X years apart at 公鸡 playground

Yx and Ye are polar opposites

Sometimes I wonder why my girls are similar yet so different- The elder one chirpy after representing her school at a 相声 competition, making monkey faces when taking pictures nowadays; conversely the younger one sulked and dragged her feet to ballet class, and forcibly pushed my hand away when she spotted me taking pictures.

Creating core memories

Glad we kicked out butts out of the house on Sunday 6pm to have some outdoors at Changi beach, our first time at the iconic finger statue.

It's a lovely place, slight breeze, sun setting, not many bicycles, families strolling and laying out picnic mats, grass not prickly - we took some photos and the girls enjoyed Double Decker titbit while wifey played with bubbles. Then I decided to engage them and played cloud imagination, taking turns to describe what each piece of cloud resembled. It was perhaps about 10 mins of pure family bonding, away from gadgets and distraction, chatting and laughing and immersing ourselves in 'the moment'. It was really nice to have the company of my girls and I hope they remember fond memories of time with their parents such as today's!

Yx hits double digits

Happy 10th, dearest Yx has reached double digits! Yx has been forming deeper friendships and coping conscientiously with an increase in school commitment and her sister's incessant demands to play together 😂 

Last pic - Yx's wish for her birthday was to have a swim party with her besties from school, A and E (there was another girl L in the initial plans but she chose not to attend as she preferred watching TV (???)). Yx planned it as early as a few months ago, discussing details with her friends and us on the logistics (if their parents are coming, mode of transport). She didn't enjoy swimming this year before she started Swim Safer, and now she does (although she isn't still quite good at it), and I'm really glad of that!

Yx, here's wishing you happiness always and confidence and courage as you learn along (aka be more assertive!).