Anniversary

I am not good with dates. I am not a big fan of celebration but some events are really worth celebrating tonight. 49 years of marriage is huge. Not me! My parents-in-law. I planned the night before to dress up and put on some make up BUT after bathing my kids this afternoon, dressing them up, preparing Chester's goodie bag and taking the quickest shower ever in my life to wash away my sweat, it was about time to leave the house to pick up my in-laws. Such is my life. 

We booked this restaurant at Tuen Mun a week ago and were all looking forward to some seafood feast. This restaurant has no seafood and we need to buy them from the market beside it. While my in-laws and Allan went to pick seafood, my sister-in-law, Scarlett, Chester and I were loitering around the area taking snaps.

The "blazing" Sun family

Scarlett and me in the car on our way to Tuen Mun

The only shot I managed to capture everyone tonight except myself

I love her smile

The adoration between these two is unbelieveable

The stall we got our seafood from

My instruction to her was, "Scarlett, go stand beside the lobsters!"

Food was delicious. The only two dishes I didn't snap was the roast goose and claypot vegetables. Having to feed Chester and keeping him entertained means I don't really have much time to eat but I still enjoyed my dinner very much. After two pieces of roast goose, a bowl of fried rice, one giant fried oyster and half a lobster, I wasn't able to eat the crab and prawn at all. We get to pack the crab home so I can still taste it tomorrow for lunch! 

If you have a toddler, you know he ain't gonna sit through the dinner with you. Allan and I had to take turns to bring him away, goof around so that he won't start to scream and yell in the restaurant. Because he is so cute to us, we all love doing so. Again, he started performing his gibberish speech to the lady at the concierge and to the koi in the water. On occasions, he would grab his sister's hand and made her walk with him. She is always smitten by him when he does that.

Sometimes I wonder how a kid can be kicking and screaming like crazy inside a restaurant but once I brought him to another place, he can have such a happy and cheeky face. Perhaps it's like him saying, "I got what I want." 

At some point, I carried Chester to the outside of the restaurant and found this plaque. I don't think it has been updated since.... 

Nevertheless, the seafood they cook is really quite good. Worth visiting again. I ate here several years ago with my bunch of girlfriends too. 

Next year, it will be my in-law's 50th anniversary and my 15th anniversary. We are thinking of a family cruise trip in summer. Another thing to look forward to next year. Anniversaries, I am starting to like you a little more and more.