The river is calling...

Ian has bugged us to go river safari each time we go to the zoo but never managed to get the tics till tdy! Daddy finally got his coy pass n on this day, we had to go late am as mama has training in the morning so the kids went out for playground fun w daddy n we headed to mandai straight!

Somehow the kids were very excited abt the pandas. We had to pass by all the fishes area 1st but they were Gd in capturing various fishes n Ian was reading all the write up on his own. Oh our little boy has grown up to read n wander on his own. 

We finally reached the panda enclosures n all the kai2 n jia2 craze all came out of the kids. Ian was so interested to read all abt them n how they got black spots haha. We had lunch at the panda mama kitchen which was so crowded. Guess Gd time to ring their tills! We joined in to get the sets n even got the souvenir cups n badges haha yes, we joined in the wagon! Tho Ian was endlessly asking to buy bag tags, we don't need them, do we? Anw the Sch hols had more activities n we stayed for the show n tell n think Ian kindof regretted not volunteering himself to break the bamboo or smell the panda's poop just to get himself some panda stickers haha. We took pics w the panda mascot n only jia2 came out! Among the 2 pandas, kai2 (the real panda) was the more active one while the passive jia2 just laze ard n even Mia when we try to find her! Yes, this panda craze went off as we left the place to explore other parts.

We saw squirrel monkey, some water insects n a whole loads of fishes which Ian kept saying it was like the SEA aquarium in sentosa! Guess the best part of the place was that it was sheltered all the way n quite cooling at most parts but seriously don't find it worth to pay so much just for the pandas. So glad we got it on daddy's coy benefit! Yes, the river is calling n we conquered the river safari tdy!

Ian is 7 n 1/2 yrs old

He never knew we have been celebrating his 1/2 yr bday coz last yr this day he stayed over po2's pl n so we missed it n he forgotten the earlier 1/2 yr we have celebrated so he was elated to know we do celebrate this special day. But poor Joann thot that her bday shld come next haha well soon soon we will celeb urs n u can blow ur own candle. 

Tonite we had a mini cheesecake n Joann still asked to blow an imaginary candle as we din light any n the boy was fine so it's Joann who truly wanna blow out the candle. 

This past mth has been a fun yet studying month. We went for national day celeb at promontory n went away for desaru trip where Ian saw how biathlon was held n how tedious it was. He had his 'tests' just soon aft the trip n guess it was pretty ok considered how little revision we did as we thot it was just tests haha. No pressure kind of studying we are adopting n he has a long way so why get so stressed up n he's fine to just do wo revision, yes the less studying the better for him but his memory of things learnt are retained so we don't worry much except for those careless mistakes. 

He's picking up on reading, tdy he read a long passage of the children's story bible which was his bday present fm ah Mu n ah baa n everyday it's his 'highlight' to get mama to read to him n tdy he in turn read to mama n surprisingly he can't was a lot faster than b4 n he could read a lot words which mama thot he might not b able to. It's Gd that he is 'hooked' on reading the bible n wanted to know the story coz he's such a story follower kind of boy. 

Yes, this mth he started his rajnbow loom craze n we even got him his 1st set n started doing starburst. Sigh so tedious but he kindof mastered it tho there were incidences of rubber snapping but he's still keen on doing it. Guess this was the best achievement we hv done this sep hols n more practices to come! Yes, n time flies he is into his last term of p1.  Guess this term will pass really soon!