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Daphne

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The Craziest Trip Ever

July 6, 2012

Being a parent doesn’t allow much room for spontaneity. Especially when you’re a parent of two and 32 weeks pregnant. Everything has to be planned way in advance, then double-checked and re-planned to be sure.

But I’ve always been a big fan of spontaneity – to do something totally insane once in a while. Except that it’s never the right time, you know. There are always a thousand reasons not to be spontaneous.

Sometimes, you just have to make it the right time.

Me: Babe, want to go Melbourne for a short trip?

Husband: Oh sure. When?

Me: We fly tomorrow night.

Husband: WHAT? That’s crazy.

Me: Just think about it. It sounds crazy but not that crazy.

Husband: Yes, it is that crazy.

Me: Well, is it the good kind of crazy or the crazy kind?

Husband: Pretty awesome kind of crazy.

Me: Ok then, let’s do it. What the heck, let’s just leave tonight. And we’re bringing the kids.

That was like 3pm yesterday afternoon, so I got clearance from my gynae, booked all the tickets, packed our bags and got on board a 10pm flight last night.

The kids were all like “NOW?? We’re going now? YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!”

Right now, we’re in Gold Coast and the weather is glorious. We’ll be here for the next couple of days, then heading to visit my sister in Melbourne.

This might just be the craziest thing we’ve done in a long time, or ever.

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art attack

Back to the drawing board

July 4, 2012

Nap times used to be my favorite times of the day because much as I enjoy their company when they’re awake, the fact is that I enjoy their company a lot more when they’re asleep. It’s the only hour of peace and quiet I get every afternoon so it’s kind of like a big deal.

Recently, they seem to have outgrown their naps, which means that I not only have less time to myself, I now have to come up with ways to keep them occupied constructively.

One of those ways – develop their artistic talent. Also know as giving them a bunch of chalk and a chalkboard.

Kirsten spent like 30 seconds drawing some squiggly lines only to realize that she was more interested in posing for the camera.

I guess it’d be nice if they turn out to be child prodigy artists but I’m also ok if they end up developing other useful skills, like how to pose while holding an object, which is one of those underrated talents in life.

We’d be happy either way.

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events

Drypers Little Day Out

July 2, 2012

There’s been a lot of tension around here but I’ve said what I needed to say so it’s back to regular programming today. Everyone, take a deep breath and relax!

So two weekends ago, we had a very eventful Drypers Little Day Out at Big Splash.

It was really nice of Drypers to plan everything just so that families could spend some quality time and have a bit of fun outdoors. The event was held in conjunction with the launch of the new Best Ever Drypers – Drypers Soft, Drypers Wee Wee DRY and Drypers DRYPantz, which are now available in stores. The kids have been on the new ranges for the past month and I’m looking forward to testing out the all new supersoft Drypers Soft for Finn. Speaking of, I’m giving birth in less than 2 months…OK NEED TO STOP HYPERVENTILATING.

Anyhow, all we needed to do was show up to enjoy all the rides and activities – totally my kind of event.

On a bunny trail, I have no idea where the kids learnt to do the 2-finger peace sign while taking pictures but it’s like their default picture pose these days. I’d be appalled if it wasn’t so insanely cute.

Time for a Math question: If each kid holds up 2 fingers and daddy holds up 6, how many posers are there?

Moving along, we may have found the coolest carnival game ever. This is Truett holding what looks like a real crossbow, only instead of real arrows, it was replaced with child-friendly suction arrows. Not to brag or anything but this little marksman hit a bullseye on his second try and there was like an audible cheer from the queue of parents. I wanted to give it a shot too but he kind of set the bar pretty high so I totally chickened out.

Besides the carnival booths, there were also kiddy train rides and carousel rides, which are always a hit with the kids.

And then we wrapped up the evening with an outdoor screening of Alvin and the Chipmunks-Chipwrecked under the stars, which was a really cool idea, especially for parents with kids. When the kids got restless, they could fidget and munch on snacks and ask annoying questions without getting shushed or given dirty looks by irate neighbors.

All in all, it was a splendid way to spend a Saturday with the family. Props to all the folks at Drypers who worked so hard to put it all together.

This is part 3 of a series of sponsored conversations on behalf of Drypers Singapore. All opinions and text are my own.

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