Children's garden for the little tot

We took the circle line to the botanics today! A good 45mins from door to door.... Convenient but a tad too long for the little one who kept tugging a man's sleeve and pulling someone else's bag!! Gahh!! This boy needs social etiquette classes - space, do not intrude in people's space!!! Alamak... How to teach these social dos and don'ts???

Anyways, all was fine when we stepped into the big big space!!! Hahahaha run free, baby!!!!! Smell the flowers, pick the leaves, chase the birds.... Or just simply run!!!! Ok, not into the water though!!! Hahha this little one wanted to chase the ducks into the water and was resisting my hold on him!!! "oh look, birds!!" A quick scoop up and off we went to the Jacob ballas children's garden! Haha

It was rather crowded with throngs of school children with their clipboards and domestic helpers with their ang moh charges!!! We found a nice shaded corner at the sandy play area and plonked ourselves down... He's a little hesitant about the sand today... Maybe because it was very wet, unlike the usual fall-through-your-fingers kind of sand. This sticky sand sticks to everything!!! Hahaha but he was alright with it in no time and playing with his sand toys and filling up his dump truck! :)

Packed up and walked through the park, stopped by every now and then to pick up leaves and twigs, tore leaves to shreds, walked off road to poke around, tried so very hard (and many times!) to pull a small wooden gate open when it clearly says no entry... Mama also had to make a quick detour pass the water play area... Haha cos she was not fully equipped with water play necessities!! Hahaha made it!

Back through the main garden to the station. The piercing sun rays were out in full force at this time, 11.30am!! Boy was happy to see his shadow tho, was waving to it!! hehee I cannot recall how or why we stopped by a tree in the middle of the pathway to have a short rest and snacks!! Hahahah it was rather odd... Haha

Anyways, we ended our escapade with a walk through cold storage opposite the gardens which was heavenly (cool) and much needed as that was when I made a cool and collected decision to take a cab home!! Hahahaha wise choice.

Ps. I love cuddling and smelling my slightly over 10kg meatloaf, even when he's soaked in sweat and smells of fish (most of the time) hahahaha!!!! The cheeks are especially YUMMY!!!!!!!