Watching the ballet

3 Adults and 6 kids. Watching the ballet at the Esplanade.

And we survived it. There were only supposed to be 4 kids and 5 adults, but for a turn of fate (ie, a pair of parents FORGOT they were supposed to be celebrating a 100 year old birthday, so sent 2 kids in their place ). Plus there was a bit of a mad rush at the start trying to pick the 3 other kids up because the said parents were running late with drop off.

The ballet itself was quite good. I didn't really understand the title to begin with, but once the performance began it was quite obvious. It was titled 'Peter and Blue go round the world'.

The first 30 minutes went well. We had silence, peace and appreciation of the dance. But at 45 minutes, the edginess started.

Thank goodness it lasted a grand total of 60 minutes. You'd expect to feel uplifted, relaxed and inspired after watching the ballet, but with kids it's a whole new experience. It was more like nervous checks to see that they hadn't fallen across the seats to injure some poor soul at the next row, weren't kicking the head of the next row, or "shush shush SHUSH!!!!"

Not recommended to have kids outnumber adults in such situations. Thankfully 2 of those kids were older than 5.

Of course after the show, because we were so caught up trying to get all the kids out intact and alive we promptly forgot our cameras which we had to surrender at the start. Now I know why they require us to give them a name and contact number.

The rest of the weekend went past in such a blur! I can barely remember what we did in those 48 hours.

Saturday was wake up, work , kids swim, lunch, swim (again, lesson for Madison), then we actually braved it to Orchard road for dinner at Marche with the kids. Which actually turned out fantastic! The kids seem to be able to play with restraint at the play area. Amidst crazy screaming kids who were running amok up and down the playhouse. I was so pleasantly surprised mine didn't go similarly crazy and sustain injuries. So then Chris and I got to eat properly!

Sunday was wake, breakfast, golf( for Madison ) while Annika and I went to the club to hang out(more space than at home, we both get the edgies doing nothing at home). Then lunch for kids at club, rush home to get ready for the ballet. We cut it too fine so nobody got to bathe. Then after ballet rush home to get ready to go to the Botanic Gardens to meet the rest of the family. Kids got to cycle. Dinner at Food for thought at the Gardens. That place is a pretty good idea for dinner! Safe, smallish outdoor playground that the kids can't seriously get injured in, plenty of seating, both indoor and out. Food is average, but hey, who actually eats when kids are involved?

And then it's Monday! Of course then I get to go to work and sit down and relax.