Daddy was unable to take leave on Estelle’s birthday, so we decided to bring Estelle on her birthday trip/treat to the zoo a week earlier.
Among the highlights…
We managed to catch the Elephants of Asia show as Estelle’s fascination with Elephants continue… She loves stories about this gentle creature and is in awe of its immense size.
On the way out, we even managed to get up close and personal with a white-faced Saki monkey (I think that’s what it is…)
After feasting on our super-yummy wholemeal spaghetti, we decided to bring the kids to the UK Fun Fair.
Estelle has been intrigued by the rides, and has been talking about the Ferris Wheel (EuroWheel) for a while. And she has read about fairs, ferris wheel, merry-go-rounds in her Maisy book. Needless to say, she was thrilled to bits when we told her where we were heading!
Here she is trembling with anticipation.
See that wide-eyed eager look? Hahaha. This was taken when we first hopped into the cabin-car.
20 bucks for the entire family’s evening entertainment. Hmm…
I have to admit, I’m not a big fan of Ferris Wheels. The last one I was on was SO SLOW, I was dying to get off. This Euro Wheel on the other hand was pretty quick. And for 20 bucks, I think we had 10 rounds worth.
These two were happily looking around, taking in all the sights…
While sitting next to me…
was a little girl looking pretty green… wanting to get off, saying that she’s getting dizzy… Poor dear! I guess we wouldn’t be joining the throngs of people queuing up for the Singapore Flyer when it’s completed!
We went off on an adventure this afternoon… all the way to ulu Jurong West (heh heh) to visit SSAY.
First we took a bus to the MRT station.
Then we took the MRT all the way to Jurong East, and caught another train to Boon Lay. (via exciting places like Yew Tee, CCK, Bt Gombak…)
Then we caught another bus to near where SSAY is… and we walked.
Entire journey? 1 hour 10 min.
Estelle: Mummy ask Estelle what is her favourite animal.
(She does the scripting for her mum these days, it’s pretty cute to be told what to say. haha. To a certain extent.)
Me: Estelle, what is your favourite animal?
Estelle: Elephants.
Me: Oh really?
(I thought kangaroos were her favourite. Hmm.)
Estelle: Yeah, 2 elephants.
Me: What are their names?
(Thinking that perhaps she had some make-believe elephant friends I should know about…)
Estelle: African and Asian elephants.
Hmm! This is interesting. I used to play her these videos during her meal times when she was young. It was great entertainment and it certainly helped to keep an infant’s head in one direction when feeding mushy stuff. (I tried the same with Amelie, but Amelie would have none of it. Preferring something more sophisticated such as Baby Einstein and Little Einsteins. Ah well.)
Anyway, we haven’t played that for a while, and it was certainly interesting that Estelle managed to recall one of the highlights in the videos, that there are 2 main types of elephants. The videos also highlighted that one of the main obvious differences is the size of ears… So I thought I’ll probe further.
Me: So who has bigger ears?
Estelle: (thought for a while) Big elephants have BIG ears, baby elephants have baby ears.
Can’t fault that! Hahahaha
After dinner at Jurong Point with SSAY, we thought we’d go for a quick stroll in ToysRUs (yeah, asking for trouble? Hahaha.) I had a voucher that needed spending.
But, there wasn’t much that caught my eye… we were about to give up when we spotted a $10 Little Mermaid. Perfect! On the way to the counter, however…
Estelle: Mummy, Amelie wants Ariel. Ariel is for Amelie, ok?
Me: Er, ok. Are you sure?
Estelle: Yes, Amelie likes The Little Mermaid.
Pause…
Estelle: Please Mummy, can I have Cinderella? Cinderella is my favourite princess-girl. Cinderella and Ariel can be best friends, like Amelie and Estelle are best friends in the whole world…
Ok… how do you resist this?
Quietly enjoying her snack after a yummy 3 hour (!!) nap this afternoon…
Look Mummy, a stone!
Licking up every last drop of the yummy plum juice…
With the GREEN sleepy Ah Yi
With Ethanosaurus
Yeah… Estelle spent some time just lying about, rolling around at the pool. Right at home don’t you think?
Posing for the perfect shot….
right in her daddy’s footsteps.
There was a strange silence in the house…
Did I mention silence?
SILENCE! An unheard of phenomenon in this household.
It can be so spooky and eerie, and yet, it can also be so deafening. Especially when it happens at the most unexpected hour of the day - straight after dinner, and especially when you know Estelle is not sleeping.
For a moment, I freaked out. Where is that girl? A quick search in our mansion (oh, it took about 2 seconds?) revealed the following scene…
Her: Hey Mum!
Me: What are you doing?
Her: Tea party with the Little Einsteins.
Me: Oh okay, enjoy…
Phew.
Then a zillion thoughts zoomed through my mind. Is that MY Estelle starting to play by herself? She can play by HERSELF? She doesn’t need me? What is she saying to her dolls? I need to make Leo and Quincy some clothes. Why didn’t she invite me to her tea party? Do the dolls know how lucky they are?!!
Okay, I am a confirmed neurotic mum.
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