Alice in a Christmas Wonderland

Today is a P-and-mummy day, for hubby is involved in his friend's wedding as a 兄弟. Started the morning by bringing P down to the garden for a walk. Wanted to let her play the slide at the playground, but alas, the playground equipment were all wet due to the rain. A cute little 5 year old girl came over to me and ask if she could play with P. I told her she could, but don't expect P to be too responsive. What follows is a 20 min monologue conversation with the little girl. I barely got a word in and she's just telling me everything in her life, a newborn brother, a Vietnamese grandfather, a fat father, a fierce teacher etc, and she didn't play with P, haha. I'd be worried if P becomes like that when she reaches 5 years old. I mean, I certainly hope she will not talk to strangers, and even if she did, my family history won't be revealed.

We set off for Raffles City in the afternoon, and was fortunate to be able to hitch a ride from hubby who was heading to the banquet hotel venue. Wanted to bring her to the toys section at Robinsons, but saw that there was a Lego fair on Level 3 event square. What's even better is that they have a Lego play area (for older kids) and a Duplo play area (for toddlers).

After 30 min of play in the Duplo 'pit', we headed for the promised toy section at Robinsons.


And the highlight of the day - Alice in a Christmas Wonderland Live Show. This is the 1st kiddy live show for both P and me, and I'm glad that she sat through most of it. I think the colorful setting and characters caught her attention, and she was very engrossed in their dance moves, occasionally even standing up to dance to the music. She got a bit fussy twice during the show and tried to walk off, but directing her attention back to the stage worked wonders.  The show was pretty good, save for a screechy Queen of Hearts who talks in a super high pitch voice, jarring on the ears.

Waiting for show to start

Engrossed with the stage action

After the show ended, I found myself walking in the direction of Marina Square. It seems almost like a routine for me to head to MS after Raffles City. Was wondering what to have for dinner and Swensens came to mind immediately. Unfortunately, a queue was already forming by the time I got there, so we switched to Secret Recipe instead. I rarely dine out with P alone. It's already tough for me-hubby duo to dine out with her, often requiring one to watch her first while the other eats. Luckily, lady luck shone on me today. P was quite interested in eating my food (pan grilled catch of the day) and sat in her high chair while I fed her. In fact, I think she ate more fish than I did. It was only towards the end that she started her usual antic of climbing out of her high chair. I stuffed the remaining fries down my throat and we got out before a meltdown occur.

Last stop of the day was Millennia Walk. They have a huge Christmas tree at the center of the mall, and stalls around the tree selling Christmas related products.

Here's P checking out their bear offerings

'Lil one got pretty tired after this action packed day, and I managed to put her to bed way before her usual bedtime. Will be bringing her for her 15 month jab tomorrow, yet another 'action' packed day for her.