Fun Outdoor Activities for Kids

Cracking your brain where to bring your kids this June School Holidays? Bring them outdoors! 

Here are some outdoor activities that will keep your kids busy yet happy.

Palawan Beach | Sentosa Island

Building sandcastles always have a great appeal to the kids. Buy them a basic sandcastle toy set and head over to any sandy beach around you!

Palawan Beach | Sentosa Island

Make new friends! How fun is that? Encourage your kids to mingle with other kids of their age when they are in a public place.

Palawan Beach | Sentosa Island

Play freesbie or in layman's term, flying saucer. I used to play this a lot when I was Kyla's age. Get free exercise and adrenaline rush in throwing and catching that round flying thing! 

Palawan Beach | Sentosa Island

Most kids' all time favorite activity is swimming. Give them a break from swimming pools, buy a floating device and head to the beach! Nothing beats a natural setting!

Changi Beach Park 

Get them to fly a kite! It gives them a sense of freedom. 

Kidz' World | Singapore Zoo

Let your kids experience a pony ride! It will tickle them pink and will surely ask for another round!

Pasir Ris Park

Bring them NOT to their regular playground and surround them with nature love. 

Wild Wild Wet

Let them play in the water parks and they are sure to get LOADS of fun!

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

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Sacrament of Reconciliation | Holy Trinity Church

9th of September 2011, Kyla received the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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Tunglok Signatures

My family had a pre-mother's day lunch at Tunglok Signatures at Changi City Point mall courtesy of my lady boss. She did warn me that we might have to top-up the voucher she gave me because Tunglok Signatures falls on the high range category (read:over the top for commoners like us). Hubby was aware of that as the last time they had company dinner in one of their branches, his boss paid a whooping S$3000++. @.@
But since it was a pre-mother's day treat, hubby did not mind topping-up but the cheapskate wifey in me asked him to choose the cheapest lunch set on the menu. Don't laugh, the food there is THAT expensive. 

Here's what we got for almost S$100:

Special Tasting Menu (for lunch only)

DAILY BOILED SOUP + SEAFOOD SET

(*all photos taken with Instagram)

Tunglok Signatures Daily Boiled Soup: Lotus + Pork

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Aspiring Barbie Model

It's Kyla's last day of school today and it's mommy's job to find activities for her month-long June school holidays. I stumbled upon a Kids' Model Search which reminded me of the time she joined the Search for Barbie Little Fashionista last year during the March school holidays. I realized I haven't shared it here so yeah... as cliche as it may be, "it's better late than never". Enjoy the photos!

Finally made it to the queue quota on the 2nd day! 

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Kyla's Disneyland Dream

My mom, my sister and her 3 boys at HK Disneyland

"When are we going to Disneyland, mommy?", my 9 year old girl, Kyla who loves anything disneyfied, asked me for the nth time. We were supposed to spend Chinese New Year in Hongkong Disneyland last year but I got pregnant with Baby Gian so we didn't push through with our plan for safety reasons. 

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Best in Writing

Best in Writing certificate awarded to Ate Kyla

I just want to share this sweet surprise I got from Kyla the other day.

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Missing Mama Vie

Whenever we miss my mom (whom we fondly call Mama Vie), we find the best and fastest remedy: Book flights to Singapore with Dial a Flight. Mama Vie stayed with us for almost 7 months after I gave birth to Baby Gian. That was her longest and most enjoyable (she enjoyed helping in taking care of her youngest grandchild) stay in Singapore. She is a retired government elementary teacher in the Philippines and she went back home last March to settle some paper works for her pension.

My mom was granted a 5-year Long Term Social Visit Pass by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore after our family acquired our permanent residence in 2008. She's been traveling to and fro Singapore/Philippines since 2005, when hubby and I are still holding a Special Pass (Work Visa). Below are her captured memories in Singapore through the years.

Mama Vie and Lil' Kyla aboard the boat of the Singapore River Cruise in 2005

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Baby Gian turns 10 month old today!

Everyone, please meet the new big boss of the Calasanz' Family! :D

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Gardens by the Bay

The Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay

Spanning 101 hectares, Gardens by the Bay comprises three waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. Bay South, the largest at 54 hectares, will officially open in June 2012. A showcase of horticulture and garden artistry, the Gardens will bring the world of plants to Singapore and present Singapore to the World. ~ SOURCE

Save the date, garden enthusiasts! The Bay South Garden will open to public on the 29th of June 2012.
OUR WORLD TUESDAY

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Of Penguins, SEO and Fun with the Family

Roel wearing his favorite shirt

For weeks now my son Roel has been bugging me about a certain Penguin, apparently one that lives inside the computer. He wants me to purchase for him a membership that will allow him to aaahhh blah blah blah hahahaha, I am guilty of not listening to him well about how important this penguin is to his childhood life. But today I finally found the patience to absorb and understand a virtual world for kids guided by an unwavering commitment to safety and creativity as is the tag line on the site he has been crazy about since day one of his summer vacation. I always make it a point though to maintain a balance between his computer playtime and outdoor activities as well as book reading and values formation with our quality family bonding activities.

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Pink Dragonfly

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The Power of Social Media

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Hi fellow bloggers! It's been a while since I interacted with you all about our common denominator; blogging.I just want to know if you ever considered using the power of social media to promote your blog?
I personally think it is worth trying. At first, I wasn't very keen on the idea as I find the infamous social media platforms like twitter and facebook very time consuming and errr, addicting. However, I gathered some useful tips from professional bloggers' sites that promoting your blog in social media sites is essential in SEO building. I gave it a second thought and I eventually signed up on twitter and created a facebook page for my blog. I did not regret doing so as I was able to increase my readership and gained new friends from all over the world who love sharing to their friends blog posts that they find interesting. From barely 5000 page views I used to get in a month, I am nearly reaching my target of at least 10000 page views per month. Isn't that awesome? I know, it is not as awesome as other celebrity blogs who gets 100000 or more visitors a month but I am slowly working on my blog's SEO. I constantly look for ways to build a remarkable blog traffic that will keep me inspired to blog. The other day, I was researching on the net on how to get more twitter followers and likes on facebook when I stumbled upon socialclerks.com. It is a platform that helps you get more twitter followers and facebook likes without compromising your credibility. I can't wait to sign up, get more twitter followers and get likes on facebook free. Getting more followers and likes for free means more people will get to know my site and they are free to share blog posts that they think their friends will be interested to read. Though I have not come to an extent of buying people's follows and likes, I am open to get more followers and likes for free as long as they don't turn up to be spammers. Now, do you wish to gain traffic by using the power of social media sites? Care to share me your thoughts? 

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Pizza Hut's Cheesy 7 Bliss

Whenever Pizza Hut comes up with a special "cheese pizza", I make sure I get to indulge on them. I love cheese! Lots of cheese!

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Mother's Day 2012 on Instagram

Red Rose taken with Instagram

I received this rose from the hubby for Mother's Day. He thanked me for being a great mom to the kids which made me wonder, am I really a great mom? LOL!

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