The first two to arrive were the football and the bikes. We meant to get them anyway but procrastinated until now so not technically Christmas presents... Don't think the kids saw them that way too but well, they are presents!
The football came flat. It took Kai, Yang and me a lot of effort to inflate it coz I made the mistake of not plunging the needles fully :(
The bikes arrived, nine days after ordering online! But the delivery guy got stuck at level 4 lobby for ages coz only one of the three lifts were working and it was peak period. I had to get the security guard to go rescue him! It was very near bedtime but of course the kids had to ride a bit in the house!
Give me a thumbs-up, boys!
Of course they couldn't do it together...
White and blue for Kai, blue for Yang and orange for Yu :) And we headed downstairs for a ride the first Saturday which happened to be the weekend before Christmas.
Kai and Yang were happily riding
Yu was peddling backwards - path of least resistance - and we took turns to help him until we three all gave up!
That Saturday, we also started opening up the intended presents. First of all, a LEGO roller coaster set meant for all to play with. Yang chose it with Sito on their day out.
Don't know what they were discussing about while building the roller coaster
Kai built 90% of it
His brothers had fun playing mostly
Yang snapped random pictures like this!
Oh, I received a Christmas hamper! From Sito's company!
On Sunday, we opened up the Pororo bow-and-arrow set
Sito found a great spot for them to aim the suction arrows at - the balcony door!
On Christmas eve, they brought back gifts from their gift exchange so nothing from us :p Kai was happy with his candy dispenser which came with many refill packs. It was from his K2 friend who came back for the party though she had withdrawn early; Kai is the only K2 now! Yang received an activity book which he took a look at here and there. Yu got a miniso watch, which I thought of getting for their gift exchange.
Today, I brought out their presents and arranged them around our Daiso tree! :p
Can't wait to open!
Yang and Yu were happy with their PJ Masks Gecko watch and toy car ("police car!") but Kai was disappointed with his 3-in-1 dinosaur LEGO set coz he could only look at it and not play with it! Lesson on manners here... When he started to assemble the dinosaur, he began to like it and we played with it for a while :)
Besides presents, our Christmas was also about dressing up and food!
Santa babies for school party
Holding on to his gift exchange item - toy cars for all!
And I was told by his teacher that Yang cried at gift exchange coz he didn't want to give away his present! Someone didn't quite understand gift exchange... I always think gift exchange is meaningless - there's no name at the "to" field! And for kids, well, they don't get it.
The Christmas tree at NTUC downstairs has curiously given way to a 梅花 tree on Christmas eve!
Our lunch today! Baked fusilli bolognese and honey glazed drumsticks!
I had wanted to roast a whole chicken but (a) it may be dry and tough, (b) the breast isn't too yummy, and (c) I could find only kampung chicken when I needed a big fat chicken. In fact, I couldn't even find drumsticks until my second try. I'm happy to report that lunch was well received :)
Kai had a drumstick each plus pasta less the broccoli; Yu had a bit more drumstick than Kai
Yang had a drumstick and a bit more, plus pasta, also less broccoli
Yu wanted a selfie after seeing me in action above - I think he thinks he's cute... :p
So overall - both Yang and Yu ate more than Kai! Can tell from their girth... But Kai ate a lot more at dinner coz it was his fave fried rice from the coffeeshop. Picky!
Second trip to the playground and coffeeshop in three days
And just like that, Christmas is over. LNY is coming up in just over one month's time. Shall wait a bit more to lose weight!
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