Changi Airport... Again

I feel like I've been going to the airport so frequently these days - My Korea trip, parents back from Philippines and mom returns from Penang today. Hubby had soccer plans in the evening, and I thought since P and me didn't have plans, why not tag along my dad to the airport to fetch my mom?

P had a blast at the airport. Basically, she was going from child to child trying to make their aquaintence, but more often than not, they backed away from her in horror. P was unfazed though, and quickly move on to the next victim child. I have to give her credit for her relentless effort.

She also gave high-fives to an entire family and strode around behaving like a celebrity. Occasionally, she will spoil her celebrity image by screaming at the top of her voice while playing catching with kids. Most of the kids are older than her, and she would go up to them and let loose a barrage of baby language, then they will either play catching or the older kid would back off. Once, I caught her prodding the crocs (in the shape of a bumblebee) of a child who was sitting her her stroller. There was twice when she attempted to run into the restricted area (where arriving passengers come out from). I hate to imagine what sort of trouble I (or actually it was my dad's turn to monitor her) will get into with the police officers if that happened.

Her energy level really amazes me. That's what you get from her after a nearly 3 hour afternoon nap. My dad, sister and me had to take turns to 'chase' her and ensure she doesn't cause permanent damage on other children.

I didn't manage to get any pics. She'd be a blurred figure anyway.

Singkids Changi Airport

My parents are coming back from Philippines today, so I decided to take leave to go fetch them back from the airport.

We started the morning by going to Thomson Plaza for breakfast, then heading to the NTUC to shop. P is a fan of grocery stores (and toy stores of course). There's an unending supply of stuff that she can see and touch, so that's what she did the whole morning while we parents are looking on in horror and wondering when we are going to pay for damages.

Things took a downturn after we got home. It was nearing her nap time and she decided to throw a major tantrum which lasted almost half an hour. Half an hour of non-stop crying, coupled with throwing toys (that we passed to her in the hope of appeasing her). It got even as far as picking up the toys she just threw and then throwing them again with all her might. It was a major one. I finally appeased her (she was probably tired from all the crying) and she drifted off to sleep, and a deep sleep indeed. I had made plans to head to Royce Kids Gym at Liang Court to check it out, but the deep sleep spoiled it all. P awoke 2.5 hours later and it was close to 2.00 PM. We went over to in law's place for late lunch and by the time P was done with her porridge, it was past 3.00 PM. My parents' flight would arrive at 5.05 PM, so it doesn't make economic sense to go to Liang Court, pay for 2 hours, play for about 1 hour then head to the airport. We decided to head straight to the airport instead.

SingKids® PlaySystem is the first to bring in these features of a colorful moving playground in Singapore. The new indoor playground was designed and built by an innovative Japanese company, in Osaka, Japan. They have 4 branches in Singapore, and we headed to the one at Terminal 3. First impression is that the place isn't very big, and separated into 2 sections (Toddler vs Older Kids) and occupying 2 shop space such that you need to cross a pathway in order to get to the other section. The features also look similar to Kiddy Fun, which P didn't really enjoy the last time we went. However, with 1.5 hours to burn, we decided to just head in.

Toddler Section

After 1 hour of play ($18 for peak period, $4 for additional adult), we were pretty much done with the place. Headed back to Terminal 2 and there was quite a massive Angry Bird moving structure. We went 'waaaahhhhhh' and the 'lil one went 'waaah', causing us to burst out in laughter. I tried to make P take a solo picture, but she ended up looking quite 2D-fied .