Outing w Del & Anya

Us cousins, and the little cousins(-twice-removed? I never really understood it...) had a chance to meet up for an outing at Raffles City. It's super convenient cos it's on the main east-west MRT line, which we both are on, and it's got a great nursing/changing room. Interestingly, the last time I was there with Del was when Anya was still happily swimming around in Del's tummy! Anyway, have taken a while to post this cos I wanted to kop pics hee hee. Didn't really use my camera that day :) Digital technology! Why should we all be snapping the same thing? :)

Anyway, we had lunch at Shokudo, sort of a Jap version of Marche. I had a yummy Unagi rice bowl, which had the added advantage of being easy to eat - all you need is a spoon. Why's that important? Cos I had to hold Asher with my other hand! The art of one-handed eating :) I must say I was thoroughly impressed with their service as well. The staff had seen that I was carrying Asher while ordering my dish, and so they served the dish to me instead of the usual process where I have to collect the food myself! The friendly man even offered to wash Anya's bottle!












We adjourned to Starbucks for coffee (I was super super sleepy that day) while Anya had her tea (of milk, not with milk), and Asher napped. It's been a looooooooooong time since I've had a cup of coffee from Starbucks, and I really enjoyed just chilling, chatting, soaking in the place (as well as the much-needed coffee). But the coffee fix didn't last long. In about an hour I was feeling sleepy again. I think my sleep deprivation out does the caffeine strength in their cappuccino.

Anyway, yet another reason why Raffles City is a great place to bring Baby. You can leave your stroller at their information counter! We wanted to check out the Robinsons sale, but Del didn't want to have to push the stroller through the crowd. Since Raffles City offers strollers for customers to use (something I didn't know until that day), we thought we'd try to do things the other way around - leave Anya's stroller there. Fabulous! It was really a lot easier to sling the kiddos in Robinsons cos the aisles were narrow, and there were quite a few people around.

I got Asher a toy 'popper' car (it has beads inside that pop around when the car moves) for his 6 month gift. So, Asher, you can never say Mummy didn't buy you a car okay! :)

Anyway, it was great to see the cousins reach out to each other, and it'll only get more interesting as they both develop and become more interactive. Hopefully they won't use their new-found skills to bash each other on the head.


Asher and Anya saying hello after lunch! Is that a smile Anya? :O)







Watching Anya in action :)