Outdoor Activity at Punggol Park!

After dinning at the famous 24hrs coffee shop opposite Punggol Park where all the famous Singapore local delicacies are, we took a stroll at Punggol Park to digest our food. As Junior has never been to Punggol Park's park (he went to the restaurant for Christmas dinner once, but never been to Punggol Park's park yet!) so Hubby and I decided to take him there for a walk after the dinner.

While strolling, we saw water sports by the "pond", there's a pond in Punggol Park. Excited Junior saw the Paddle Boat (I don't know what is it called exactly, so I called it the Paddle Boat), he insisted he wants to have a ride with ME! I told him I can't paddle with 'Didi' (his little brother) inside my tummy. So I told him, Daddy will paddle with him. He was so happy and Daddy didn't say 'No!' as it cost $12 for a half hour (30mins) ride. Initially, daddy said 30mins is too short, he wanted 1hr! I said, "Are you sure? One hour of paddling? Try out first lah!" Haha, in the end after the 30mins of paddling, Daddy said his legs are soooooooooooo extremely numb and tired! haha! Mummy is never wrong! This is based on my experience 8 years back when Hubby and I went to Bintan and we had the Water Ski Ride for an hour and we were like.. gosh! So I remembered that incident but Hubby must have forgotten!

Mummies out there who are staying around Punggol Park can bring your little one there for a ride too. They even have something like canoeing, sorry, I don't know what's that water sports called. But they do have a few types of water sports. To me, the safest is the Paddle Boat. Their business hours starts in the afternoon , not sure about the exact time but I'm very sure it ends at 7pm because we were there after dinner.

Another thing Hubby told me was the heat from the pond's water was quite hot too so I suggest not to bring your little ones on a hot day to avoid getting sick.

Also, they don't have a shop or anything, just a few tables and benches, the water sports business is run by some teenagers or rather youth.

Some pictures to share:

Junior looked frighten!

Junior was wearing the adult life jacket as they don't have kids size!

 Here we go.....

Paddle...paddle....

Another used item converted to Cash - My Dad's Antique Fishing Rod and Reel SOLD!

After a few attempts of helping my Dad to sell away his pre-loved Fishing Rod and Reel which he owned for many years, I finally sold them on one of the forums, Singapore Bike Forum. The response from this forum as compared to other forums are much more better, even on Fishing Kaki forum which I expected more responses did not response equally well.

Anyway, here's a few photos of my Dad's pre-loved fishing rod and reel which I sold at $20! :)

 Shimano Fishing Reel

 Basic Fishing Rods

I think it's a good price to fetch since it's already so "antique". Someone's trash could be someone's love! My Dad couldn't bear to throw it away as the Fishing Reel was quite costly when he bought it last time. So he asked me whether I could help him to sell it even for that few dollars at least it's not thrown away, since the reel and rod still can be used.

*Something which I don't understand is when i sold my VCDs and DVDs at Cash Converter, the outlet in AMK, I saw people selling Tupperwares, plates, figurines, etc but when I called and ask them whether they buy in Fishing Rod and Reel, they said "No!". Hmmmm....Simply, don't understand!

I bought more Fabrics for Junior and 2nd Junior!

After my previous post about the fabrics I bought for Little Vance, this time, i went down to Chinatown and bought more Fabrics! They are sooooo cute! Oppps... Yes, they are Hello Kitty prints! But the backgroung colour is Blue so it can be used for Boys too! Haha... Luckily Junior didn't detest Hello Kitty and keep saying he wants the "Mao Mao" (means Cat in Mandarin) pillow.


My mother in law likes to sew so this cute fabrics definitely is of good use to Junior and our upcoming 2nd Junior. My mother in law is going to make the bean sprout pillow and mattress case for 2nd Junior!

These fabrics are soooo cute! It's kind of like love at first sight when I saw them, I immediately want to get lots of it!

3 different designs~

Hello Kitty Design~

Another Hello Kitty Design~

Mickey Mouse Design?

Ready made pillow case!
(This Hello Kitty Design was bought previously, but photo wasn't taken :( )

If you did read my previous post on the tips of choosing fabrics for your little one, I also mentioned about the cost of the fabrics I bought previously.

However, this time round, the Hello Kitty prints fabrics only cost me $3.50 per yard and yes, its from my favourite store at People's Park Complex in Chinatown. It's on the 2nd floor, above the Hawker Centre.

Only a few shops sell cartoon fabrics so ask for the price before purchasing and you will know which store is the cheapest! The shop I always patronize, the Auntie is also selling fabrics for curtains.

Her shop is in the middle stretch. If I will to go down again, I will get a name card from her and will update here again on the name of her shop.

Saturday Activity done with Junior, Magic Painting!

It was a boring Saturday as Daddy was working. Only Junior and I (together with our upcoming 2nd Junior, in my tummy, of course!) at home. As usual, Junior asked to watch his favourite Thomas and Friends show. While Junior was watching, I quickly went to the kitchen to steam some Red Bean Buns which I bought from NTUC. It's always good to have some ready food in the fridge to help us get prepare for simple meals when we (Mummies) are alone with the kids because I find it troublesome to go downstairs with a expecting tummy and Junior as Junior wants to be carried often.

So after steaming the red bean buns, I brought them to the living room. Junior immediately gave a loud "WoW! Yummy!" Haha! Things I like about kids! They will just spring you a surprise by saying something nice~~~ :)

While enjoying his Thomas and Friends, we enjoyed eating the buns too... although simple but overall not bad to keep our tummy filled while waiting for Hubby to tabao lunch back.

After eating and watching, Junior pulled out the container filled with his story books, assessments books and activity books. This reminded me that I have bought a pair of brushes from Daiso (I simply love shopping at Daiso! You can get what you want there at only $2!)

So, I quickly went through the books and pulled out the Magic Painting Activity Book which my younger sister bought for Junior. This magic painting book is really interesting. Without the use of any poster colours (which I believe Junior is still not ready to use poster/water colours for colouring/painting), you can simply paint the pictures with ONLY water and a brush!!!! Yes, only WATER!

I have always wanted Junior to start on the Magic Painting Activity Book but we don't have a proper brush for painting until last Saturday when we went to Daiso and I came across nice brushes (sorry! forgot to take picture of the brush in its packaging but I did took a picture of the brush.), so immediately I remembered I need to get them for Junior to start on this Magic Painting activity book!

So, here we go.....

Magic Painting Activity Book

(If I'm not wrong my sister bought this from the bookstore at Chinatown's People's Park)

Junior and I did this....

Mummy painted the girl, Junior loves bicycles and wheels so he insisted he will paint the wheels himself.

Mummy painted this!

While painting, I find it very fun! Haha!

This looks abit messy as the first time I got this book from my sister, I wanted to amaze Junior at how the picture will change colour when water touches it so impatient Mummy actually "dripped" some water on it. Haha... who knows the water flow all over the page... sighz... Silly Mummy!

 

Can see from the price tag, the bookstore is Du Yi at Chinatown's People Park Complex (the one with lots of money changers!) 

 Brushes from Daiso!

Have fun painting with your kids!

No more messing up the place and dirty stained hands!

Books Junior Read: The Richest Crocodile in the World by Daniel Postgate

 This term, Junior's school is touching on Animals. So Kiasu Mummy went to the library and borrowed many books on Animals.

 I pretty like this book because of its Big illustration! 

I believe kids at 3 years old would prefer books with more pictures than words. 

It's always good to draw their attention and building their liking on reading story books than to ask them to read books full of words which I believe kids at this age will not be interested.

 A little about this book's story!

Summary (From NLB's Catalogue):

There were only a very few rich animals in the world, and the richest by far was a crocodile. He lived in a crumbly old mansion in Africa and had everything his heart desired—a movie theater, a beautiful garden, loads of cars and airplanes, a library stuffed with books, a loyal servant. But still, there seemed to be something missing. Then one day, as he looks out at the African plains, he sees a group of animals in a watering hole having loads of fun. It’s then that the crocodile begins to realize what’s missing. Packed with exotic animals and vibrant artwork, this is a wonderfully entertaining tale about friendship and the adventure of living.

My review of this book:

After reading this book to Junior, although his interest and liking is still on cars, tractors, etc, but still I want him to get in touch with other stories and characters. What I like about this book is it's illustration, big pictures that actually attracted Junior's attention. Also the words are easy to read and most of the sentences are pretty short. It kind of let Junior understand what the crocodile is missing although he's the super rich animal. It kind of teach him a little moral values about life. Nice story! Short and sweet~

Mummies who are interested in borrowing this book can check out NLB's online catalogue. Here's the link to this book. Enjoy reading to your kids! :)