A Spontaneous Streak...

Strangely, the first couple of weeks in December were left unplanned... no doctors appointments, no scheduled playdates... basically I'd wake up in the morning and ask Hunter "what should we do today?" and then we'd either do it or not... and you know, it was great! I think because I'm usually such a planner - you know the kind with list upon list of things that need to get done, people you want to see, projects you want to start - that there was something somewhat freeing about not having to go or do anything. So we actually got all the chores done (well, the typical things that need to be done for everyone's health and basic hygiene) and had a bit of spontaneous fun...

We went to pick up Tony from work one night and Hunter picked out his Chinese New Year outfit (thanks, Nicholas)... you should've seen the looks he got along the street, but hey, even the kids should get some spontaneity too.

Having already spent a lunchtime watching the excavators (see the entry "Cheap Entertainment"), Hunter wanted to have lunch at the airport... what the heck, let's do it...

Well, of course I forgot about tighter restrictions so in fact we couldn't eat our lunch and watch the planes arriving/departing because you have to have a ticket (or at least it seemed like you had to) to get into the boarding gate waiting area. So we ended up having a picnic outside on an absolutely gorgeous day! This fountain provided a bit of entertainment in between the two take-offs we did see (and hear) from the distance. I think we will go back when it gets warm again... it's a nice MRT ride and this fountain area is quite comfy and safe enough for the kids to hang out in.

We were fascinated by the sculptures hanging from the ceiling in the MRT station...

and the ride to and from has the best view of the tarmack... so all in all, it was a fine little outing... I'm just glad I didn't wait for a rainy day to discover this was not a rainy day activity.

That same day, after naps, we got a call from Suzanne saying they were on their way to the sandpit... well, spontaneously we joined them... and the kids had a blast (playing with their friends and making new ones... it's all about who's got the most interesting sand toys)!

And though it was a stunner of a day, there was a chill in the air, so we moms had our fleeces on while our kids were barefoot in the sand.

Since we've been talking up our trip to NZ, Hunter kept asking about going camping... so I decided to let him 'practice' by taking our tent out to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall park. Again, I packed up a lunch, some books and a couple of toys and we walked over to the park ready for a big adventure. The kids played with the other local kids nearby and then we decided it was time for lunch. Hunter could've stayed in his tent all day... Helena, however, wanted nothing to do with being restricted inside... she's an intrepid explorer. I even had to zip us in at one stage, but I was sweating up a storm (isn't it supposed to be winter, you're wondering?) so that was the end of our camp out...

but we had fun on the walk home taking pictures at the Yahoo! display near NYNY.

That is one other perk about living in the city, there's plenty of marketing bits and pieces that keep the streets interesting.

Hunter did not want to sleep in his room... in fact, he seemed to be refusing to sleep at all until I ignored him long enough that he just fell asleep on the office floor while I was working on something (not this blog)...

Our unscheduled streak finally ended on Thursday with our regularly scheduled Playgroup... thanks ladies for giving me something to look forward to and actually get back to the reality that there are timeframes in life... worthwhile ones at that!