Amazing Race (2)


Went for the Touch Community Services Amazing Family Trail. We ran (OK OK only walk lah - how to run with two distracted children wandering around) through the whole thing without stopping for lunch - bought bread/pizza etc and ate along the way hahaha.

My 5-yr old daughter was really good at the jigsaw puzzle at Kranji - she was better than any of us (especially me - hopeless at jigsaw), which was quite funny. And my 3-yr old son had a good time picking up the red seeds out of the grass at St Andrew's - he is so close to the ground he can see the best. My Dad couldn't even find a single seed out of the 50 we had to pick up!

It was a very enjoyable outing - I think my parents and kids thought it was great too. Activities were fun, got some exercise, saw some interesting things, like the Civil Defence Museum (anybody know what is the park that is just outside Kranji MRT?). We used our prize to eat at Delifrance that very day too :) Kudos to TCS for a job well done again. And well done to Vic and Patrick for even managing to survive the race with 5 children in their team (and winning lowest average age prize :))

By the way, we finally bought a flat for my parents yesterday, at Marine Terrace. Thank God that the search went well in the end - we like it a lot as it is near everything they need - us, market, beach, even Lynette's parents house is nearby. Now to the next step, selling their Punggol flat. Please pray that we can get a good price and that the timing for the move will be smooth!

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