Fiona came out on the afternoon of Sat 4th June. Janet went to pick her up. Evan, Ken and I had just come back from a bike ride around Olympic Park/Homebush precinct.
On Sunday, we celebrated her birthday. Balloons were blown. Decorations hung and she was so happy. The Seetos came over around 12 noon, just as Justin, Kaylene and I were heading out to Westfields to buy other birthday presents.
Came back to find the table set with all the ingredients you would need to make a "jung". Bindy arrived just in time to join us in wrapping the "jung". I had already forgotten the technique shown to me by Mare's auntie, so my first couple just did not look right. Soon we were into the swing of things. Ken made ones filled with rice. I made smaller ones, gradually getting bigger in size. Only A. Cath and Bindy's seemed consistent. But when they had been boiled, it was very hard to tell who had wrapped which ones, except for Ken's which were the biggest ones.
I made mini chocolate muffins decorated with Happy Birthday Fiona. Oopsie - made her 1 year younger 37, but easily fixed - with spare muffins. We had a pre lighting of candles and singing "Happy Birthday" and she got to open some presents. Then when Sylvia and Nathan got back - more presents. After dinner, we had the golden kiwi lemon cheesecake I had made the night before. More singing and this time Fiona got to cut the cake. After tea and cake, it was time to go back home. She was reluctant to go, but we got her into the car and back to the home by 9.10pm, a little later than expected, but at least it wasn't 11pm.
