Hubby and I try to bring our little girl outdoors as often as we can. We had planned to go swimming at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex on Saturday afternoon. After getting ready and all dressed up for the swim, we walked all the way to the swimming pool to find that it was closed for upgrading. Darn! This was the 2nd time it happened. The last closure was due to the Asian Youth Games. They should have put a notice by the roadside informing the public of the closure. Yes, Yee Sinn was disappointed. She even said a strong firm "NO" when we asked if she wanted to go home.

So instead of swimming, we decided to bring her to Hortpark. It has been quite awhile since we last visited the place... almost half a year I think. There's a children's playground in the middle of the park where the kids could play with sand, the see-saw, slides etc. We kind of like the place cos it has big open area and it's actually quite child friendly.

What I like most is the open lawn laid with carpet grass just next to the function room area. The lawn is nice and even so it makes it easy for little kids to run around. So to burn off Yee Sinn's excess energy, we played the good old catching with her... we took turns chasing each other as she squealed with delight. Both we adults and kid sure had a lot of fun running like crazy animals on the lawn. Hee Hee.

We drove to Ikea for dinner. Yee Sinn had her dinner before plonking herself at the corner of the toy section. What surprised me was she sat there for a good half hour, shifting the beads of the abacus and writing on a piece of paper simultanously.... like and old chinese accountant calculating his profits at the end of the day. It was a pretty cute site.. should have taken a video of her doing that.