Day 3 - What do we see at the Zoo?

My son loves going to the Zoo. So we decided to make a trip down to Singapore Zoo.  It's not his first trip to Zoos. We brought him to the Zoo in Melbourne last year and  Zoo Negara a few months ago.

Again, I took a lot of photos but I won't load all of it here. So here are some of the photos...

Was trying to get my son to pose... but ya.. he refuse to and Hubby had to ask him to say "SURPRISE!" but my son still didn't want to. =.=

First up!

The Otters!

They are so adorable and smelly. LOL!

Well, we read that they use their urine and stools to mark their territory, that's why their "house" stinks. :O

The White Tiger!

IS SOOOO HUGE!!!!!

and healthy looking!

There were two of them.. roaming around the water and when they came out from the water.. 

we went.. :OOOOOO

Then we went to see the Hippo.

My son was more fascinated by the fishes. -_-

Elephants having some fun time in the water.

Elephant ride!

My son didn't dare to go on it.. so we didn't too. 

We went to watch a show which was a story about saving the Rain Forest.

Near to the end of the show, they brought out a snake.

My son then quickly asked to go nearer to the stage.

Immediately I said "EEEEYER.. mummy wait for you all here.. you and Dada can go in front."

I hate snakes!

Spot my hubby and son??

There they are!

Look for the red circle.

(Sorry, should have thicken the red circle.)

After the show..

We saw some elephants taking a walk. 

So adorable the way they hold "tails". 

:))

My son was looking for Sea Lions. 

So we went around looking for them but we could only hear them...

We saw the penguins.

Walked around more and my son shouted..

SEA LIONS!!!!

Ok.. not the real ones. :P

Our boy really enjoys the Zoo..

He even hugged Ah Meng.

Here's the Leopard. 

My son went.. "Shhhh! Be quiet.. he's sleeping."

The giraffes being fed by visitors.

And my boy wanted to take photo with the zebras but he refused to pose properly..

Jadi la.. like that.. -_-

We spent about 7 hours in the Zoo and got sooooo tired..

So we decided to take the tram back to the exit.

Both adults and kiddo had a great time. We admired how clean the environment was and how well fed and kept the animals were. For my son, it's more of a memorable childhood because every child loves animals. :)

Oh... our boy is also very fascinated by maps and signboards. I really have no idea why. He can stand there for a few minutes admiring it. That's probably why he likes to go to Zoos too, cause there's so many of them around. :P

Our trip down south - Day 1 & 2- Kluang & Legoland.

We made a trip down south to accomplish a few things in one trip. Glad that we made time for it and we spaced it out quite good that we didn't end up too tired from it.

Our first stop was my mum's hometown, Kluang.

Went for lunch before heading to my granny's house.

Tangkak Beef Noodle. 

Yummmm!

My 84 years old maternal grandmother.

She's physically healthy, no high cholesterol, no hypertension, no diabetes or whatsoever. But she has turned senile over the last year. 

She called me her daughter, my hubby, her son-in-law and my son, her grandson.

She's still an adorable lady even though I can barely understand what she says. (She speaks only in Hakka.)

After visiting my grandma, we headed down to Johor Bahru (JB). It's our first time driving around JB. Thank God for friends who are from JB and Google Map, we manage to find our way around.

The next day, we went to LEGOLAND!

We arrived early at about 9.30am because I was told that the queue is super long during the school holidays.

There were people already queueing but it was not super long. So.. *phew*

Ya.. we are kiasu like that. :P

My boy roaming around while waiting for the entrance to be open.

FYI,Legoland only opens at 10am.

So you can just view from outside while waiting.

Once the gates opened, we headed straight to the Mini City, which was really awesome!

I took so many photos but I won't load all here, shall just pick a few for you to view.

Here are the Petronas Twin Towers.

(That random dude walked in and stayed there when I was taking this shot.. -_-)

Here's part of "Singapore".

Canon folks, spot the I "Heart" Canon? :P

Can't remember which city is this.. but I would think it's Thailand.

(Those who went to Legoland, help me out here?)

And this is Sri Lanka.

They made a bunch of miniature human dancing. 

Really soooo cool! 

My hubby became my son's "tour guide". 

Perfect place to "show" my son the "world". 

Who needs to fly here and there just to see them cities? :P

We love this!

It's Mini China!

The red bricks are just SO RED! 

 I'm not that good at describing things but when you see it.. 

you will know what I mean.. :P

Family Photo!

L for LEGOLAND!

(My son did No.4 and said "PEACE". ROFL.)

The staff there were so kind to help us take a photo. 

Otherwise I would only have shots of my son or hubby & son. 

LOL.

The weather was cloudy when we arrived.. after 2 hours, it started drizzling. Thankfully, they have some indoor games to keep the young ones entertained.

Indoor train rides which my son refused to come down after the first round and the staff was kind enough to allow him to stay on for another round. 

Our boy seem to get his way anywhere he goes. -_-

Indoor play ground, our boy enjoyed it very much...

...til it was difficult for us to convince him to walk around more after the rain stopped...

Side track a little, for nursing mothers, Legoland is infant friendly. ;)

Adorable giraffes.

We walked around more ...

and then my son found his favourite fountain.

The Musical Fountain. 

As you walk pass each instrument, they will start playing. 

VERY COOL!

Here's a camel made of Lego.

Then it was time for us to shop!

Our boy's a "natural" when it comes to buying toys.

(He didn't get the stuff in the trolley. We only bought the most basic Lego set for him as memoir.)

Lots of Lego Keychains!

Oh.. and we played "Pirate" while shopping. :O

We didn't buy anything (except for a Lego set for the boy) from the shop as souvenir because we didn't think it was anything special.

Until we went to the photo booth to retrieve our photos.

We bought this Lego set!

They printed our picture on Lego!

SO COOOOOOLLLLLL!

(I do sound like a kid/teenager but I don't care.. it's SOOOO COOOOOOL!)

We spent about 6 hours at Legoland. It can be very warm (well, it is in Malaysia), so be sure to keep yourself hydrated at all times.

We loved it! Hubby and I grew up playing Lego.. so it was really a fun trip.. not just for our kiddo. ;)

Stay tuned for Day 3.. we drove down to Lion City! :D

Painting

I had some vouchers from Isetan. Decided to use them to get something for my son . Bought some paint made by Crayola.

It's WASHABLE! It's a must in every mummy's dictionary. 

When I showed it to my hubby, he commented how lucky James is. Paint also expensive paint. Well, I only paid RM12 for expensive paint and the word "Washable" attracted me since I know there will be mess involved.

My son was extremely excited when I told him we need to go to a shop to buy brushes, art block and colour palette. Even more excited when I showed him the box of paint that I bought.

 He gets to select 6 out of 10 colours each time he wants to paint.

 He's just too happy that I couldn't get his attention to pose with his paintbrush.

And here it is..his first masterpiece!

Not much of a masterpiece but it keeps him entertained for a good 15-20minutes.

Cikumuffin is glad that once the whole art block is filled with paint, her boy is willing to clean up and wait until the next day for his next painting session. :D