Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Last week Anya had her one week break before Term 4 starts again, today.

[As I sent her to school earlier today I thought to myself, goodness, she’s already in TERM FOUR! I could still vividly remember how she cried and screamed for me when she first started nursery early this year! *sigh* The next thing I know she’ll be in Uni! Okay I exaggerate, but really, time flies so fast!]

Anyway.

We were out and about every day last week. Well, except for Wednesday when it rained almost ‘throughout the day’.

And this was what we did :

MONDAY : Vivo City

Got together with a few other moms and kids at Vivo City. Initially we wanted the kids to have fun at the playground, BUT since it rained so much :

– Kids ran around and played with balloons (we got them free from Marche!) on level 3, near the Sentosa Ticketing Booth. Nice and spacious there.
– Moms snacked at Burger King while most kids napped
– Kids played at Toys “R” Us on level 2 (they played with the many ‘sample’ toys there)

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That’s Vai trying REAL hard to blow a balloon WHILE walking back to join the other kids. A bit hard with his eyes all closed, but no, he didn’t hit a pole or anything during his many attempts, hehe.

We were out for a good 8 hours that day! (including our bus trips to and from Vivo). It was rather tiring for me though (who had to carry out two sleeping kids, a pram and two heavy bags down the bus when we reached home)

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TUESDAY : Palawan Beach, Sentosa

Today the three of us went with a rather big group of moms and kids to Vivo City, and took the monorail to Sentosa from there! It was all cloudy that noon, which was great! The kids had fun!

And before we went back to Vivo City, we hopped on the monorail and stopped by the ‘Imbiah Station’ to check out the towering 37-metre high ‘Merlion‘! Vai was about to doze off but when he saw the statue, he got all excited again and only slept soundly on our way back!

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THURSDAY : Women’s Fellowship

Today is more like an ‘outing’ for me! The kids played with the others while I had a bit of ‘me-time’ and learned more about God’s word. It was refreshing.

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The girls were busy checking out something and Vai couldn’t help but join in.

FRIDAY : Thomas & Friends LIVE at Singapore Expo

Had a nice day out with Nic and Will today. Anya and Vai managed to sit through it all and joined in the actions and singing too.

If you ask me, I’ve always loved live musical performances. The dancing, the singing, the props, the costumes, the lighting, everything. So I’m always happy to go to such live shows with the kids.

The Thomas & Friends Live was nice (though I feel there’s quite a bit of talking at some points which may not be too appealing for those who’re not Thomas-enthusiasts), but somehow I do notice that Anya and Vai were so much more excited when they went to see Dora Live! I guess it’s because they’re so much more familiar with the characters, the songs and all (They watch their Dora and Diego DVD almost everyday!)

SATURDAY : Chinatown and Clarke Quay

For the whole of this month, there’s this Mid-Autumn Festival going on at Clarke Quay and Singapore River. Though frankly I’m not too familiar with what it’s all about (I know it’s that time of the year where there’ll be lots of mooncakes and lanterns!), we want the kids to be part of the whole festivity. To see Chinatown, its crowd and colourful decorations.

The four of us went with another family and too bad when we reached Clarke Quay, it started raining and we didn’t get to see much of the exhibited lanterns there! We watched parts of the lion dance performance and a few others from Central shopping centre’s window though! (not too fun for us adults, but I think the kids didn’t mind too much)

Anyway, the festival is still going on till the end of the month! You may want to check it out!

And if you have school-going kids, hope you had a great time with your family too last week!