Wow it has almost been four months since my last post. Proving exactly as I thought...4 kids can be and sometimes is chaos! lol
Time to do some catch up bogs.
We have had 3 birthdays in as many months and I am REALLY keen to show you all the fun. Also our Lexi is slowly on the move. Geez time flys when your having fun. Oh well back to it. My first special mention will be to The Mandarin Master at Stafford, Brisbane.
We celebrated my husbands birthday with a good old fashion Chinese dinner. We usually go to a buffet style Chinese restaurant, with all you can eat. For something different to celebrate his birthday he requested that we go to a sit down restaurant and order off the menu. My first reaction... "WHAT!!!! No all you can eat! Since when?" lol.
The daddy of the house is a BIG fan of getting value for dollar so we usually always go for something like a buffet. His suggestion of a sit down romantic dinner for two was refreshing.
It also encouraged my mind to go wondering. With the help of a close friend, we located a restaurant that had rave reviews and made the booking for 15 people. NOT so romantic I can here you say, no, but I knew that it would be the the perfect way that my husband would want to celebrate... surrounded by our close family and friends.
Of course we kept it a secret, he assumed it was going to be a romantic dinner just for us (+ little miss 4 month old fully breast fed bubs of course).
When we arrived, he quickly noticed all of the familiar cars of our friends and family and preceded to inform me he already knew. My response..."What! NO you didn't. Really? How?"
The simple explanation, one text message sent at the wrong time and the convenience of an iphone displaying the message on the screen for you, and all who get to the phone first, to see grrr. He had found out 3 days before hand. Damn it! Three weeks of planning ruined three days before the event. Oh so close.
I didn't worry too much, the cheeky as smile on his face was rather infectious. It did kind of defeat the purpose of the big "SURPRISE!!!" yelled at him from his sister when he walked in, but oh well, what's the saying...'It's the thought that counts". lol
Funny thing was, all though we all ordered our individual meals, we decided to utilised the lazy susan turn table in the middle and shared our meals. So it did turn out a bit like our own private mini buffet style dinner.
The food was delicious! They were very accommodating and prepared the meals exactly as ordered and the portion size was huge. So big infact that we ordered way too much for all of us and had plenty to take home to the baby sitter, aka my little brother.
I provided a gorgeous chocolate mud cake courtesy of The cheesecake Shop.
The lovely people at the resturant brought it out, candles lit and then once the we had sung to the birthday boy, they offered to cut it up for us. That's service.
Needless to say we all had a fantastic night. The man of this chaotic house enjoyed himself, enjoyed the delicious food and enjoyed the company. Happy Birthday to the daddy of 4 Chaotic kids! xx
Time to do some catch up bogs.
We have had 3 birthdays in as many months and I am REALLY keen to show you all the fun. Also our Lexi is slowly on the move. Geez time flys when your having fun. Oh well back to it. My first special mention will be to The Mandarin Master at Stafford, Brisbane.
We celebrated my husbands birthday with a good old fashion Chinese dinner. We usually go to a buffet style Chinese restaurant, with all you can eat. For something different to celebrate his birthday he requested that we go to a sit down restaurant and order off the menu. My first reaction... "WHAT!!!! No all you can eat! Since when?" lol.
The daddy of the house is a BIG fan of getting value for dollar so we usually always go for something like a buffet. His suggestion of a sit down romantic dinner for two was refreshing.
It also encouraged my mind to go wondering. With the help of a close friend, we located a restaurant that had rave reviews and made the booking for 15 people. NOT so romantic I can here you say, no, but I knew that it would be the the perfect way that my husband would want to celebrate... surrounded by our close family and friends.
Of course we kept it a secret, he assumed it was going to be a romantic dinner just for us (+ little miss 4 month old fully breast fed bubs of course).
When we arrived, he quickly noticed all of the familiar cars of our friends and family and preceded to inform me he already knew. My response..."What! NO you didn't. Really? How?"
The simple explanation, one text message sent at the wrong time and the convenience of an iphone displaying the message on the screen for you, and all who get to the phone first, to see grrr. He had found out 3 days before hand. Damn it! Three weeks of planning ruined three days before the event. Oh so close.
I didn't worry too much, the cheeky as smile on his face was rather infectious. It did kind of defeat the purpose of the big "SURPRISE!!!" yelled at him from his sister when he walked in, but oh well, what's the saying...'It's the thought that counts". lol
Funny thing was, all though we all ordered our individual meals, we decided to utilised the lazy susan turn table in the middle and shared our meals. So it did turn out a bit like our own private mini buffet style dinner.
The food was delicious! They were very accommodating and prepared the meals exactly as ordered and the portion size was huge. So big infact that we ordered way too much for all of us and had plenty to take home to the baby sitter, aka my little brother.
I provided a gorgeous chocolate mud cake courtesy of The cheesecake Shop.
The lovely people at the resturant brought it out, candles lit and then once the we had sung to the birthday boy, they offered to cut it up for us. That's service.
Needless to say we all had a fantastic night. The man of this chaotic house enjoyed himself, enjoyed the delicious food and enjoyed the company. Happy Birthday to the daddy of 4 Chaotic kids! xx
