I remember that at that age, I was already trying to be “independent” like going outside on my own to go to my playmates’ house, eating by myself, and making choices when it came to toys. Also, I was already preparing to enter school at that age.

It’s a different scenario with Miguel though. With our recent visit to the developmental pedia, things became clearer that we need a lot of catching up to do. In any case, I would have to reserve stories about that for a different post. I’d like to talk about a happy milestone in this article.

So how did we celebrate Miguel’s birthday? In a modest fashion, I would say. We ordered fried chicken, sundae, and spaghetti from Jollibee and a chocolate cake from Caramia. The children love fried chicken, so we made sure to have that. We also didn’t have any visitors since it was a Friday plus we figured there were already many of us who were at that time.

Anyway, we also wanted to have a “bigger” celebration for Miguel, so we decided to have dinner at Yakimix in Ayala Fairview Terraces. It opened some months ago when things began to normalize after the lockdowns. 

We’ve had previous birthday dinners at Yakimix and they were all satisfying so we were quite excited. While the food was delicious, it was obvious that the choices were not as generous this time as compared to the pre-pandemic years of Yakimix. Still, we enjoyed the food. The kids had their favorite chicken and candies for dessert.

After dinner, the fountain and lights in the Ayala Fairview Terraces’ garden were on display. Miguel loves fountains so we allowed him and Rafa to have a little fun and touch the spouting water. They were definitely ecstatic, I had to hold Miguel to prevent him from showering in the water. The boys were all wet by the time we took them away from the fountain. Good thing we were ready with spare shirts.

We ended the day satisfied because we had a good time. We spent the whole day, that special day, with family and there couldn’t be anything more beautiful than that.

While we are still on the topic of Miguel’s sixth birthday, here are the things that I wish for him:

I know that we have no control over what the future awaits. Still, I’m hopeful that it will be a bright one for my son (and for other children like him as well).

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