Achievement unlocked!

In the hols, tried to cajole Ian to do more climbing since his sis is so into it but he often rejected it. During church camp, kind of forced him to do but ended up in tears so he owed 1 session of this spidey climbing so since Sch kicked it, our sat is to spend outdoors so went west coast park just for him n his dear sis rem n reminded him haha. 

To our total surprise, he was rather game to climb tho his 1st try he almost wanted to climb back tho he was near the top n couldn't figure out how to get to the slide. He finally did it n thereafter he got so used to it n kept climbing like what his sis did at changi village. Pay back time? Haha glad he overcame it n told him it's akin to problems he faces in life. Not to turn just coz he failed but think of the keep trying spirit. Hope it gets into him but he felt so accomplished at the end of it n asked to go back again. Tdy's hot weather prob got us quite burnt! But totally worth it!

Finally a prize for me!

These were the words exclaimed by Ian when he heard he won a colouring contest. Last dec we read that ARC mall (the mall we frequent coz of Ian goes attend berries class there) was having a Christmas colouring contest so the kids just took the form home n the assignment they did was to colour on their own. Ian has always enjoyed colouring n so he has envied his sister of winning at the last colouring contest. But this contest paper is diff one i.e. It's smooth surface so colour pencil won't work so the kids started using markers n being the older kid he could control the colors well unlike his sis. 

Ian liked his final art piece n din bear to send it for the contest (ya who on earth doesn't submit his art piece n keep at home) n the contest reads that lucky winners get to win vouchers n he thinks it sounded like it's lucky dip n he claims Joann seems to b the one with such 'luck' (tho told him it's not luck that we believe in) coz Joann did win the Lego lucky dip. Aft much convincing (v much convincing till the extent to take photo of it n print it out) he finally agreed to send in his colour sheet. We din think much of it n when the email came it was a pleasant surprise for him n it certainly made his art 'affirmed' coz so far he's nv won at any contest tho I must say he takes a lot of pride in such art stuff which so far he only get praises from Sch teacher n finally his work got off! Just a little token to recognize his art

Our 1st staycation in 2016

Daddy booked a 'secret' staycation for the family which mama chanced upon it coz wanted to go JB so daddy had to unveil we going on new yr's day, guess it's for our 10th anniversary since we have always had staycation for past yrs anniversary. With kids going Sch it's tougher to go on actual day but this turned out a great time together. According to Ian, it's the happiest day tdy!

We left real early on new yr's day, we literally carried Joann into car in her PJ but she woke up real soon out of home. With so early trip we made it into JB real early n were at tesco even b4 it opened haha rare opportunity so we had great time there. Then was aeon to watch Alvin n chipmunks. We made it for early bird n it's nv so cheap to watch movies in sg. We then had lunch n shopped ard tho kids can't wait to check into hotel.

For the 1st time we stayed at mutiara hotel which was near ksl mall. It's v near where mama used to go in Sch hols when she was in Pri Sch w her family. Oh holiday plaza so much memories as we walked thru it. That was yester yrs! We headed to ksl so much talked Abt, Joann kept asking for her 'car ride', we weren't sure if she could manovere but she did really well. We got her guards in prep for her inline skating lessons. She is most excited, kept asking for her skates. Well hope she is so enthu thru her lessons.

A quick dinner n we, the whole family that is, all went for hair cut in prep for new yr haha even the hair stylist also teased so cool mummy go saloon w daughter n daddy w son. Then we walked back to hotel n got a lot of surprise buys at holiday plaza.

Tdy we had our 1st buffet breakfast at hotel n Ian sure enjoyed it again! See the smile on his face, then we went tebrau n kids wanted arcade again tho yest we went. To make up for what we din let them play at gardens by the bay, tdy they had their games at the machines n both surprisingly caught sth to bring home. Well it's still not easy as the kids realized but won't mind let them try since it's so much cheaper in Msia! Well happy end as we walked ard to shop. Oh CNY mood is already in the air, we just passed new yr! Had a lunch at nando's n more shopping b4 we headed home! It's a fun filled trip tho short but sure spur the kids into the new yr with more exciting months coming up! Happy 2016