Butterfly Farm

Ah Kong And Ah Ma has gone to Singapore for the weekend. Yup, we dropped them off at the airport yesterday evening. What used to take us no more than 30 minutes to and from the airport took us almost 2 hours this time (which included buying our dinner and your chippies that you had told me you wanted in the afternoon), since we're leaving from the condo which is a lot further!

Well daddy promised you last night that if it didn't rain, he'd bring us to the butterfly farm. We had been thinking of bringing you there for a while, but never got around to putting the plan in action. We had thought that the plan had to be scrapped again, since it rained so heavily on Friday night.We all slept in and woke up at 9am this morning. The weather was beautiful. And so we all ate breakfast and got ready to leave for the Butterfly Farm. Actually by the time we arrived, it was almost 11.30am.

There was no place to park, so we had to park across the road. Paid for our entrance tickets (free for you) and we were in the farm. I was wondering how you'd react, but you didn't seem to worried. Initially you wanted mummy to carry you, but when the butterflies flew near you, you didn't seem to mind them too much. WE walked around, looked at the butterflies, the millipede, scorpions and many other insects and even a snapping turtle. It was rather humid but you didn't seem to mind. There was a big pond full of fishes even. The Butterfly Farm seems to be very popular. There was even a busload of school children on an excursion.

Just realised that although you never told me that you were "scared", you seemed to be rather wary of the butterflies. We had to persuade you to look at the camera before taking the pictures. But you seemed to be looking elsewhere in most pictures!

Butterflies

Snapping Turtle

After that, we left and dropped the camera home before heading to Gurney Plaza for lunch. On our way there, you kept telling daddy that you saw three butterflies and red and green and orange butterflies. And you even told daddy that you wanted to "Go to Butterfly Farm again tonight"! Looks like we'll be making another trip there another time, since you seem to like it. One thing that I never realised is that from calling them "baka pai" you can now pronounce the word "butterfly" very clearly now.

It was a little pass your lunchtime and when lunch was served, you seemed very happy. We ordered nuggets and chippies for you. Daddy wondered if you'd like Ribena, but the moment he tried to give you the drink, you said "No.. no.. no..." and covered your mouth! So, you drank water while daddy drank up your Ribena. After lunch, we walkie walkie a little before heading home. It was pass your naptime.

After your nap, we took a bath and headed out for dinner. What to eat.. So difficult to decide. In the end, we agreed on Bah Kut Teh. Yummy... you polished a whole bowl of (regular sized) "or pui" and also had half a blow of the soup. Headed home and you were recharged as usual. So played and played and when mummy told you that it was time to go to bed, you told me "Evan not tired wor.. " and refused to go to sleep until I had to carry a very unwilling toddler to bed!