Gardens by the Bay

Woke up this morning and still wasn't too sure what to do with Isaiah. Do I bring him to the wet market and do some groceries, come home and do activities with him or do I bring him to the library? Or to Gardens by the Bay?.....It was until when we were ready to leave the house that I decide we should go since the weather looked rather fine. We went for a quick breakfast, hopped into a cab and off we went.
 
Arrival at Gardens

Not knowing where or how we should proceed after we got off the cab. While walking I saw some people queueing up for the tram ride at the Information Counter and decided to join the queue, got our tickets and we boarded the tram. They call it the Garden Cruiser.

 

He was excited as it's his first visit there too...dunno what to anticipate



Some of the sceneries while riding on the cruiser

 We decided to make monkey faces

 

While we were on the cruiser, Isaiah commented loud enough that the driver heard him "nagging" that he wants to go onto the Super Tree. When we finally reached the stop, Isaiah was more than happy to hop off. (I think the driver was also more than happy to let us off...Isaiah too naggy..lol)

 

 

 Some of the views up there

 

 After going up the super tree...I am surprised Isaiah commented that he is hungry and would want to look for food....I am more than happy and quickly made our way to find a eating place....The Char Siew Noodle was good...

 

 

 

 While having our lunch, the sky was getting darker. I was worried that once it rain, we will not be able to get back to the Cruiser and I don't have a map or umbrella with me....did try to rush Isaiah to hurry up but was still not fast enough...It began pouring.....

 

I like this picture

 

I like him taking the initiative to problem solve with me when I tell him of the situation. He went around to look for a map when I told him that I didn't picked one up at the entrance and when I told him the cruiser might not come to pick us up...he said it's fine and let's try walking and see if we could get to the dome. He was patient with me as I was suffering from sciatic nerve problem, we walk, sit and talk along the way till we found the dome.

 

 

 

 

After taking several pictures of him. he insisted it should be his turn soon and he wants to take picture of me too...

 

 

 

Suddenly, I felt that my son is a big boy. Now not only can I do things for him ....He can do things for me too and he can do it well. Visitors in the park was amazed at him taking snap shots of the plants and me. They found him adorable and everyone smile as they walked by.

 

 

I was really enjoying the moment I spent with him. We talked about everything under the sun and though I was in pain, I managed to enjoy the day with him. Its really quality time spent.





Cherie Hearts Discoveryland

Cherie Hearts Discoveryland is the school that Isaiah attends. It is not a very big school but the people in it are big at heart. I feel safe and reassured when he is in school that he is under great care.

 

One might wonder what is the defination of good to me. Must it be a school that teach him how to read and write? Must it be a school to prepare him for Primary 1? I actually don't think I really read into that.  I just feel that the school must be a place where they feel confortable in and learning naturally will come in place. Of course, there will be a time whereby I will have to prep him but I don't think it is just the school's role to teach him solely on how to read and write. It will be my duty to guide him too.

 

Recently there was this open house organised by his school and i took some snap shots of the exhibition.

 

This term they are on food theme and they decided to come up with this idea of supermarket.

 

They learnt parts of chicken...Can you spot Isaiah's work?

 

 

They did collage of crabs for the seafood section. (This work Isaiah was not involved coz he had to stay away from school)

 

Angus Beef and Pork Belly were beautifully and realistically painted by the 4 years old. There were photos of showing children at work...

 

Salami and Sauages ..... Anyone????

The various cuts of beef.... 

I was happy to spot one of Isaiah's chinese work.

Some watermelons and sweet potatoes. Yes some of the work requires the teacher's help to finish it but there were lots of involvement of the children as well.

 

There were many more pictures which I had taken and many more exhibits to show but in the end decided not to...coz of "copyrights" of the teachers...lol...