There was Legoland at the start, then bouncy castle, then science centre and cycling, followed by a day trip to JB!
There was also Fathers' Day in the midst of the holidays. Yang invited a friend over that morning (shifted from Saturday afternoon) so we were so busy that I forgot it was Fathers' Day! Oops... Yang and Yu managed to present their gifts to Papa at the end of the day :)
We started and ended the holidays with a BBQ. Our own BBQs were kind of healthy compared to the many BBQs we had elsewhere :p
There was also the usual Saturday breakfast outside, and random happenings at home..
But it wasn't all play. Every weekday morning that we were home, the boys had to do work. One boy worked under my supervision while the other two worked on their own. Of course, it wasn't possible for the younger ones to work for long without supervision... But yes, we got some work in... Though this is at home and sitting down, it was the most tiring part of the day for me - not easy getting them to work!!
So end of summary. Start of our photos!
Sito's BBQ halibut was very yummy!
Yang must BBQ cooked satay
Sito got stuck among the balls at the bouncy castle!
The pup must hug the hub
Checked out the playground near the expressway finally. Bought a big cup of coconut juice at the pasar malam to bring along. Kai and Yang had it coz too thirsy but Yu refused stubbornly.
Learning about coconuts at the supermarket
Yang waiting for Yu to wake to play with him :)
It was fun!
Then he saw the the plate was pretty gross haha!
Kai spying on Yang....
Escape game! It was so fun!
The staff had to give us hint here :p
We didn't manage to get out within the 13 min but we were very close! The boys wanted to do this again but it was a crowded day so the staff told us nicely to come back another day.
My tiny Yang :)
Best BBQ ever! Free flow drinks and ice cream on top of meat and ramen!
Sito having ice cream float; Yang was very cold!
Very pleased with his ice cream
Yang had to write slowly and nicely for Papa
Yang was the only one who wanted to learn cycling but he gave up after 15 min
He almost got it though! I told Kai he must learn the next time coz he's outgrowing the bikes with learning wheels...!
Pondering over when he could finally cycle? :p
This trip, we saw a man flying a beautiful kite and baby otters! At first from afar, we thought they were squirrels. But they didn't flee when they spotted us. As we got real near, I recognised them as otters. So cute. But we left quickly after a short video in case the mother was around!
All very game and posed for me :)
Lunch was at Macs as usual. We packed cai fan for dinner and let the boys have their Friday movie while we went for a quick date night downstairs :)
Us with mango shaved ice
We also had an egg tart and a mini chicken pie before the dessert coz I smelled something really cheesy and nice... I terrorised the poor boy behind the counter...
mf: What's that marvellous smell I'm smelling?
Poor boy: What marvellous??
mf: What just came out of the oven?
Poor boy: Egg tarts
But it turned out that they were cheese tarts so I ordered wrongly *.* Sito got me the cheese tart the next day though :) Verdict: the smell was more powerful than the taste.
We also did a lot of renovation stuff these few weeks. Sito went a few times to await delivery and spoke with the carpenter, electrician, aircon guy, etc. We also went to get curtains at IMM after a few MIA from WhatsApp enquiries. We ended up getting blinds!
Went to two shops and both said that blinds are better than curtains for half height windows and windows that don't cover the whole wall. We opted for easy to clean blinds at the second shop which quoted a few hundred dollars cheaper. The boys had their fill of phone games *.*
No time for Daiso coz we wanted to catch happy hour at Paradise Dynasty! But the kids had too much candy at the curtain shop so didn't eat as much as they did the past few times.
Must sit like this
Yang can use chopsticks only when it comes to XLB :p
Ice kacang for dessert!
Notice something strange? In our childhood, Sito and I had ice kacang with creamy corn on top and less creamy red bean under the ice; this was totally opposite with creamy red bean on top and corn niblets underneath!
On the last Monday of the school holidays, Sito took a recce trip to JB using public transport. It was very smooth and he came home with a lot of yummy piah. So that Thursday, all of us hopped on bus 160 to JB!
There was a counter for families with children below 12 at the JB side. So we managed to skip the longer queues at the general counters.
Lunch was Ho Seng Kee - yummy wantan noodles! The kids were too busy watching Mr Bean on TV so we ate for a really long time... So no time to squeeze in a foot massage before movie.
Mixue ice cream is so creamy!
And Kai looked so happy with ice cream! Yang didn't like it though so the parents ate his :p Walked around the mall and bought a book from Popular - they have more Chinese books than in SG and we can use our Popular card here too!
Kai was so happy again with movie with popcorn and a drink!
Managed to give our feet some therapy after the movie. The boys got their phones as usual. All happy :)
There was a football fest at the atrium so we redeemed passes with our receipts. Couldn't let them play the real deal coz the kids inside all looked very good! I feared for my kids haha! So they played foosball. There were other games too but no time. I even made a dash for the bakery while they played!
Kai and Yang won! But it was a close match.
Dinner was at Meng Meng roasted duck coz (1) Japanese place claimed their staff were on a break at 530 pm and food could take 20-30 min to arrive; (2) Canton-I ran out of too many items; and (3) our receipts also gave us Meng Meng vouchers. And it was a good choice! The roast duck, char siew and roast pork combi worked great for the kids. In fact, we had to order more roast pork!
Next was arcade time. No time to go supermarket to get candy and Kai was very upset. But I had a tummy ache so arcade was great - I could go to the toilet!
The thing about Malaysia is that they don't have toilet paper in the cubicles *.* Even the common roll was empty! I had one piece of tissue paper on me. Yes, very sad. Thankfully, it was enough.
But as we made our way to the checkpoint, I had to go again! I grabbed the big pack from the kiddy bag on Sito and made a dash for another toilet. Bad time to have diarrhoea *.*
Yang dozed off - but he claimed he was just pretending :p
It was a good 12 hours from beginning to end. Not too tiring. And we did so much despite three hours spent on travelling and immigration. Actually the actual travelling was short. If we had gone to Jewel, it would be three full hours of travelling!
And we did not spend much - it was the cost of two dinner in SG, but we had two good meals, watched a movie with snacks, had a foot massage and bought breakfast for the next two days. Oh, and we bought piah too - night time snack for us :p
On the last weekday of the school holidays, we packed the school bags and did some different work...
Time to rid the cabinets of beyblade marks!
Also write down the most enjoyable parts of the term break to read out at dinner time
Lunch was at Bangkit, after which they had a haircut, just in time for school reopening. It rained briefly while we were eating but things dried up after the haircut so we went to two playgrounds.
Then must buy them drinks coz I didn't buy for lunch; brought their bottles instead
The hair is so much neater comparing the above two photos of three heads! :p
Kai and Yang went home to poop while Yu helped with grocery shopping :)
Our regular BBQ chef, this time making soy sauce prawns
The prawns were a keeper! Really finger licking good! But smoke got in his eyes and I didn't wear glasses so didn't know the photo caught him blinking!!
Love this series of photos showing them playing monkey with JiuJiu. Check out their expressions!
Yes it was raining intermittently but they had a lot of fun splashing about. Wet anyway :p Got them out when the rain got a bit heavier and they went home on their own to shower - the power of growing up!
And the rest just sat around to chat, eat and watch the kids
Invited Ah Yee as well. But didn't manage to chat much with her. Was thinking of throwing the kids' clothes in washer and returning to the BBQ but Mother said go home *.*
So we went home to find that Yang had pooped it all out! 10 days!! The poop stayed in the toilet overnight before it could be flushed away, yucks... Yu also had a lot of poop while at the pool - brought him to the toilet near the pool and stayed with him while he pooped or farted almost continuously for 10 min! Ok, better out than in... But can I be let off this kiddy poop business soon?!
