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Caleb's Birthday Celebration
Posted by tyan (Singapore, Singapore) on 22 May 2009 in People & Portrait.
It is Caleb's birthday tomorrow and he got to celebrate his birthday with his school friends yesterday. Caleb's school is the first I heard of which doesn't allow children to bring along birthday cakes to celebrate their birthdays. But I don't mind as I guess that helps to cut down on hassle of cleaning up,disrupting lessons and comparison among the peers. However, on each child's birthday,the teachers celebrate his/her birthday with the whole cohort during assembly using a fake cake with a real candle.
The teachers and all the other children sing a birthday song for the birthday child,'Happy Birthday to you, and May the good Lord bless you', and the birthday boy gets to choose from three types of claps that he wants his friends to clap for him--the 'crocodile clap'(clap like mouth of crocodile opening and shut),'chopstick clap'(using 2 fingers to 'clap'), and the 'rainbow clap'(clap a big round from left to right).
Caleb chose the crocodile clap which he had in mind since months back,haha.
Sue from Sydney, Australia
Very innovative of the school. Over here...they don't want cakes too. Perhaps cos there are kids with nut allergies. But I am happier to celebrate the birthdays on our own. Happy Birthday Caleb! God bless you!
22 May 2009 9:09am
Xinyi from Singapore
yo.. time flies.. caleb is 4 now!! gosh.. cakes are not allowed in cases of food poisoning.. crocodile clap?? so innovative??!! so cute of him to know what he wants months back... :P
22 May 2009 9:21am
Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa
How very special for them!!! A very happy birthday to Caleb for tomorrow. May he be richly blessed and know just how special he is on his big day!! :)
22 May 2009 2:08pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
That is so original, wow hugs and kisses and tons of chocolate x
22 May 2009 4:02pm
Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States
What fun it had to be to see him so happy ... never heard of a 'fake cake' before, but stopping the competition is probably a good thing. I hope today was fun too!
22 May 2009 4:19pm
bwee from Singapore
Never heard schs disallowing bd cakes. Probably a gd thing though! Save $ and less sugar in their diet! I am particularly amused by the different types of claps. Hahaha....
23 May 2009 5:12pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Sorry I missed Calebs birthday, please send him our best wishes and blessings for a wonderful year ahead.
Mary Ian and family xxxx
25 May 2009 6:47pm
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