with one thousand baht bills for the birthday girl to pull out a very long piece of the bills....she gave us all some money from it loei ka.
Our nephew and his wife were a real fun surprise as they changed their clothes into white shirts, bow ties and black pants, calling themselves 'sommeliers' to bring one bottle of wine, showing a special label of our sister-in-law's name.Their 'show' was so impressive and got lots of laughs and cheers.
My younger brother's family (his wife and two girls) offered one beautiful box of dried colorful flowers decorated with pearls. The cover had a poem composed by our baker/ sis-in-law.
The youngest boy in this gen (a freshy at Mahidol International College) was asked to simply offer some striking wishes. We all were surprised he said it in English, saying our sis-in-law is like the sun to shine for the family while helping protect and support all. Immediately, I served as his translator ka:))!
Our oldest sister-in-law was thrilled and thanked all of us for the efforts and fun. When each family, old and young, thinks on their own of what to do, the combination highlights our intention and creativity for all to appreciate the touching moments of joy.
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