En's Play Date With Classmates : Jun-15

Despite all 3 girls in HIPS, I have never been actively involved in their PSG or parent support group, nor do I know anyone who's in the PSG Exco.. until now. Until I offered to accompany En's class to the Singapore Zoo, together with the other parent volunteers last year. One of the other parent who went was an Exco with the HIPS PSG. She was warm and friendly and we exchanged telephone numbers.

That was last year. Who knows, En became better friends with her girl this year! Juz as I kept hearing En mention her girl's name at home, I should think her girl must have been mentioning En's name at home too! (^^)

Several weeks back, parents were notified to enter the school system to book a timing for our parent-teacher conference appointment. As that date drew came and the task was still at the back of my mind, this kind lady texted me and reminded me to log in as the slots seemed to be filling up fast, she said.

Well, with her advice and En's help to login, I managed to secure time slots to speak to both her form and chinese teachers.

A couple of weeks later, this same lady asked if En would be keen to join an introductory course on rock-climbing at Kallang Wave mall during the June school holidays. Hey, of course!! In fact, En will love it as she has asked about it since she last saw the walls when we visited the mall!! So without even seeking En's agreement, I immediately try to register En as she said it is limited to 5 children per time slot. Successful registration. 

En was excited about meeting her friends in the hols and she even prepared 'presents' for her friends -- scrapbook papers (pages of plain a4 papers tied together with colorful & decorated strings), notebook, and even a beautiful sheet of Princess stickers! To my disbelief, she has even promised to bring her mummy's homemade banana cake to her friends!!?? So she was reminding me about making that banana cake every few days since before the hols even began..

That fun day finally arrived and we made our way to the mall with Xuan. Did I mention that it was in the heats and the midst of the SEA Games which was being held at the Sports Hub, and the Kallang Wave mall is smacked right in the centre of action?

Mummys & kiddos met for lunch before proceeding to climb central. After handing the kids over, like other anxious parents, we went right up to the spot where we could best see our girls in action!! En was the first to begin but she did not climb very high. Maegan was next and almost climbed right to the top!! Claudette also did pretty well though not as high as Maegan..

Apparently according to En, both her friends had prior experience scaling the walls, that was why they were able to do better.. Anyway, all the girls enjoyed themselves tremendously!!

The girls had Marble Slab ice-cream after their climb.. Boy!! the ice-cream was almost $10, so expensive.. Then mummys felt the need to rejuvenate ourselves a lil'.. we need drinks & coffee. So off we went to Old Town.

Next was the SEA Games carnival juz outside the mall. As we stepped out, I almost wanted to head right back into the mall again as it was so warm and humid!! Of course, the girls would not have allowed it.. We spent the rest of the day at the crowded free carnival with the girls trying to derive as much fun from being together than participating in the carnival games. Anyway, any seemingly more fun game entailed a waiting time of at least 90 minutes!! So much for being free, carnival-goers' time spent isn't worth taken into consideration, I suppose.