We had a great 4 day weekend packed with fun, which has now unfortunately come to an end. Well actually the 4 day weekend only applied to myself and Mama Toh, given that Summer still went to school on Thursday and Friday and well, Zavier’s current life is just a perpetual weekend.
1. Movie Time!
Young parents will probably reminisce about the times when we can go for a movie every weekend, or even sneak in a late night movie on a weekday. That has now changed with kids. Weekends are fully for kids, while leaving your kids at home at night to watch a movie on weekdays sounds quite irresponsible…
Some rare couple time
So Mama Toh and I have only managed to catch movies whenever we are on leave. Our first movie since forever was Captain America: Civil War and we decided to splurge on a Gold Class experience, given that I do not see us back at the cinema anytime soon in the foreseeable future.
Okay movie, good seats, great company.
2. Summer’s Birthday
The main reason why we took 2 days of leave from work was to celebrate Summer’s birthday at her school, something she has been looking forward to for the past few months.
Her current craze revolves around My Little Pony, so she has been bugging for a themed celebration this time. And like any other responsible parent determined not to spoil their kids, we gave in to her wishes. Hey, it’s her birthday.
So there was a My Little Pony birthday cake…
Whoever has such a monstrosity as a birthday cake at 4 years old?
And a My Little Pony family outfit…
Which I hope I never have to wear again
And My Little Pony gift bags…
Which everyone was excited about
At that point in time I thought I was going to faint either from My Little Pony overdose, or from the saccharine sweet cake. Which makes me wonder if the kids at school have always been so chatty and active, or if they became hyperactive after eating the super sugar coated cake. Sorry, teachers.
3. The Kids’ First Pseudo BBQ
Well not the real outdoor kind, because Mama Toh would have complained endlessly about the heat, smoke and possible mosquitoes. Instead, we brought the kids to Gyu Kaku for a small scale Mother’s Day dinner for the 4 of us.
While the kids didn’t know how to enjoy marbled Wagyu like we did, the cooking process kept them entertained most of the time.
‘Papa cook again! I want to see the smoke and fire!’
And little Zavier was just preoccupied trying to catch all the smoke on top of his head.
Happy bellies, happy family
4. Mothers’ Day
As Mama Toh and myself are quite family-oriented people, it is quite natural for us to spend Mother’s Day with our families.
Lunch was with my in-laws, where my mother-in-law has always played an integral part of the family, and my sisters-in-laws act as pseudo-mothers to my kids every weekend (but only when my kids are on a pleasant, approachable, non-pooping behavior).
Summer's 2nd best friend
Look at that booger on Zavier's nose
My happy in-laws
Dinner was with my family, which I disastrously tried to cook for them. Unfortunately no photos as I was busy… but all was not lost as I learnt 2 very vital lessons:
1. Da bao-ing food is actually not too bad an idea.
2. My dad cannot fry an egg, despite being an Engineer.
Already looking forward to the next weekend!