The recent house hunting, selling and shifting really occupied our Saturdays we have not been regular at taking our girls out, and needless to say, visit the zoo.
Adri gets a day off from her music class today (not becos Mummy had allowed her to 'play truant' but becos her teacher could not make it for class) and we decided to pack the girls off to the zoo! Took a quick check at the weather this morning and the skies looked alright at our end (Paya Lebar)! So off we went (that's how the Wong family function - decide where we want to go and off we go! No fuss, not much prior planning required.).
En route, alas, it started to drizzle! Did we go ahead with our little expedition?We did. It was a drizzle that ended within half an hour and we didn't want to disappoint the all-ready and bursting with energy Adri.
We had our breakfast at the zoo and the day started well. We rented a cart and just as a measure of precaution, we bought ponchos for the girls in case it poured.
The ponchos we bought were put to good use. Shortly into our little expedition, it started to pour.
While Adri was excited to have spotted her all-time favourite ie. the orang utans, the monkeys and the giant tortoises, she was disappointed that she didn't get to play at the kids water playground.
To make up for that, Mummy allowed Adri to play in the rain since she had her poncho donned. I suppose that was one of Adri's greatest takeaways; for the first in 4+ years, Mummy allowed her to play in the rain. Alongside, she underwent a short Science lesson on the function of a poncho and the properties of the material used. Nothing beats a personal experience and Mummy is glad to have provided Adri with the experience of not getting wet whilst standing in the heavy downpour! :)
Another precious takeaway was the sighting of a mother sea cow caressing a baby sea cow! What a teachable moment! Mummy of course seized the moment to reinforce that all mummies love their young and that is true even in the animal kingdom.
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