Morning @ The Gardens

We decided to bring Kimi for a morning walk in the Gardens and to play at Children's Garden today.  We only remembered when we arrived that it is a Monday and Children's Garden is closed every Monday.  What a bummer!

Nevertheless, Kimi had fun running, scooting, feeding the swans, chasing pigeons and playing with 2 labs! :)

 Kimi wanted to catch the pigeons despite my repeated 'no' - he just loves animals

 Scoooooooot!

 I love this pix of him running!

 Yup, again! I'm always taking pix of Kimi running cos that's the essence of Kimi - always on the move! :)

 A nice lady shared her bread with Kimi so he was enthusiastically feeding the pigeons

 And of cos not forgetting the swans.  Frankly, Kimi is so brave to let the swan eat from his hand cos these fellas can sometimes peck a little too hard.

 Kimi stepped on some wet mud and wanted us to clean him up - here he is showing off his dirty foot! Heez!

 Lovely Bamboo cluster in the background

 Ahhh.. Kimi's favourite!  He played with these 2 labs till the dogs were a little worn.  Kimi still insisting that this lab do more retrieving. Look how he is literally shovering the tennis ball into the dog's mouth?

 A boy and 2 dogs

 Lovely blooms - my fave!

 An owl perched on a tree?  When Kimi saw this way up high on a tree, he shouted to me excitedly to look at the owl up there.  I think momentarily he had forgotten owl are nocturnal. Hee hee!  I, too on first glance thought it was an owl but..... on closer look.... it actually was  .....

A bunch of dried leaves!  Haha!  Kudos to Kimi's sharp observation for something that was so high up and a vivid imagination!

Racing Into F1

We were so blessed when our neighbour and hb's colleague gave us 2 VIP tickets to the F1.  Although it was not the actual race night, both father & son had a great time bonding.  I had the luxury of going for a quiet, un-rushed dinner and a little shopping.

But, frankly, I didn't even noticed that I did not slow down and continued to wolf down my food and walked quickly instead of a leisurely stroll in the shopping centre.  I only realised when I was on the phone with Karen who asked me where I was rushing to and why I sounded hurried.  It was only then it hit me that I had been too accustomed to being in a rush that I had forgotten to slow down.

What's more, with a few hours on hand, I felt so lost that I didn't know what to do or where to go.  I felt so lousy walking aimlessly.  I was so happy when hb called to ask me to pick them.  After 3 hours on my own, I wanted to go home, really. :)

 All decked up and ready for action!

 Cool!

 This must be Kimi's highlight cos he likes all things POLICE! Haha!

 When I picked them at Raffles Hotel, Kimi asked hb to take a pix of him with the Ferrari - Kimi loves fast cars!

Croc Farm Visit

Wow! I know this is terribly overdue but better late than never I guess. :)

During the September school holidays, 1 of the activities we did was to visit the Crocodile Farm.  Kimi has been bugging me to bring him to see the crocs for sometime now - ever since I let out that there was one nearby.  So I roped in Karen and her daughter for a morning of croc fun!

Frankly I didn't place alot of hope in seeing many crocs here as I know this farm since I was small.  This farm has been around for at least 30 to 40 years.  And the facade hasn't changed a bit since.  Hence, I thought there would only be a miserly few crocs.  But hey, I was wrong!  There were sufficient crocs to pique the little ones' interest that we spent an hour plus there!

The kiddos at the entrance

Besides crocs, there's this turtle that was rather frisky

Kimi's fave spot - an abandoned fountain turned crocs display

There were quite a few species at the farm

This is the oldest and largest croc there - the uncle working there told us that this croc was already there when he started working at the farm about 30 over years ago.  Scary! I won't even want to be near its enclosure (see video below for croc feeding)

Info galore! Kimi touching a real stuffed croc's teeth! You can purchase study/activity kits of various age groups at a very reasonable price.  It's a must get as there are useful croc info

The uncle stringing up the chicken necks for feeding as Karen and Kylie looks on...

Waving an unwilling good-bye

We were also so blessed to experience the process of croc feeding - scary is the word.  Nevertheless, the kids and moms had fun and learnt a fair bit here and I am sure we are going to be back soon.  As we made our way out, Kimi asked to visit again. :)

Singapore Crocodile Farm

790 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534660

Tel +65 6288 9385

http://www.singaporecrocfarm.com/index.html

Pls excuse my video-taking skills as I had to carry Kimi in 1 hand and made sure he don't get too close and my camera from now falling off my hands - phew, not an easy feat at all!

A Fire-ful and Hort Day!

We did so much today!  After Art, we went to visit the Seng Kang Firestation with Karen and Kylie but I had totally forgotten that it starts from 9-11am.  We were there close to 11am and they were just finishing a tour for a group of childcare kids.

Although it was supposed to be closed at 11, they were very kind and allowed the kids to play with the fire hose, put out a fire and roam about and photo-taking.  Thank God for His favour!  Else, the kids would have been very disappointed.  This is our 2nd visit to a Fire Station and we intend to do another round at Central Fire Station the next time! :)

 

Kimi asked to take pix with this fireman, Kylie and Karen

Kimi's favourite!

After taking pix in the back cabin, Kimi boldly asked the fireman if he could sit in the front cabin instead.  See how happy he is?

Another one of Kimi's favourite vehicle - the bike

After the firestation visit, we went for lunch at a nearby mall before going home to shower and get ready to pick Charmaine for a next round of playdate.  This time, to Hort Park.  Kimi made some new friends.  I hope we can get together again so the kids can play together again! 

As Kimi did not nap, we didn't spend too much time there.  But, definitely, we will be back!

Playground galore!

Good climbing!

Climbing with Ju

Charmaine's friend's daughter, Kaylene, she's so sweet ya?   Kimi requested to take a pix with her! Cheeky boy!

Flight of Colours

Today being Youth Day and a holiday for Kimi, he asked me to bring him to Jurong Bird Park and I roped in my neighbour, Karen and her sweet gal, Kylie with us.

Kimi wants to take a pix with every cow he meets.. remember at Farmart too?

Not forgetting his adored swans.. See, grabbing tightly onto his guinea pig, Brownie

At the entrance

Feeding at Lorry Loft - what a brave boy!

Then, Kimi said he wanted the bird to sit on his cup as he saw a lady doing that. This bird was rather impatient and greedy. So, Kimi was a bit apprehensive. Anyway, the bird pecked at Kimi's thumb and knocked off some skin! But Kimi still held onto the cup bravely as he didn't want to upset the cup and the bird can't feed on it! If it was me, I would've have thrown the cup and screamed!! In the end, I had to shoo the bird away and it wanted to peck me too! Rather aggresive bird!

But, Kimi regained his confidence and wanted to try his hand on these birds a little further down the bridge. I was so proud of his bravery and perservering spirit!

The birds decided to hold the cup themselves, haha!

At the entrace of the Penguins exhibit

The kids decided to act cute

Kimi grabbing his favourite macaw

All For the Fun of Water!

We decided to let Kimi skip school today cos hb had been travelling non-stop the past weeks and we had so little time together as a family, esp so for hb. I think he felt the need to spend more playtime with Kimi as after 1.5 days rest at home, he will be on another 12 days trip, yet again.

After hearing so much good things about Jurong East Swimming Complex, we decided to try it out although there is a similar one at the estate we lived.  Best of all, the charges are same as any other public pools despite the slides, rides and wave pool. :)

As we arrived in Jurong town, it started to rain rather heavily.  I urged Kimi to pray to God for the rain to halt so we can proceed to the other part of Jurong where the pool was.  As always, God was faithful and as we pulled into Jurong East, the sun was shining and the dark clouds did not chase us! 

In fact, it was cloudy with enough sun for a warm time yet not scorchingly hot.  God loves His little children and their simple faith!!  The rain continued the moment we pulled out of the driveway of the complex.  Amazing? Yes!  That is my God, He answers ALL Prayers, no matter how small or big as long as we call out to Him. Hallelujah!  All Glory to Jesus!

Here's some pix of a beautiful family time spent together!

A father and son shot

The slides!!!

Kimi can't wait to jump in the pool

Going with papa on the lazy river on a float

Moving towards the water jets!

How refreshing!

Then, the wave pool can on (once every hour) and both father and son went on it with the float

Then they decided to go without it during the next wave ....

Enjoying the waves

Kimi venturing on his own - he's never afraid of waves even at a young age ... he loves water!