End of March

To wrap up March, I finalized my first buy of the year today. We went Causeway to pick up some stuff Allan bought from Groupon and along the way, we made it to H&M to see if I can find another dungaree for exchange. Tunnel traffic was surprisingly light this afternoon. Who wants to pay $65 to cross West tunnel for 6 minutes when Central tunnel cost $20 and takes only 11 minutes today! Such a rare sight and we are just so lucky.

Me and my babes waiting in the car while dad pumps the petrol

 Oh yes, our car needs a wash so badly

At H&M, I went for a size 36 dungarees for comfort and also a darker colour as I can't seem to find the light coloured ones. While I was trying on a few dungarees, the kids just kept running in and out of my changing room, not leaving me alone. 

First came "Casper"

Then his sister. Might as well just strike a pose with them

Found a hat for Chez and he paraded around for awhile before throwing it on the floor

 Scarlett wanted this floral head band

Bumped into Allan's cousin and saw our cute niece there too. The kids were thrilled to see each other there. We didn't get to see them this year during CNY gathering because they went on a trip. Renee was stoked when she saw Chester. Finally, she is not the youngest amongst the pack.

Parking at Causeway Bay is pricey. $48 per hour. We planned ahead to stay around Causeway Bay no more than 2 hours. Allan was saying $48 is about S$8. We were wondering if there were any parking places in Singapore that cost $8 an hour as we will be back in July and planning to rent a car for some days. Will probably need to do some research to budget ourselves on parking fee.

"Son, before you can afford your Benz, make sure you can afford the parking."

Yesterday, my son survived on truffle fries, quarter of a croissant and ice-cream for dinner. Not my kind of ideal food but there are days I really won't beat myself up too much. Besides, he is seldom this picky with food, just not sure why he refused those pasta we ordered for him. In order to make up for it, I made him soft rice with diced pumpkin, diced salmon and diced beef cubes with green pepper for dinner tonight and left some for his lunch tomorrow.

A happy mom is a mom whose baby boy can finish up all the healthy food she feeds him. It feels almost like some computer game whereby my avatar has powered up and can put up a good fight. However, potty training department fail miserably. He is willing to sit on the potty for a good 15 minutes with the TV on but not willing to poop in the potty. Then I saw this post from an IG mom and laughed so hard. She has the most hilarious quotes about motherhood. Keeps me going. 

Still, I am not giving up. Will keep trying. So there goes March. Looking forward to April because soon enough, July will be around the corner. 

Yes, July. My happy month. The month that makes me giggle and laugh like a little child whenever I talk about it with Scarlett. The month that takes away my disappointments, anger and frustrations now. 

I reckon I may never want to move back to Singapore because this way, I get the best getaway in the world when I feel down here. A place I can always look forward to. 

If I am back for good, that magic will be all gone. All gone.