Revolving stars

 The week flew past too fast and it was the weekend again. Our destination was kidSTOP (next to the Science Centre) which caters to kids who are below 8 years old.  We initially wanted to go on 1 May (a public holiday) but when we reached there, the slots were all fully taken up! The staff at the counter informed us that we had to book a slot for weekends and public holidays. Thus, we booked the slots for another weekend on the stop. So, after much waiting, we finally managed to enter this area. The first impression we had was that the area is very small. I'm pretty sure that kids can't really go missing in KidsSTOP. It's divided into 21 areas according to their site map but do not be deceived. They are all close by and you could finish the whole tour in 10-15 minutes (provided that there are no distractions). Site map Below are the areas that we managed to visit: Four Seasons I can only say that the exhibits here are dated and forlorn. There were no one there (even though ...

 Every weekend, we have to rack our brains for places to bring H. As I am a paranoid parent, I don't bring him to indoor playgrounds due to the covid situation, even though the government has loosen the restrictions. Below are the places that we have brought him to (and counting): - Jurong Bird Park - Zoo - River Wonders - USS - Kidstop - Jurong Lake Gardens - Jacob Ballas Children's Gardens - Gardens by the Bay - Playground at Vivocity - Mediapolis - One North - Fire Station Hopefully, the list will provide some ideas of the places to bring your active toddlers :)

Disclosure: I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own . This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission.   H tends to wake up early in the morning and drag me out for walks in the park/garden. Since it was raining, I introduced H to a new activity; button threading. The objective of this activity is to get him to thread the string into the 2 holes in the button. It looks pretty simple but it was not so straightforward for him at first. Look at H hard at work! The idea is to thread both holes so that the buttons will stay in position. If you just thread one hole, the button will freefall out of the string. Initially, H didn't get it and the buttons keep falling off. It took him about 7-8 tries to get it right, and even so, it took tremendous effort. After threading 3 of them, he decided to call it a day. This set was passed down from my aunty when she bought it for my cousin 20 odd y...

 We managed to secure tickets for the Army Open House! This would be H's first visit since he was born, and as per standard practice, we had received the notification that H would be required to serve National Service (NS) when he is of age. Since we had extra tickets, we got S and W to come with us. It was an extremely hot day with tons of people visiting the exhibitions. We only took a few pictures as it was just torturous to be standing out in the sun, waiting in line to take photos. H and us taking photo with Hunter AFV After taking this photo, we immediately went into the indoor exhibition area to take cover from the sun.  The queue situation in the indoor areas was even worse. We wanted to try the ration food sampling but H was too fidgety and we had to abandon the idea. We moved on to the children's area but the queue was even worse. How on earth do they expect kids to stand and wait for so long I cannot fathom. Anyway, it was a pretty short visit (technically our commu...