Finally, we are sick of shopping malls for our Saturday outing. I told SC why not we re-adventure outdoor this weekend. But weather was wet the whole afternoon, drizzling on and off. It took us a while to decide where to since we have to skip park this time. SC thought of Singapore Flyer, I could not think of any better alternative. Well, worst case scenario if the weather turned very bad, we would probably stay and food-testing a lot in the Singapore Food Trail and count the number of rounds we walk around the built-in urban garden, under the sheltered corridor.
Oh, we didn't intend to ride the flight. Instead, we strolled into the rainforest set in the central atrium of the Main Terminal Building, feed the fishes in the pond and allowing the kids run wild at the ample space outside Flyer. It was just two and a half hours of adventurous, included dinner time.
The gloomy weather didn't gloom the kid's spirit. We literally play by eras: strolled in the (partly) sheltered Rainforest when it was drizzling, roamed towards the riverside get some fresh air and admiring Garden by the Bay when the rain stopped. We love the breeze when we sat along the riverside. Kids were really amazing, too. They found fun along the way without any guidance, without any extra expenses. Jiejie tapped on the puddle, meimei tried to balance her self on the pebble stones. While we strolled, SC taught they to print the wet-sole and see the pattern of each and everyone of our shoes. They were fascinated. And I got to tell HY that how an imagination can become reality by looking at Marina Bay Sand. Yup, I'm a boring mum.
By the way, we love the nostalgic Food Trail in the Flyer. Not the food though, but the ambience. The oldies reminds me of my very young days a lot. So far, chicken rice and fried oyster and eggs won our taste bud.
I realised that I have not recording many of our outing since 2009 (actually I have not been doing lots of thing here). So here I am, writing this entry, try to "wow" you. I do hope my pictures tells a good story of the joy moment we had.
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| Ears Whispering | Observation Wheels | Daddy's Girl Urban Green | Do-Mi-Re | Wow, Raindrops! |
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| Admiring Skypark | Enjoying Pebble | Tapping Puddle Work in Action | Trying Nostalgia | Rewinding Oldies |
The kids love the lush vegetation of the rainforest and adjacent spacious space to bits! The little chatter box (jiejie) have requested to come back again. And we thought of bringing sushi platter for having picnic by the river:).
I'm glad our intention not to go shopping mall again didn't influenced by the iffy weather today (i mean yesterday). This was not our first visit to Singapore Flyer though, we just forgotten that they do offer quite a fair bit of natural outdoor (semi-sheltered) and few little surprises here and there. This outing reminded me that kids don't really ask for complicated or expensive thing for fun, all they want is a place to run, play and be together with their parents.
Do you have favourite natural outing place for kids in Singapore? Do share please:).
