We actually bought the tickets to the Flyer several months ago but we weren't able to find the time to go down. Finally, when our tickets are almost expiring, we did. hahaha!

The weather threatened to thwart our plans but thankfully the skies cleared in the late afternoon and we headed off.

Just outside the Flyer.

Our tickets to the Flyer!

Just before we boarded, there was this wonderful couple who were sculpturing balloons for the little ones and we joined in the queue.

Cheryl wanted Diego initially, then Mickey Mouse but the lady said the queue was too long for her to make such an elaborate one so C very nicely opted for a humble dragonfly instead.

Checking in!

The kids with their colourful and creative balloons!

It's so funny because once we were inside the capsule, we started taking pictures of ourselves before we took pictures of the magnificent view outside.

Pics of the Lians!

Yeva and Cheryl

Daddy took these nice pictures of me.

Oh yes, there were lots of clowning around in the capsule too.

Okay, now of the great view of the Singapore landscape.

The many views of the Flyer:

Both C and Keziah didn't have music class so we decided to spend the entire day at the Zoo.

It was a fun-filled morning and the kids had so much fun ogling at the many animals.

I think the last time we came to the zoo was a year ago and while we were in the car, C was really excited and couldn't stop talking about it.

Some of the animals we saw:

We also caught some animal shows! C loved the penguins. Ever since she saw Madagascar in the cinema, she was dancing to the theme song and then she wanted to go catch "Alex, the lion", "Gloria, the Hippo", "Marty, the zebra" and so on. She particularly adored the penguins.

Along the way, we had a little break and the girls ... just look at them enjoying their Vitagen.

The highlight of the day must definitely be the water play!

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After the water play, we continued with our journey...

Uncle Linus took this picture of us! Thank you! :)

The magnificent lions! It was feeding time so we had the opportunity to catch them in action!

We went for lunch after that. Oh, we were so hungry and the kids were already falling asleep.

We decided to work on the worksheets early today as we have a date with Daddy Dearest in the evening.

We started with the craft work I got for C after we caught the play, "The Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle and C absolutely adored pasting these little things on the board.

Doing the worksheets were a breeze initially...

This piece is a little different. Instead of numbers, they are letters.

This is the difficult worksheet.

Cheryl had to pronounce all the words there phonetically before the activity could be completed. She had to be mindful of the instructions and colour the "right" words before solving the puzzle.

Cheryl came running to me, holding her story book and exclaiming, "Mummy, you need to get me this dress. I also want the gloves."

Hmm... I know my girl is quite a princess in her own right but still, I didn't expect her to be such a hard-core. hahaha!

I replied, "But what occasion do you have to don this dress?" To which she said, "Err... weddings lah!" oh... I was thinking more along the lines of Halloween. Hee.

Now that it's the school holidays, I try to catch up with Grand Daddy and Mummy more often. Cheryl was of course more than happy because she got to meet up with her precious Grand Mummy and Daddy.

Yes Baby, I know you are very tall now! *and I am not afraid now because she has her own fare card* hee

We went to Harbour Front.

and then to Viovo City.

And finally to Suntec Convention Hall for lunch!

So cute! The Precious Moments figures at the back... :) oh, and of course C too.

Cheryl, Grand Daddy and Grand Mummy loved the Christmas decorations and they are indeed very pretty and eye-catching. Hmm, we will definitely go down town more often just to capture some memories on film. :)

After the difficult worksheets we did, I thought C would want to lay off for a while but no... .

She wanted me to do more with her.

Since we formed words phonetically the last time, we did more of that this time round. We pronounced the words and slowly she was able to figure out what it meant. She also surprised me when she spelt "zebra" on the computer. I gave her the sounds phonetically and she typed the letters on the keyboard and amazingly, she got it! I was thrilled and told Daddy immediately! Haha!

I think her "reading days" will happen soon! :)

I think our Precious will do ballet for a long time judging by what I saw her do this evening.

We need to get C a real piano now. She has a keyboard which she plays on but a keyboard is still only just that. The density and pressure she needs to punch on are so different and she really needs to work those muscles on her tiny hands.

So we are on a piano-hunt now.

We don't need to get her a brand new one because it's really too steep so a well maintained second hand one will do. And if we get a good 2nd hand one, it will still last us a good 20 years. I have been doing some research over the Internet and now I have such a headache. I didn't know there is so much to getting a piano.

Firstly, there are so many brands and models to choose from and then there are things like age of the piano especially if they are imported from other countries like Japan, China, and Europe. Then we need to consider the weather and humidity as well because the wood and soundboard, strings amongst other react differently to our climate.

Some pianos like good, old wine, age very well and sound brilliant yet at the same time, we have to be mindful if these pianos have been gently or heavily used by the previous owners. And I also just found out there are at least 36 piano shops on our little island.

Now, I am trying to finish reading this and digest the information before we go test out some pianos this Friday.

C usually does the writing of the alphabet, some dot-to-dot worksheets and that's about it. But she wanted something more and I don't blame her because just writing and coloring can get kind of mundane.

Since we started working on the other worksheets I recently printed, she has been kind of stressed out. Ha ha! She needed more patience and more time to work on the worksheets. She needs to know what her vowels and consonants are and I don't exactly make it easier for her because I get her to articulate the sounds of these vowels. This evening, we formed words phonetically.

By the time we were done, she was all exhausted.