Fun with Madison

We had a pretty good weekend.

Yesterday was a work day but we managed to salvage it.

Initially I was hoping we'd make it to Casa Verde at the Botanic Gardens for strawberry pancakes in the morning, but turned out that Chris needed to go back to work at 830Am. By the time we were ready to leave the house in the morning there was no time to make it to the gardens and then to the hospital.

So we settled for self service, grumpy service ladies and kaya toast with eggs at Kopi Tiam at SGH. And of all the food courts this one didn't even have a single high chair. Talk about child friendly establishments! We made do and stacked 3 chairs together but Madison was squirming about on the chair and barely made it past 5 minutes. After breakfast Madison and I spent an hour wandering the corridors of the hospital ground floor, the gardens and the pharmacy. Madison scored herself an orange beanbag Carebear.

Chris took longer than expected so by the time he was done :1. I was running late for work at Joo Chiat 2. They were running late for Chinese class at Bibinogs. Chris and Madison took a taxi to class while I rushed straight off to work.

By late afternoon, after her nap we decided to go for a bike ride with Madison sitting behind on a child seat. It was amazing! She lasted close to an hour and started to fuss only at the end. My main grouse was the crazy crowds and the blazing hot sun at 5PM!

Today, I had my mind set on replacing our airconditioner in our bedroom. Turns out its not as simple as rocking up to a shop and getting it changed. Long story short, I'm still stuck with our crummy old set that now blows warm air. Disappointing.

This afternoon though, our poor old chum Madison had another bout of tummy trouble. Actually, she had trouble with her bowels. There was blood involved. Fortunately between the 2 of us we managed to sort that all out, but her nap was truncated because of her tummy.

There was also a MP walkabout this afternoon around the Novena house . So Madison got to meet our MP!

Dinner was a family affair . Elizabeth was brought over too and boy is she chubby now! I cooked for a change, and made macaroni olio aglio with seafood, and chicken casserole with kidney beans and brussel sprourts.

Tonight I'm camping in the living room. I think Chris still wants to sleep in our room with the crummy hot airconditioner. I really don't know how he can bury himself under our duvet !

Tomorrow, another week starts... so many things to do already. Anthony arrives Thursday. Aircon needs to be checked. Window pane in kitchen needs replacing. Curtains need replacement. Sigh.