Monkeys at the zoo!

Almost every May, I brought out the koi streamers. The boys have no idea what they were about of course. Last year was quite a disaster coz we suddenly had no more grilles. This year, I was better prepared :)

Celebrating our naughty but lovely boys!

They happened to be standing with their own streamer

And this year, 5 May was a Sunday - perfect for an excursion! And I got corporate pass for the zoo! :) With the zoo so near, we started our excursion with two bus rides.

Yu got a shot of him on a bus!

So happy :)

There's a photo of Kai on a bus with Sito, and Yu kept saying it was him, not GeGe! Poor boy. Our kids love taking buses.

Waiting for the next bus at a ulu bus stop

And finally we got to the zoo! It looked like a lovely day, and it turned out quite well really. A little cloudy so it wasn't too hot, and we had only a few drops of rain. Lucky!

Yang had a go at this hopscotch, which looked different from what I remember!

Kai went next...

I love this shot of Yu jumping!!

Kai had a shot like this too; Yang refused :p

Rare occasion when they gawked at animals!

Yu was telling me about some attraction he saw on the zoo guide :)

Yang on top of a big fake snake!

The boys kept whining about ice cream. Luckily we came well prepared. They were so happy to get Porky sticks - though they aren't Porky brand! - and ate as we walked quietly towards the kiddy area.

Found a cotton pod along the way

The first thing was the carousel of course!

Yu even stayed on to watch the beginning of the next round

Yang had gone off ahead for this

Wishing well kind of thing

The rabbits were so soft!

We were just in time for an animal show!

At the end of the show, we got to pat the dogs in the show. Yang was very interested. How interested? Let's see...

Yang sayang-ing the dog

The girl next to him left, he was still there

Another girl joined in, he was still there

The girls left, Yu came along, Yang was still there!

Feeding time!

No boy got kissed this time :p

There seemed to be a clearer boundary now. We were told to stay behind the drain. Yu kept throwing the carrots; think he was afraid to go near. Silly boy :)

Lunch was at KFC. While Sito was getting food, a familiar-looking guy brought a tray of food to the table behind us. During lunch, I heard snippets of the conversation of the family behind, some showbiz thing in Taiwanese accent. Then I realised that that guy was not an acquaintance but I had seen him on TV or something, hoho! Later I recognised his wife. I cannot understand going to the zoo in full makeup but I suppose there are expectations for them!

Kai wanted a photo, which was interesting coz he usually didn't like to keep posing for me!

Monkey Yang refusing to pose properly!

I don't know what he was doing...

Show-and-tell?!

With no disrespect... Is this called 班门弄斧??!

We missed the elephant show which was right after the animal show but some minutes' walk away and we went to feed animals. Yang was a little sad, maybe coz we didn't get to watch the elephant show the last time due to rain.

Playground time! Really like to see them slide down together :)

We stopped by the souvenir shop near the exit and got them a  fluffy toy each. Then we had the much anticipated ice cream - but they had to share a sundae coz I refused to spend $20 on three cones with just one scoop of ice cream each!

Took a taxi home and managed to keep Yu awake! He was going to sleep but I distracted him with photos from our excursion. So I got to nap a little with him at home :p

Kai arranged this for the camera :)

Panda for Kai, elephant for Yang, lion for Yu. I told Kai he must speak only Mandarin to the panda, haha!