This past weekend was a whirlwind of activities. It felt like a blur of time.
Chris was away for 4 nights starting Wednesday in Myanmar helping out with a surgical mission.
Of course this coincided with a weekend of back to back events.
I started the weekend with a morning of appointments to clear.
At 11 am, Liam had his baby music class at Mandeville. I wasn't able to go so my helpers took him
( and the older 2 ) by bus. His teacher( also their piano teacher) actually asked the older two to be 'assistants' in his class but they declined!
They were done by 1230 so I drove over to pick them up.
At 1pm I took the older 2 to art class at CANVASS while Liam had his afternoon nap.
When they were done, we picked Liam up and headed over to Montebleu to find our friends and go for a dip in the pool. Of course 5 minutes into the pool and thunder, lightning and dark clouds rolled in. Fortunately our friendly neighbours were home and the kids went over to play. Dinner was a simple affair at home, and we were done for the day ( at least I was )
Sunday was a day of social engagements ( kids ). Since we were going to be out for most of the day, breakfast was at home. French toast, maple syrup and iced chocolate.
We started with Annika's usual golf lesson at 11am. We got there 30 minutes early, and got to do some practice shots before their lesson without too much grumbling. The driving range was very busy! Annika's class was a full class so Madison and I had to go to a different level to find an empty bay to practise. After 30 minutes the coach took the class to the putting green to practice. Of course I headed to the pro shop to have a look-see!
Fortunately I only had 30 minutes to shop. We left with 3 caps ( 2 Hello Kitty ones for the girls ; super cute! ) and an Underarmour one for me. And matchy matchy golf/tennis tops for Madison and me.
We had lunch at the Canopy cafe, then it was off to the start of the parties.
First up: Happy Willow at One KM. Madison was invited by a classmate, and the party started at 130pm. One KM is a new mall located strategically at Tanjong Katong Road, at the corner of a VERY BUSY intersection. I used Google maps to get there, and the traffic was quite bad on a Sunday! The carpark entry isn't very obvious and I missed it twice ! Trying to make a U-turn to get back was quite horrible too. Once in parking was terrible too. The shopping centre has only a single level of parking and it was constantly full.
Happy Willow is an indoor playground, with a small cafe for the parents to hang out. I think the kids played games and probably ran amok with each other.
I did the 'terrible mum' thing. I dropped and ran. Completely forgot to bring my socks so I couldn't accompany her in to say 'hi' to the mum.. Of course during the hour that I was away she managed to scrape her previously scraped and scabbed elbow causing some bleeding. That another mother had to clean up and dress for her. Oops. When I guiltily came back to pick her up ( to go to our next party! ) she was ok but the 'eyes' from the other mothers! Anyway.. I stand by my decision. It's Madison's friend's party not mine. She had heaps of fun at the party, and she learned to look after herself. The organizing mother did a fantastic job with supervising the kids, organizing food and loot bags!
So.. at 3pm I picked her up, profusely thanking my way out and headed straight for Tin Hill Social at Turf City. This second party was organised by Madison's classmate from Pat's Schoolhouse so it was a gathering of familiar faces. We always have a good time when we meet up. It's so easy with these women, partly because we have know each other since the kids were 4. The hostess was very generous: kids were catered for separately from the parents! We had our beer, ice strawberry or lemon tea and food: thin crust pizza, calamari rings, sweet potato chips to name a few dishes. The food was very good. Service was smooth, prompt and subtle. They kept feeding us, replenishing drinks and clearing used plates and utensils. Plenty of napkins, plates and cutlery for us as well.
The kids were well entertained: pony rides, pony and bunny feeding followed by a magician show. Actually to be honest I have no idea what the kids were doing. We were safely ensconced in the air conditioned bar area while they did their thing! It was fabulous. I had a really great time catching up with old friends, and we were so sad to leave! The party was supposed to end at 530 but it was nearly 6pm when we reluctantly got off our butts when we realized no one was left in the cafe !
Straight from Tin Hill Social we were off to Sentosa to meet up with the rest of our family gang at the Hard Rock Hotel. Geok is staying 2 nights in Sentosa for a work thing, so we thought it would be nice to let the kids play in the HRH pool.
It's an amazing pool. Half of it is covered in sand and the other half in tiles. It was crowded but I think had we come earlier in the day it would have been packed. The kids had an absolute ball. The water wasn't cold but it was very choppy from all the kids in the pool. No issue for the older ones but Liam! He was drinking in the sandy pool water like a fish.
Of course by the time we got out of the pool he had a belly full of disgusting pool water. I got him out just as he started to look green and made it to the sandy 'beach' just in time for him to projectile all the water. Nice.
To end off the day we had dinner together at the Starz cafe. It's a buffet restaurant at the Hard Rock Hotel. Perfect for kids actually. A little bit of chaos, a little bit of noise but good service overall and food quality was not bad.
So that was the whirlwind of the weekend!
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