Adventure Zone!

So at the end of July, we celebrated our friend Chia Yin's birthday and to make it a fun family day out, she opted to have lunch at Golden Sands hotel, followed by a kids' outing to Adventure Zone! The last time we were here was more than a year ago for Hannah's 7th birthday.

Have a look at some of the photos from the birthday festivities:

Of course Helene was at the scene when it came time to sing the birthday song, blow the candles and cut the cake! Haha.

Birthday girl with her family:

And us!

Of course the kids couldn't wait a minute longer after lunch to go and play! At first I put Helene at the toddler area, thinking that she would be too afraid to on the big slides. But before anyone could catch her, she was all the way up on the colourful slides and slid down without even taking a mat! She wasn't afraid at all, and after that, nothing could stop her from following the older kids! She wanted to go on the blue slide as well, but the people there stopped her as she was too small. So daring lol. Even Heidi who was too afraid to go on either the colourful slides or the blue slide last year attempted both this year. So far none of the kids dared to try the red slide yet, maybe next year :)

Here are some photos so you know what I am talking about lol.

Toddler area:

Colourful slides:

Heidi on the blue slide:

After their time was up at Adventure Zone, the kids went outside to play some frisbee.

We ended the day with more yummy food at Sushi Zento. Helene was konked out on my lap by then, but she woke up in time to have some dinner.

I made a short video clip which pretty much summed up the fun day we had!

Hannah is 7!

We have a lot of birthday celebrations in April and May for our family. Hannah, our eldest was born on 26 May 2009 which means that she is 7 this year!

Her birthday this year was a series of mini celebrations, the first being a small surprise for her at home when she got home on the day before her birthday. We turned off all the lights and we shouted "surprise" when she walked in the door, so she was really surprised! Haha. My mum made some cupcakes and her sisters helped her to blow out the candles.

She also got her first card and gift from Nanna and Kung Kung.

Daddy got one too as an early birthday gift since his birthday is in early June :)

On the next day, which was her actual birthday, it was her school sports day. For their relay games, her team won 1st prize and she got a shiny gold medal. That was definitely one of her best birthday presents :)

In the evening, we took her to eat her favourite Blue Reef fish and chips. We wanted to buy Uncle Tetsu's cheesecake to cut at home, but they did not have the usual cheesecake. So instead we got this type of cheesecake, also from Uncle Tetsu. The taste is similar, but the texture is slightly softer. It was just a very plain cake, so Hubby "decorated" it a little :)

 Nobody is more excited than Helene when it comes to birthdays haha.

So after Hannah blew her candles, we lit them up again for these two:

The obligatory family photo :)

Birthday girl enjoying her cheesecake:)

And the culmination of her birthday celebration was a two day one night stat at Shangri-La's Golden Sands Resort at Batu Ferringhi, another gift from Nanna and Kung Kung.

The first agenda was to hop in the pool! No pool pictures since we were all in the pool, but here's a look at what it looks like.

The resort also had these oversized jenga blocks and chess pieces on the lawn so the kids had fun with those too.

And the next morning, it was time for Adventure Zone! We actually took Hannah here for the first time on her 3rd birthday, and she has been a couple of times since then for friends' birthdays. That didn't make it any less fun though!

And then they played ball with Daddy outside in the field. Love the background of these pictures - blue skies and coconut palms!

All too soon, it was time to leave but it was truly an enjoyable weekend.

Happy birthday Hannah! All of us love you lots!

Hannah's 3rd Birthday

This is the first time Mummy is trying out the new blogger post settings so things may get a little haywire i.e. the words and photos. Anyway, I am now 3 years old! I had quite a number of birthday celebrations this year. On the morning of my birthday, Nanna and Gong Gong surprised me with a pretty pink ribbon cake.  I couldn't resist taking a lick even before putting the candles on.

I really liked my cake - I couldn't stop smiling :)

We took some family photos. This is the first time my mei-mei is celebrating my birthday with me so we had a nice picture of the 4 of us taken by Gong Gong.

And all of us plus Nanna and Gong Gong too - thanks to the handy tripod.

After a delicious lunch cooked by Nanna, we were off proper to my birthday treat! Daddy and Mummy took me to Adventure Zone at Golden Sands Hotel in Batu Ferringhi. Daddy and I went on the big slides - there were another 2 slides there which looked pretty freaky - Daddy didn't dare to try them out and the people working there said I was too small to go on them anyway.

In any case, I was quite contented at the toddlers area:)

After that, we headed to the beach! Uncle Steven got free rooms from one of the beach hotels so we got a nice beach hotel stay for the weekend. Nanna and Gong Gong and Heidi was supposed to come too but Heidi was not well (I passed her my germs from my cough and running nose) so Nanna offered to stay at home to look after her. Mummy also went home at night to relieve Nanna so only Daddy and I stayed the night at the hotel.

My biggest present for my birthday came from Uncle Steven! It was a lovely doll house.

The next morning, I had my favourite eggs for breakfast before heading to the beach again :)

Oh yes, the night before, we had dinner at Mario's with Uncle Steven too. My face was grumpy because I was getting sleepy - too many exciting happenings during the day caused me to miss my afternoon nap.

After we came back from the hotel, it was time for my birthday party at home and all my cousins came over.

The party was Mickey Mouse theme which I chose myself. So my birthday cake was also specially ordered for me. Isn't is colourful?

I was very excited to see the cake.

Another family photo with my mei mei Heidi, Daddy and Mummy.

I sure had a fun 3rd birthday! Mummy and Nanna have posted lots of pictures on their Facebook, so you can all take a look at my fun 3rd birthday celebration(s) there :) Thank you Daddy, Mummy, Nanna, Gong Gong and all my friends and family for a wonderful birthday!