Because Joshua had to catch up on his marking, I decided to take the kids out to give him an uninterrupted and undisturbed afternoon. I took the kids to Lot One since the mall has a nice playground at the rooftop, many kiddy rides, a great nursing room at the basement, a National Library and a Kiddy Palace for the kids.
I'm so glad I managed to coax Joash and Jayna to enjoy some waterplay at the rooftop. All this time, they seemed afraid of the water or they were simply unwilling to get wet. In fact, they were at first complaining about the water splashing onto their clothes and I had to repeatedly tell them that it was okay since I brought along a change of clothes for them. I even had to run around splashing water at them with Jaide in the sling to tease them into having fun. Thankfully I was wearing shorts so I could afford to let my legs become wet and Jaide could sleep in the pram for the second half of the playtime.
All in all, I had a wonderful time out with the kids. The only difficult part was that since Jayna is now officially diaperless in the day (she is completely toilet-trained earlier than Joash by 3 months), the two older ones kept taking turns to go to the toilet. Somehow, their nature's call are never synchronized! I had to interrupt Jaide's nursing time with 5 separate trips to the toilet! At least the washroom was right next to the nursing room. *grin*
I'm so glad I managed to coax Joash and Jayna to enjoy some waterplay at the rooftop. All this time, they seemed afraid of the water or they were simply unwilling to get wet. In fact, they were at first complaining about the water splashing onto their clothes and I had to repeatedly tell them that it was okay since I brought along a change of clothes for them. I even had to run around splashing water at them with Jaide in the sling to tease them into having fun. Thankfully I was wearing shorts so I could afford to let my legs become wet and Jaide could sleep in the pram for the second half of the playtime.
All in all, I had a wonderful time out with the kids. The only difficult part was that since Jayna is now officially diaperless in the day (she is completely toilet-trained earlier than Joash by 3 months), the two older ones kept taking turns to go to the toilet. Somehow, their nature's call are never synchronized! I had to interrupt Jaide's nursing time with 5 separate trips to the toilet! At least the washroom was right next to the nursing room. *grin*
Joash was "washing" the fallen leaf
(Note Jaide peacefully sleeping
in the pram in the background)
Jayna: "Look how wet I am!"
Joash: "Ahhh... So much water!"
Joash: "Come, let me help you pass
through the water streams..."
At one of the kiddy rides
Unless she's hungry, Jaide is always happy
in the pram watching everything that goes on
around her.
(Praise God that her personality is more like Joash's!)
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