Joel Di Di seemed to be over-dressed for the beach...hm...
After quite a long walk, finally we've reached the beach and have found the exact same spot where Lyn Lyn went almost a year ago! We settled down and the Papas started pitching the tent, whilst the Mamas took care of the kids and unpacked the toys to keep them entertained. However, our very "happy helper", Lyn Lyn, based on her previous experience with the tent, wanted to show off her knowledge of the "stick" used in pitching the tent, kept asking for the "stick", so that she can have a "stake" in pitching the tent!
Finally, all done and all of us were sitting around, enjoying breakfast, scenary or the breeze!
As this is Joel Di Di's first time to the beach AND playing with sand, he was extra excited and enthusiastic, whilst Lyn Lyn, showing off her experience with it and kept instructing Di Di this and that...
Joel's posture is a little obscene...but good balancing
Some hands-on moments
Lyn Lyn's aiming at building some sand castles, whilst Joel Di Di was experimenting with splashing, throwing and pouring the sand! Lyn Lyn asked for water to wet the dry sand, so that they can stick together and emerge as an object standing by itself...but after numerous tries, it still failed. Why? She kept pouring water and made the sand too wet...
Since the sand castles are not working out as she's planned them to be, she saw Bao Bei Gu Gu lying comfortably on the hammock and has decided to share in it by sitting on Bao Bei Gu Gu...Ooooooopppps...Lyn Lyn was too heavy and Bao Bei Gu Gu almost fainted...
After playing for a while, Lyn Lyn realised that she hasn't had her lunch. She saw Papa drinking icy cold ribena and asked for her share to enjoy herself, whilst Mama prepared some biscuits for her to snack before she head for some water action!
Whilst Lyn Lyn was enjoying her food, Joel Di Di couldn't afford to disregard any new opportunities to play. He's decided that food is of a secondary concern, as he's discovered a new "playgound", where he could play with water as much as he liked! It was like heaven to him that he can't be bothered about water splashing into his eyes, observing the movement of the popping water streams was more fun and important!
With the previous experience, where Lyn Lyn removed all her clothings when playing at this water fountain area, Mama brought along all the necessary gears for her to have the most fun this time. After her snack, she joined Joel Di Di for some water fun, again, showing off her experience in this arena by jumping and hopping with the water...
Not sure how long they played at this water fountain area, but it should be close to 30 minutes! Both mummies worried that the kids are exposed for too long and may catch cold, we brought them to the shower area to shower the 2 of them (in the open!). Concurrently, Papa was packing away the tent, mats, toys, etc. In order to keep the kids occupied, Mama brought along some bubbles...this is also Joel Di Di's first time playing with bubbles...he didn't want to stop and was amazed by them! Both kids, attracted the kids in the surrounding to join in "chasing" after the bubbles too! Both created a scene at the Siloso Beach before we moved on to Sakae Sushi for some later afternoon snack!
Guess what? Lyn Lyn finished one whole bowl of adult-sized udon again! Not sure why she asked Gu Cheung to feed towards the end of the meal!
Finishing off with a strawberry ice-cream!
So, what's next? All of us were too tired, so we took the shuttle bus for 2 rounds, in both directions, to all 3 beaches! Initially, we were considering watching the muscial fountain show, but the first show will only commence at 7:40pm, and it was only 5:00pm, we thought that it's too long a wait for the kids...in the end, we've decided to take a ride in the new monorail to the Merlion to take some pictures instead!
All kids enjoy holding onto the railings in the monorail
At one of the movable object at the Merlion water steps,
where Joel Di Di was showing his amazement to the structure!
Grand Finale: a family picture at the Merlion
