Family Day out!!!

We have been at the National Family Celebrations last yr coz Seth wanted to take a pic with his fav Ben10 and then we got to know abt this yrly event which is held meant to foster closer family ties by spending deliberate time together as a family and since we have always been doing it, so this yr we thot why not support it.....yea and when they 1st asked to solicit suggestions for this coming event mama thot why not give some suggestions to make this event meaningful and mama suggested families coming together to make pledge how they will spent deliberate time together and well this suggestion was implemented (hahhaaa reminds mama of those days when we had those suggestions scheme in her workplace) anw for that, we got 2 movie tics (so waiting for the day to watch a movie we would love to watch)

Then later the pledging starts on FB and we could win tics for the day's event and mama thot why not try to pledge sth since we have been doing it and then we got tics for the hippo tour hheeee and was glad we could share with our bigger family ie ah mu, ah baa's family and with dayi =) =) =)

Guess the happiest were the kids as they have always been talking abt hippo tours when we see them on the road and even Ian was 'yearning' to sit on hippo bus to see his fav Singapore flyer (yea now this roadmark is Spore flyer not even our home...wherever we go, he will ask where is the Spore flyer and would be most delighted to pass by that...hhmm trying to get tics for that hehee) and we went down for the event at Palawan beach to take our hippo bus....

And of coz to enjoy the ride it made sense to sit at the upper deck and here we are the whole gang at the upper deck getting our needful 'sun-tan' and proud to say we are the only family in the sun hahaa coz the upper deck was 1/3 with covered shelter but guess having the open top made the hippo tour more meaningful so we sat there thru our whole 25 mins journey....

We went on for more fun at the beach as there were so many booths for us to visit....there was a badge making, some kids tatoo-ing, balloon sculpture, sand making, sand art making, magic shows, even games and trampolin....guess we had so much heat on us that we thot was enough heheee

And here are the kids taking their lunch at the super crowded food court as alot of pple were waiting for the goodie bags....we thot it was madness to collect the bags but well when we abandoned the idea of the massive queue, the queue got much shorter and we got tons of goodie bags as 1 of the stalls was also dishing out to our kids while they were playing their games....anw it was a fun day out with the family and guess the kids really had their dreams coming true by taking the hippo bus =)

The kids had a nap on the go and when they woke up we thot since the weather was gd, we could go take a dip and here are the kids having their water fun at 1North NTU Alumni club....guess it was truly a family day out coz thereafter we went ah maa and ah gong's place for dinner before we gonna miss them for 2 wks since they are going for their Europe tour....so envious of the 2 old folks taking their honeymoonssss =)