"Playtime, an essential part of daily routines”

“A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routines.”
- Anonymous

Parents can certainly learn much from children’s sincerity of being “joyful”; looking at everything through the lens of wonderment and exploration.

Outing to Hay Diary Farm w/ Mabel's Family

Goats' milk is generally considered the second-best milk, inferior only to breast-milk.

Goats' milk is a great substitute to those who are allergic to cow’s milk, and human babies are able to absorb goat’s milk better than cow’s milk due to its unique snowflake structure.

A discussion on the AsiaParents forum, which resulted in the conclusions above inspired this visit to the Hay Diary Farm located near Kranji.

Everyone had a great time feeding the goats. The only regret is that we missed the milking session which is from 9:30am till 10:30am.

~ Princess Chelsea feeding the goats with purchased Hay ~

~ Princess Chelsea stroking the goat kid with lots of tenderness ~

~ Prince Christian also wants a slice of the action ~

~ With Daddy ~

PS:

Thank you so much, Auntie Aileen, for planning this trip, and also ferrying us there. We really appreciate it a lot.

“The Big Adventure in the Stomach”

Princess Chelsea really enjoyed the animation movie “The Big Adventure in the Stomach” with Biffy & Lacto.

Lots of questions were asked, and she requested for the story synopsis to be read to her at least thrice during the tour, and another twice when we reached home.

A screening of the movie was done at the start of the Yakult Factory Tour that we went on with our usual informal playgroup friends. The whole tour lasted about 45 minutes.

Princess Chelsea requested to go back there again, thus one can tell that she enjoyed the tour.

~ Waiting for bus no. 856 to bring us to the Yakult Factory ~

~ Princess Chelsea squeezing in for a picture with smiley Auntie Annabella and son, Anton ~

~ Group photo ~

~ “Thank you Mummy for bringing me to the Yakult Factory!” ~

~ The two Yakult-selling Ladies, any one willing to buy Yakult? ~

~ “We LOVE Yakult!!” ~

PS:

Extra thanks to Auntie Aileen for taking the effort to coordinate the outing.

"To reach for the sun... ..."

“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”

- Joyce Maynard

“I want to be a fire-fighter... ..."

That was Princess Chelsea’s response when being asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

That answer certainly has a lot to do with our recent visit to the Bishan Fire Station, with our usual group of playgroup friends on a hot sunny Saturday afternoon.

It was an eye-opening experience as we went on a tour around the station, got lifted up to more than 7 storeys high, and saw for ourselves the only Ventilation Vehicle in the whole of Singapore.

As souvenirs, we took home fire-fighters’ hat, some educational children’s activity book, and of course, great memories!

~ Princess Chelsea onboard the fire motorcycle ~

~ Now it is our little Prince Christian’s turn ~

~ Our family of 4 ~

~ Princess Chelsea trying out the Super Spray ~

~ The kiddos onboard the fire engine ~

~ Group photo ~

PS:

If you are thinking of visiting the fire station, do check out the Central one, as it also features a free museum. We would certainly check that out one day!

"Gratitude.. a continuous attitude."

"Gratitude should not be an occasional incident but a continuous attitude."
- A signature of a member of the free-cycle group.

Mummy Eliz found the about statement very thought-provoking.

Chelsea's HOT! Date w/ Daddy @ The Zoo

On a hot Saturday morning, Daddy Tiong brought Princess Chelsea on an excursion to the Singapore Zoological Gardens.

Mummy Eliz arrowed Daddy Tiong to use up the last complimentary zoo ticket, and his task for the day was to ensure Princess Chelsea experienced the Elephant Ride.

Half a day later and armed with the following 2 pics, Daddy Tiong proudly announced that he had successfully completed his task, and a satisfied Princess Chelsea declared that her Daddy is the best Daddy in the world.

~ Princess Chelsea enjoying her ride on a pony ~

~ With Daddy Tiong onboard an Elephant ~

PS:

The Singapore Zoo is getting pretty commercial these days, despite having complimentary entry, Daddy Tiong still had to part with tens of dollars just to get his hands on the pictures.