Excursion with gong gong

Bus rides are rare luxuries for the kids as they are always chauffeured from one place to another. gong gong made it a point to bring them on a bus excursion during the school holidays so they are aware of what to do and how to make payments onboard the bus.

Natalie enjoyed it utterly! Though she complained that she will feel safer with seat belt on. Whereas Nathan loved the fact that there are so many other commuters sharing the ride with him and holding on to the railing and flexi handles made him feel grown up!

Nathan's first Berries class

The fact that he gets to follow Natalie to school on a Sunday adds on to the happy factors of a good day at berries! Nathan sends jie jie to her classroom and ultimately gets to enter one with friendly teachers and similar aged friends. Some kids cry for attention but brave little Nathan chooses not to follow or be easily influenced. After half hour of familiarisation and warming up, Nathan even walks up to the front of the class to volunteer to answer questions.
He approaches the teacher to return his crayons and shows her his work without hesitation. I am so proud of you baby!

Christmas at Goodwood Park Hotel

 Celebrated the holiday season with our usual staycation! This time we selected the Goodwood Park Hotel for couple of reasons. Firstly the Christmas trees and lightings were always so majestic and beautiful...set on a hill the colonal structure looks like a huge resort  that makes one feel so at home. The old traditional setting and soothing Christmas lightings brings me back to the good old times where I accompanied my dad to purchase strawberry shortcakes for my birthday. The cakes were way delicious with a thick crusty base, fresh strawberries and creamy layers.. can't seem to find it now.. and i believe that none of the strawberry cakes which i've tasted now can match the sheer goodness of the impression I had of it. Awesome!

Again great service staff and the balloons set out each evening for the guests and visitor made the kids look forward to passing through the lobby area each night..coming back happily with bunch of treasures that kept them occupied throughout the night!

 Hopefully this staycation will leave a memorable impression with the kids just like the way the hotel has impressed me 30 years ago!!