Anniversary

With all the excitement and hustle-and-bustle, I very nearly forgot about our anniversary. What with heading down to Singapore to visit Rizal, then Mama, Baba and Sasha showing up to spend the holidays too, and not forgetting catering to the demands of the little Miss, the date of our anniversary slipped in and out of my memory.

It shouldn't. We purposely had our dinner on the 25th four years ago so that we'd remember it when carols and decorative lights hail in Christmas every year.

Instead the thought flitted into my consciousness on the 20th, then out again a day later, in again on the 22nd and then finally I was reminded again by my mother when I called her to report about the lost earring on Christmas eve. Also, Aisha sms-ed and wished us a happy anniversary. Thank goodness for friends and family who remember.

For dinner, we decided to celebrate anyway by heading out for seafood with the girl in tow. The chilli crab and steamed fish were delicious out on the east coast. Dinner however was interrupted by Sophie's decidedly tantrum-filled behaviour just as our food arrived. We had to take it in turns to quickly savour our food while the other pacified and cajoled the girl. It's not easy trying to celebrate an anniversary with a squirming, shrieking child.

In hindsight, we should have celebrated a day or two earlier when Mama and Baba were around to handle the little monster.

At least I will remember this anniversary as being the first one with our daughter.