Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Another Legoland itinerary!

Yes, we have been finetuning our Legoland itinerary - around food and massage, hoho! The kids have their fun, and so must the parents, right?

In December, our first day was a Tuesday and Legoland was super crowded. Since we suspected that this was due to the water park being closed on Tuesdays, we skipped Tuesday totally. It was a great choice!

Wednesday, 15 Mar

We're back!


No more than 90 min door to door. Spent some time getting our suitcase into the locker though...

The VR ride is usually Kai and Yang's first stop but it wasn't open so Sito brought them for other rides while I brought Yu where he wanted to go.

But first, let's cheer Papa and GeGes on!


They also went on the big dragon...


.. while we sat the Merlin merry-go-round five times! We spotted them coming down the stairs on our fifth ride and came out to find them.

Yu running to Papa to tell him we rode five times!


This is monumental - guess what?


Kai is now too tall for the horse ride! We think maybe the measurement was a bit off... But anyway, he's so big now - don't vie with the small ones!

So they all went for the merry-go-round


It took a few rounds before Yang managed to ride with Papa


Kai is very strong - I just needed to steady the rope when I rode with him; he pulled :p


Lunch at our fave burger junction!


Perfect portions when we ordered two hotdog meals, one fried chicken meal and one nugget kiddy meal to share :) The location is also nice - we get to see many people getting wet on the volcano ride!

Sito built a propeller plane and a pack of Macs fries


Combined, they became an intergalactic object??


I still think the fries look like a hen, haha! We spent a lot of time in this place coz the kids like it.

Yu finally tried on the glasses! But he didn't wear it for the show *.*


Eh, friend ah? :p


We watched Officer in Pursuit. Long time no watch! Quite funny with the hotdog/corn/banana man. Yu had wanted to put on his glasses only when the hotdogs went flying but he dropped them *.*

How does the camel go? Under these two!


We were tired enough to leave before 6 pm - it was so hot!

Apartment was at level 28 - can see Legoland hotel from the lift


Took us a while to get a grab car to AEON. But we got there and headed for Vivo Pizza after grabbing some buns for breakfast the next day. We found that in December and decided we must return on their Vivo Day which falls on Wednesdays for discounted meals!

Kai had two pepperoni pizzas, Yang had one and Yu finished his regular meatball spaghetti!

They were all hungry by the time we got there so ate a lot. Sito had BBQ chicken chop while I shared a totally underwhelming cheese pizza with him coz I wasn't hungry and coz I really wanted to eat their chocolate lava cake haha!

Our next activity is not shown here - guess? :p


Yup, massage! Let the kids play on their own in front of us. We got a back massage after a foot massage. Sito could feel his feet after our trip while I could feel my back!

Thursday, 16 March

Water park day!


Oh yeah, I bought a photo though Kai was grouchy. No selfie stick when we went there :p

I spent a lot of time with this sweet guy :)


This time, we didn't take a lot of rides. Only Kai spent some time in the middle slides. But it was tiring coz it was hot. No one objected when we left.

Look at this sleepy pup waiting for our late lunch


Found these two looking at lobsters when we came away from the cashier


This time, we didn't pack bee hoon back. We ate it fresh right there! So yummy! Must wash it down with something sweet!

They were happy with their treats :)

I wasn't. I ordered coffee from JCO. It looked and tasted horrible! Then I saw the two ladies at the table nearby teleported to Starbucks next door - they had abandoned their JCO coffee!!! But the seats were comfy enough so Sito grabbed a doughnut, and brought the kids to Baskin Robbins next door to get ice cream back to JCO to eat. 

We went jalan jalan a bit and landed at the supermarket after deserting the cinema - the kids didn't want Shazam and I didn't want Demon Slayer since they wouldn't be reading subtitles properly so no point. Grabbed some snacks to bring home and picked some fried food and sushi to eat later in the apartment. Also got the kids a big pack of popcorn.

The fried food was a mistake. I felt so uncomfortable I had to lie down. Then I had to make myself vomit but I only retched. Took some time before I finally puked. But it wasn't the end. I had a tummy ache while feeling like I needed to puke - not a good combination! Then I puked again. Then I decided I couldn't puke a third time so I got Sito to apply some peppermint oil on me and went to bed. Woke at 3.40 am and felt better!

Friday, 17 March

New space to play Lego where the Star Wars room used to be


We played the usual stuff otherwise - Ninjago, boating school - and headed out for a simple lunch at the chicken rice shop. 

And they had cotton candy bigger than their heads!


We got separated from Papa!


Finally a good shot of them in this ride coz they were in the truck nearest spectators


The two big Sitos are strong!


We left before the park closed coz it was very hot and coz we wanted to go for Korean BBQ! For the first time, we sat at level 1. The kids didn't eat as much as last time though. 

Having lollipop while discussing how to swallow phlegm *.*


Nua-ing with their phone while we had foot massage


As it was still early, we sat down at Blackball for dessert. Sito and I had the signature while Yang and Yu shared a strawberry yoghurt. They didn't finish it so we drank it in the end :p Kai had some pearls from our bowl but Sito sneakily added a red bean which caused him to go yucks, haha!

So sweet :)


Saturday, 18 March

For the first time, we had breakfast at Medini Mall. The bakery at the supermarket was quite good! And the coffee was waaaaay better than JCO!

Not much queue at the splashing ride - no idea what the name is :p So it was time to use the raincoats! I bought a new raincoat for Kai so that Yang could have his and Yu could have Yang's. But Yang didn't want to ride so I gave Kai his old raincoat and let Sito have Kai's new raincoat. 

I waited outside but didn't see them in the queue. Then I saw that Yang decided to ride in the end so Sito gave the biggest raincoat to Yu *.* I rushed up to give Sito a poncho but he declined, hmph!

So here they go!


Yu was quite dry coz the raincoat was big. But Kai and Yang got their pants wet. It was great fun though!

Later, Sito and Kai went for roller coasters while the remaining three of us went to build cars. It was a 不见不散 agreement to meet at the entrance at 11.30 am :p

Bought more buns from the supermarket bakery for the journey home in case there was a jam and we got hungry. But our 12.00 nn ride was very smooth. Sito packed pizza for the kids and ban mian for us. Dinner was Macs in exchange for porridge lunch on Sunday :)

We both got a bit ill after coming back - no COVID. Sito said that we could not survive a week-long holiday. I have to agree. But seeing how we have "graduated" from bringing helper along in Dec 2019 to going on our own from Dec 2022, I say we have a good chance of going from tired to not tired and eventually to longer trips! Yeah!

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Taking care of old Papa and Mama

Last week, Yu suddenly said he would take care of us when we were old. Awww, so sweet :) I just let it be and then we had further conversations:

1)
One night, I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He mentioned the wanted to become a policeman previously but you know, these things can change..

Yu: I don't want to be police. 
(He remembers!)
mf: Then what do you want to be?
Yu: I don't know. I don't what what (jobs) there are.
mf: Maybe you can be a teacher like Papa?
Yu: Oh ya, I can be a Math teacher. I'm good at Math!
mf: I'm good at Math too!
Yu: But counting is so boring, haha!

2)
Then on the bus one day, he talked about how old he would be when his brothers are x years old and in secondary school and university etc. 

Yu: When I go to university, you will be old, right?
mf: Yes, I'll be old by then (sad face)
Yu: When you're old, I'll take care of you and Papa. Because I will have money!
mf: Oh, where will your money come from?
Yu: You.
mf: um, I think you need to work to earn money...
Yu: Ok, I'll work. Math teacher. And I'll have money to buy cai fan for you. I'll buy three cai fan for you, Papa and me.
mf: With curry vegetables?
Yu: Yes.

3)
I posted on Facebook about him wanting to take care of us and JY asked if he would buy her a pack of cai fan too.

Yu: Ok. But I don't know how to go to her house.
mf: (Gosh, he wants to send the food over!) Oh, I'll bring you there ok?
Yu: Ok.

So sweet 💗

Somehow I really wanted to eat cai fan last Sunday. But it was drizzling so it was troublesome to head to the coffeeshop. And Sito was out for tea with friends and lost track of time. So I dropped Kai and Yang at tongue tip noodles while Yu followed me to the foodcourt to eat cai fan!

With curry vegetables of course!


Friday, 3 March 2023

Let it out, my poor Yang Yang!

Sunday night about 12.40 am, I woke to something at my legs. It turned out to be Yang. He came over coz his tummy was painful but the poor boy was just sitting there quietly.

I brought him back to his bed. Seems like a constipation problem coz it was the lower abdomen. And he hadn't pooped for a week. But he said he didn't feel like pooping. Gave him some oil and stayed with him.

But the pain got worse. I was worried and did a quick google. Worst case was a perforated colon. My heart... 

When I got back to him, I found him in a crawling position at the foot of his bed. He was trying to find me but could hardly walk! My poor boy!

I had him lie down and talked to him about going to the hospital. I had forgotten that he went in for constipation before so I told him about my case. Then I asked him to stay in bed while I talked to Papa.

Woke Sito and briefed him on getting Kai and Yu ready for school should we get back late. After preparing myself and stuff, I went to get Yang. But he could hardly walk! He rested at the sofa while I went to get Sito. We decided that he would send him instead as he could carry him; Yang is now too heavy for me to carry him.

Yang had the good sense to remind me to get his shoes as we left the house. No one remembered shoes when he went to A&E for his second febrile fit... 

It was 1.30 am by the time I watched Sito carry Yang into the taxi. Texted with Sito until 2.30 am before I fell asleep. Yang felt better while waiting. By 2.30 am, he was playing with the wheelchair *.*

Holding his jacket against his tummy when he first got there


He managed to see the doctor faster than expected - a sign said it would take seven hours!!!! They were home just before 5 am. I woke to find Yang in the shower. He slept in our bed for two minutes and decided he wanted to go back coz he was "stuck" in our blanket haha!

We were so tired after this night. Yang slept through his brothers' 6 am alarm. I was telling Kai to get changed in the other room etc coz Yang would not go to school that day, and he told me that he already knew as he woke when Yang went in to sleep.

Yang was still sleeping when I came back from sending his brothers. In fact, he slept until 9 am! I think Robot-kun woke him when I sent it into his room, oops.

So I learnt that he had a few sausage-size poops inside *.* So he was given an enema. Sito said he went OHHHH! Drama king la... Sito also heard him heaved a few sighs of relief in the toilet, hoho! 

Yang was given a laxative to take until he pooped more. It has been four days now but he had very little poop even though we made him drink more water than usual and removed all biscuits for tea. Hope he poops today... Let it go out!