Thursday, December 07, 2006
Fun Sunday
We decided to pop by at the Zoo for a short outing on Sunday before picking up Mike's sister and father at Yishun for his grandfather's birthday lunch.
Matthew was excited. Along the way, he kept saying in Mandarin, "I want to go to the Zoo." When we reached Mandai Road, there were banners of Inuka the Polar Bear on the lamp posts. Matthew saw them and exclaimed, "Polar Bear". There were signs of animals for a letter representing each row of parking lots in the car park, such as G - giraffe etc. As we drove through the car park, looking for a suitable lot, Matthew would exclaim the name of the animal he saw.
The zoo entrance atrium has been revamped with a pond etc. This was our 2nd time since they reopened the atrium. He remembered the stingray from our trip to Sentosa and arowana (jin1 long2 yu2) from the fish shop at the market.
>> What are the 2 boys looking at?
>> Stingrays and arowanas. Can you spot the arowanas?
We went straight to the Polar Bear exhibit to catch the show. We were in for a treat. Both polar bears, Sheba and Inuka, were in very good mood. Many times we were there, only Inuka was in the water. That day, Sheba was also entertaining us and waving! Inuka showed us his prowess and height, standing on his hind legs, clapping his paws, at least 4-5 times!
After the show, we saw the rhinos, giraffes, zebras and lions. Then the rain clouds decided to open - it started to drizzle. It was also about time to leave, so we quickly made our way to the zoo entrance. Then me, the preggie me, smelling the fried chicken from KFC, decided that Mike and I should share a 2-pc meal. When we walked into KFC, Matthew declared that he wanted to eat Hotcakes! Goodness, the last time we went to MacDonald's to eat hotcake was long long time ago! Mike managed to buy an ice-cream wafer cone from Ben and Jerry. When Matthew saw the cone, he said it was ice-cream!?!? Now, where did he learn that from? We seldom eat ice-cream cone in front of him...
We went to pick up Mike's sister and father and proceeded to AMK for his grandfather's birthday party. Matthew remembered quite a few of Mike's aunts and cousins and took a wee short while to warm up. He had his lunch and was keen to play.
>> Matthew sharing rasins with Mike's cousin and nephew
>> Singing birthday song for Great Grandfather
>> Enjoying the birthday cake
What a fun Sunday! Matthew almost didn't want to go home! He wanted to stay and play more.
Matthew was excited. Along the way, he kept saying in Mandarin, "I want to go to the Zoo." When we reached Mandai Road, there were banners of Inuka the Polar Bear on the lamp posts. Matthew saw them and exclaimed, "Polar Bear". There were signs of animals for a letter representing each row of parking lots in the car park, such as G - giraffe etc. As we drove through the car park, looking for a suitable lot, Matthew would exclaim the name of the animal he saw.
The zoo entrance atrium has been revamped with a pond etc. This was our 2nd time since they reopened the atrium. He remembered the stingray from our trip to Sentosa and arowana (jin1 long2 yu2) from the fish shop at the market.
>> What are the 2 boys looking at?
>> Stingrays and arowanas. Can you spot the arowanas?
We went straight to the Polar Bear exhibit to catch the show. We were in for a treat. Both polar bears, Sheba and Inuka, were in very good mood. Many times we were there, only Inuka was in the water. That day, Sheba was also entertaining us and waving! Inuka showed us his prowess and height, standing on his hind legs, clapping his paws, at least 4-5 times!
After the show, we saw the rhinos, giraffes, zebras and lions. Then the rain clouds decided to open - it started to drizzle. It was also about time to leave, so we quickly made our way to the zoo entrance. Then me, the preggie me, smelling the fried chicken from KFC, decided that Mike and I should share a 2-pc meal. When we walked into KFC, Matthew declared that he wanted to eat Hotcakes! Goodness, the last time we went to MacDonald's to eat hotcake was long long time ago! Mike managed to buy an ice-cream wafer cone from Ben and Jerry. When Matthew saw the cone, he said it was ice-cream!?!? Now, where did he learn that from? We seldom eat ice-cream cone in front of him...
We went to pick up Mike's sister and father and proceeded to AMK for his grandfather's birthday party. Matthew remembered quite a few of Mike's aunts and cousins and took a wee short while to warm up. He had his lunch and was keen to play.
>> Matthew sharing rasins with Mike's cousin and nephew
>> Singing birthday song for Great Grandfather
>> Enjoying the birthday cake
What a fun Sunday! Matthew almost didn't want to go home! He wanted to stay and play more.
Labels: diaper-free, sunday, zoo
