School holidays March 2011

Daddy has been very busy lately and can't even take leave during the school holidays. So over the first weekend of the holiday, he tried to do so many things with us, even though he had to work the whole day of Saturday :(

Russell at Sapphire, The Jewel Box (Mount Faber)

Russell with Daddy on board our cable car. Renee was too afraid to look.

On Saturday night, we went to Mount Faber and we told the kids we were taking a cable car ride. They were so excited even though they didn't know what it was! The whole dinner they kept looking out into the distant night, where we could see the cable cars heading towards Sentosa. Finally at 9pm, we got our tickets and boarded a cable car. Immediately after take off, Renee hugged me and was so scared!!! I was pretty scared, this was my first time also, but thankfully it was at night and dark, so I couldn't really tell how high up we were! Russell was very brave and had no fear, he kept chatting to Eugene, who kept asking him, "do you want to be a commando next time? Have to jump from this high you know?" To which little Russell replied, "yes!" Ohhh-kaaayyyy!!!

The round trip took half an hour, we didn't get a chance to step off because the last ride back was 9.30pm. Which is just as well, I imagine if we had disembarked at Sentosa, it would be impossible to get Renee back onto the cable car!!!

The kids waiting for their breakfast at The Beach Hut

On Sunday morning, the kids woke up at 7 am!!! OMG! We had to force ourselves out of bed around 7.45am, started getting ready to go out for breakfast. Eugene suggested we go to The Beach Hut at East Coast as they had a breakfast buffet. When we finally reached there at 9 am, we realised they no longer offered a buffet, it was now ala carte. We ordered 3 sets to share among the 4 of us, there was free flow of coffee and tea and toasted bread with jams and butter. The kids enjoyed the scrambled eggs and hash browns.

After that, daddy brought us to a bicycle kiosk to rent a Quad Velo. See picture above. It cost us $30 to rent for an hour. Totally zero hip factor plus we cycled like mad but the thing couldn't really go fast. I had to stop a couple of times as my legs weren't long enough and my belly was in the way!

After that Renee said she was HUNGRY!!! So we headed to Ikea to look for her bed and also to let the kids snack on their favorite $1 hotdog. We've been looking for a new bed for Renee because we need to make room for Riley. I've been going through all the possible options for arranging their beds/cots. I'm quite stressed over it! Anyway, after a fruitless trip to Ikea, Eugene said he wanted to go to Courts to get a new phone, our home phone has been down for sometime, so we needed to get a new one. By this time, Russell was cranky and we left after getting the phone. The kids fell asleep immediately after getting into the car, by the time they awoke, it was time almost 6 pm for Russell. Renee woke up earlier so I brought her downstairs for a dip in the pool.

We had a late dinner at Parkway and returned home soon after that. It was a long day for me. Everyone had a nap except for me.....but it was indeed a packed day, which we did so we could do something for the kid's holiday.