Monday, June 05, 2006
Early Saturday Morning at Suntec City
A "deserted" Saturday morning at Suntec City. Well, it was Saturday after all, not a working weekday.
Mike had a ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant) exam at 9am, so we agreed to bring Matthew for an early morning outing. We reached Suntec slightly before 8am and had breakfast at MacDonalds. We bought Matthew a Happy Breakfast Meal of hotcakes and apple juice. He loves hotcake and finished almost all of the two pieces of hotcakes. He had his morning drink of milo, but refused the apple juice. The Happy Meal came with a light green car Flo from the Disney Cars Movie and he happily played with it.
Mike left to take his exam while Matthew and I finished our breakfast. We then went to walk down the fountain terrace.
Here's a photo of Matthew, wearing his NEXT Tee-shift, which is so big boy, and his new pair of Combi shoes. This outfit made him look so grown up, don't you agree? :p
Matthew enjoyed the early morning walk and kept looking at the fountain of wealth. He was a good boy and even followed me to the toilet when I wanted to pee...
I brought Matthew to see the Koi at the koi garden. He did not seem very keen, getting too close to the fountain and the water and kept waving bye bye to the fishes. But he enjoyed himself watching the marine fishes at the Aquarium advertisement tank that was placed next to the entrance of Tony Romas. Innovative idea. He could differentiate big fish and small fish when I asked him. mm... opposites, time to focus on that.
Then up the escalator to Level 1, then to Level 2. It wss so good to be there so early. Matthew walked around, swinging his arms, dancing, like nobody's business. Then there was also no other kids to "fight" with him over those coin-operated cars. FYI, we have had some very rude remarks from 4-6 year old kids about Matthew sitting in the car without paying (because we agreed to only "start" the music thingy when he turns three. We are also worried that he gets frighten by the music and movements).
To get him to move on, I kept telling him that there were more cars to play with, until we eventually got to Level 3 Kidzone. We waited for Toys R Us to open and when we were in, Matthew had a great time. Experimenting with each different toy, pushing buttons, pressing keys, enjoying himself. All while waiting for Papa to turn up.
We played a while more after Mike finished his exam and made our way down to the foodcourt. There was no high chair, so we had no choice but to let Matthew sit on the bench and feed him. To our surprise, he actually sat for a long while and finished 3/4 bowl of rice. He enjoyed the double boiled carrot soup and had fish and tofu from Mike's fish soup. He even "disturbed" the young chaps who were sitting behind us. Haha..
After all the walking and playing, Matthew was definitely tired. One moment he was clapping his hands to the song he was listening to, the next moment he was already sleeping, even before we stopped at the first traffic light after we exited to Nicoll Highway.
What a morning for him.... and me too...
Mike had a ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant) exam at 9am, so we agreed to bring Matthew for an early morning outing. We reached Suntec slightly before 8am and had breakfast at MacDonalds. We bought Matthew a Happy Breakfast Meal of hotcakes and apple juice. He loves hotcake and finished almost all of the two pieces of hotcakes. He had his morning drink of milo, but refused the apple juice. The Happy Meal came with a light green car Flo from the Disney Cars Movie and he happily played with it.
Mike left to take his exam while Matthew and I finished our breakfast. We then went to walk down the fountain terrace.Here's a photo of Matthew, wearing his NEXT Tee-shift, which is so big boy, and his new pair of Combi shoes. This outfit made him look so grown up, don't you agree? :p
Matthew enjoyed the early morning walk and kept looking at the fountain of wealth. He was a good boy and even followed me to the toilet when I wanted to pee...
I brought Matthew to see the Koi at the koi garden. He did not seem very keen, getting too close to the fountain and the water and kept waving bye bye to the fishes. But he enjoyed himself watching the marine fishes at the Aquarium advertisement tank that was placed next to the entrance of Tony Romas. Innovative idea. He could differentiate big fish and small fish when I asked him. mm... opposites, time to focus on that.
Then up the escalator to Level 1, then to Level 2. It wss so good to be there so early. Matthew walked around, swinging his arms, dancing, like nobody's business. Then there was also no other kids to "fight" with him over those coin-operated cars. FYI, we have had some very rude remarks from 4-6 year old kids about Matthew sitting in the car without paying (because we agreed to only "start" the music thingy when he turns three. We are also worried that he gets frighten by the music and movements).
To get him to move on, I kept telling him that there were more cars to play with, until we eventually got to Level 3 Kidzone. We waited for Toys R Us to open and when we were in, Matthew had a great time. Experimenting with each different toy, pushing buttons, pressing keys, enjoying himself. All while waiting for Papa to turn up.We played a while more after Mike finished his exam and made our way down to the foodcourt. There was no high chair, so we had no choice but to let Matthew sit on the bench and feed him. To our surprise, he actually sat for a long while and finished 3/4 bowl of rice. He enjoyed the double boiled carrot soup and had fish and tofu from Mike's fish soup. He even "disturbed" the young chaps who were sitting behind us. Haha..
After all the walking and playing, Matthew was definitely tired. One moment he was clapping his hands to the song he was listening to, the next moment he was already sleeping, even before we stopped at the first traffic light after we exited to Nicoll Highway.
What a morning for him.... and me too...
