Thursday, January 5, 2023

(Dec 2022) What we were up to

 

Went to the Bouncy Paradise with the cousins. Gosh, IT WAS FUN.





Taking a photo of Mei and the bag 4 Gor Po gave her. She went shopping in Malaysia recently. Mama showed her a pair of leggings in different colours. She looked at them and said blithely, "I think I will take them all."

 Bye, Aunt Tin. She was migrating to USA to join her daughter. We will miss her so much, so much.

Birthday dinner for Ah Gong. 



The sweet teacher gave them vouchers to recognise their stellar results. Ironically, only Gayle got AL1. 


The sweetheart asked for her photo to be taken. The impish girl tricked Jie that day. They were playing a "Blow and Topple the Bottle" game. She started blowing when Jie was counting down, and when Jie reached 1, she pushed the bottle over and laughed maniacally. 

Our little Jun no longer grumbled in the morning when he had to go to school...FINALLY


Went to Chinatown with Papa 









Went to Malaysia for a short vacation with Ah Ma and Ah Gong


At a farm




Dinosaur Park just below our AirBnB apartment. Crazy hair shot


They realised that water made things appear BIGGER...giant fists


Birthday lunch with Ah Gong


We went to Legoland. Mei said she was Nia.


and she told me to take a photo of the alicorn, which I found out that it was a cross between a pegasus and a unicorn, so essentially a flying unicorn!

BRUH


Sought shelter under the marque...saw a staff member walking around with the Lego trophy


AH booster JABS

Mei's first jab and she did not even so much gave out a whimper! Well, either the nurse was terribly skilful or Mei was simply thick-skinned. Eh..but the two brothers, esp Jun, whined quite a bit. 


Skateboarding Course using the SG Active Credits (partially)






Well, they did manage to get onto it and go around..





Attended Mama's cousin's wedding. Had to take a photo with the note which served as the lucky draw ticket. Heh this gave me the idea for the Christmas Lucky Draw at Linear.




Not the bride. Ha. The groom's mum.



Would you believe it? Tong was the P4 Term 4's star student!



They adore each brother but often fight like cats and dogs. Love snuggling...and Mei gives him courage. She has no qualms about going to the living room alone in the dark..but timid Jun is so he often asks Mei to accompany him...

Ah the Intrepid Mei...

Her birthday is coming soon...went to Popular this morning and she took note of all the things she wanted to buy in the toys' sections, which meant almost every single thing she fancied...ha...







(Dec 2022) Christmas Gathering at The Linear



woooo some 30ish people turned up. Almost the full force. We even met Aunt Sheena's boyfriend.




Ah...the kids were up to no good in the room..


Good food galore


One of the highlights - dressing Xiaoshu up as Santa!


Did not even need to stuff a pillow as a tummy...all natural

  The pile of presents - it was stupendous


Dylan didn't recognise his own papa.


First up Gift Exchange among the kids. They were to buy for one other cousin. But the aunties and grandaunts piled on the presents too...Heh before the chaos set in


A very quizzical Mei Mei


The Gor Pohs wanted a photo with Santa too


Ah...presents galore


Ok a neat photo of everyone with their presents


Unwrapping time!



We had three big bags of wrapping paper trash.



Someone gave Dylan Papa Smurf!


SECOND Highlight - The Wacky Lucky Draw - Mama made the grandaunts be the VIPs to hand out the prizes. Hilarious moments - Aunt Lindy and her sisters revealed something about their mummy and Aunt Karen acted it out, eliciting lots of laughter. Ah... would you believe it? Mei got the toilet paper prize and talked about it for weeks, saying how it made Mama soooo happy. Funny twist: Mama had wanted to get rid of some rolls coz Papa did not like the 2-ply ones. ha


THIRD HIGHLIGHT - The $2 Lucky Draw Pick! You had to contribute $2 notes, take a photo of the serial number and the note was your lucky draw ticket!


Another hilarious moment: Ah Ma being introduced as the VIP to give out the prize - Papa provided the description - That Ah Ma loved to work, collect degrees and ask TO SEE THE MANAGER (and amazingly some of his cousins chanted this in unison and they did not even arrange it beforehand! I guess Ah Ma's I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER antics must have been nothing short of memorable.

Bei Gor won the pot! Some $30 ish...


Ah...and the happy man counting the money


LAST HIGHLIGHT - Next up, the pinata game for the kids...well the adults went off to have a cup of coffee and tea at the dining area, now able to have a relaxing moment after an entertaining program...ha but this apparently was amusing to the old folks and some of them lingered to watch the kids play


Small to big





and Dylan wanted to join too


Gosh, the swarm of candy-loving kids descending upon the goodies like locusts - SCARY



We found the perfect spot for a group photo


A resounding success. There was much fun and laughter...and bursts of hilarity... YAY a fantastic end to 2022 with our celebrating Christmas with our precious extended family on Christmas itself.


A great 2023 ahead, folks!