The little one turned 6 at the end of July. She finally got her princess cake which cost me a whopping $105!!! She's been asking and asking for it since she was 3 and we finally relented cos this is the last year she'll be able to celebrate her birthday with cake cutting in class. Needless to say, she was super thrilled and had a tough time dozing off to sleep the night before. We'd always told her that the princess cake was expensive and there was no need for one when a simpler, cheaper one would suffice. We also tried the "less fortunate children who could not even celebrate their birthdays, let alone have a fancy cake" line. We tried to impress upon her that having a fancy cake was not important as it could be the source of envy for the other kids who might not be able to afford one. I must say the poor girl tried her utter best to understand our point but at the end of the day, she's just a kid and all she really wanted was her Disney princess cake. We figured we could instill the moral and social obligations later and gave in to her this one time. And then in the classroom next door to hers, we saw another boy celebrating his birthday with a handful of his five or so friends attending the extra curricular Chinese class. His cake was about 20cms long by 10cms wide, and the affair was a small one. Of course that made us feel worse...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Meg turns 6!!!
The little one turned 6 at the end of July. She finally got her princess cake which cost me a whopping $105!!! She's been asking and asking for it since she was 3 and we finally relented cos this is the last year she'll be able to celebrate her birthday with cake cutting in class. Needless to say, she was super thrilled and had a tough time dozing off to sleep the night before. We'd always told her that the princess cake was expensive and there was no need for one when a simpler, cheaper one would suffice. We also tried the "less fortunate children who could not even celebrate their birthdays, let alone have a fancy cake" line. We tried to impress upon her that having a fancy cake was not important as it could be the source of envy for the other kids who might not be able to afford one. I must say the poor girl tried her utter best to understand our point but at the end of the day, she's just a kid and all she really wanted was her Disney princess cake. We figured we could instill the moral and social obligations later and gave in to her this one time. And then in the classroom next door to hers, we saw another boy celebrating his birthday with a handful of his five or so friends attending the extra curricular Chinese class. His cake was about 20cms long by 10cms wide, and the affair was a small one. Of course that made us feel worse...
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OMG! You're right, the cake was HUGE :-) Nevermind, this is what kids' memories are made of, and as long as we can afford and it is within reason.... sigh, life is too short.
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