Aunt Tin found Tong's phone under the bed. Ha, it had been missing for at least half a year. With his beloved phone found, he had been taking photos and videos of mei mei mostly, whom he declared as his newest model. Haha....his phone was full of Jun's photos last year. Now, it was full of Mei mei's photos. He took this video and thought it was sooo cute. Apparently, they said something to mei and declared that Mei was trying to attack them.
Went to the playground with Aunt A's children. Tong was the one who taught me how to use the slow-mo mode. He was one tech-y guy like papa. Papa had brought the smaller TV to the dining table so that he could have a big screen when he worked. Yet, the kids managed to take the wire from that TV and connect it to the PS4 and the big TV so that they could play PS4 with Xiaoyi. Amazing.
The Woodlands Green Park was really lovely.
Hello Jun. He looked like a mutant giant ant or something...
There were so many structures for them to explore..
but even simple things like throwing leaves into the air (Jie called them the confetti leaves) made them happy...
AH. We went to Jurong Lake Gardens on a sunny day. Mama had mistakenly made them walk all the way to the bus stop opposite Waipo's house only to find out (due to Tong's sharpness, he went to check if bus 180 really did go to that bus stop) that we could have taken the bus from the interchange.
Newly opened. It was such a gem.
I told them that papa and Mama used to date there and Tong said that he would bring his gf there. HAHAHAHAh.
Tong spotted the gargantuan monitor lizard. Gosh.
We heard the ringing of the bell and followed the sound to the gates of Chinese Garden. It was closed for renovation and I hoped we would get to visit it when it was all spruced up.
Ice cream in the hot sun - what a treat.
Ah - the playground! It was a good thing that we did not come on Mon as the area was closed on Mons for maintenance. The hammocks looked very relaxing but were actually rather uncomfortable.
There was an area with many trampolines...
Crossed the bridge
Found a little waterplay area...we had missed the big waterplay area. Managed to convince Jun to just go to the swimming pool at the other end of the park and was dismayed to learn that the pool was closed for maintenance on Thurs. It was such an arduous walk, my legs almost broke.
The red-brick road we found surreptitiously. Ha...we veered from the main path and found ourselves in a serene part of the park. Thought there was a red-brick road in The Wizard of Oz but Xun said that it was actually a yellow-brick road. hahaha
Golden dragonflies!
A field of lalangs. It was a good photo spot. We actually saw TWO wedding couples.
We finally found the waterplay area. The kids had a splashing good time. They spent a long time wading around, collecting sand, soaking in the water...Ah Gong had not seen them since last Sat and must be missing them for he came all the way from the east to drive us home. In the car, papa called and I told him Ah Gong missed mei mei and came to pick us. Ha the impish Jun asked Ah Gong if he missed him too. Jun was getting really glib. There was once when he wanted jie to help him and he used his cute voice to declare that he loved bear bear. Jun was so tired that he almost fell asleep at the food court. After bathing, he went to bed by himself and was soon sound asleep.
Jie went for extra soccer training and had a whale of a time. Alas, she forgot the extra hockey training though. Ha I did not know why it slipped my mind. I had recorded it on the calendar in the living room but not on my phone.
AH ha, the last Fri of the June holiday....ooooo back to the predictable routines of schooling days...what a bliss...I was tired to the bone with all the excursions.
