The Great Xcape

Last week, we celebrated Mother's Day for my mum. Tomorrow, we're celebrating it for my mum-in-law. Today, we did it for me! *all smiles* As usual, I like to try out new things. All along, ironically, I found it upsetting to "celebrate" with my children because I always ended up super busy taking care of my 4 offsprings and getting bombarded with all manners of nonsense from them. I much preferred to go out with my loving husband on special dates and leave the tedious care of the kids to my in-laws. This year, I thought that the children have become more sensible so I took them along with us to try out Xcape, the "No.1 Real Room Escape Game in Singapore". I chose the Kungfu Panda X - The Revenge of Tai Lung (Funtasy) because it looked the most suitable for young children.

But before that, Joshua took me out to Kintan BBQ Buffet for lunch, followed by watching a not-as-good-as-I-expected movie Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Then, I indulged in my favourite Gong Cha milk tea while Joshua tried the mango snow ice from 记得吃 dessert place. Next, it was time to go home to get our kids and my lovely mum-in-law who was watching over them. We were hoping that doing an advanced booking for a 7-seater cab would ensure that our whole family would reach the place on time. But alas! The driver cancelled on us last minute. In the end, it was so stressful trying to get alternative transport. We had to split into two regular taxis and arrived late. Thankfully, there was apparently no customers right after our slot so we could still enjoy the full experience. 

It was surprisingly fun, even though Joshua and I did most of the puzzle-solving. I kinda wished that the counter staff had told us to remove our socks beforehand since we were stuck at one section of game where the sensors were heat-activated. We were wondering why we just couldn't get it to detect us properly. Due to that, we did not complete the escape, leaving two puzzles unsolved. That said, I think we did pretty well being so close to getting out of the room by ourselves. The kids actually commented that it was fun for them too. I'm also very glad that my mum-in-law could participate despite her limited mobility. 

We ended the night with dinner at Bugis Junction's Yoshinoya. I was pleasantly delighted by their quick service even with the dinner crowd. The children totally loved the food! Looks like this experiment of enjoying part of the celebration with my four darlings is quite the success. I'm looking forward to involving them more in the future.

The girls posing in front of the poster
while we waited for the guys to arrive
in the second cab.

The Seven Kungfu Pandas!!!

I can always expect beautiful craftwork from my elder girl

P/S: I got to update my phone’s lock screen background pic! I attempted to recreate the photo from Mother’s day 2 years ago. Everyone was wearing the same outfit except my second daughter taking over her older sister's outgrown dress. It was really difficult to get the kids NOT to make monkey faces and funny poses... ROFL