October | 2011 | Life in the Wee Hours

We went to the Fright Night at ACM on Saturday evening. I brought Anya last year and she enjoyed the craft activities so much that she still talks about it! I didn’t know if we were going for sure this year and I’m a lazy mother so she had to wear her strawberry costume from last year. She’s grown so much! Last year, the costume came down to below her butt and now it’s around her waist.

She coloured a bat and I cut it out and strung it for her. She also drew some scribbles on a ‘magic’ scratch card and helped to make a scarecrow doll. I think the Halloween activities at ACM are really fun and they put a lot of thought into ensuring that it ties back to Asian culture so I hope no one suddenly decides that it’s inappropriate and rushes to cancel the event like at the Night Safari. -_-

ACM looking creepy

blood donation awareness booth

fuzzy green spider

craft at the River Room

Anya colouring her bat

ta dah!

scribbling on scratch card

crushing newspaper for her scarecrow

scarecrow doll

she was a bit scared of her scarecrow doll!

We went to the MGS fun fair yesterday! We got there before 10am and I walked around with the 2 kids while Adrian went off to park at KAP. It was really hot and crowded! There was a lot to see and do at the fun fair and they even had a whole bunch of amusement park rides from Uncle Ringo. Anya wanted to ride on a Formula One car but she’s too small and couldn’t reach the pedal. We paid $3 for her to jump around on the bouncy slide but it had gotten pretty hot under the sun so she slid down once and decided that she’d had enough! Most expensive slide ever!

I saw quite a few familiar faces and also bumped into my Geog teacher. She wanted Anya to call her ‘Grandma’. Haha! Managed to get some food to eat and Anya drank too much Ribena too quickly and threw up purple vomit spectacularly. Sigh. It was her first time there and I wonder if she’d still remember all this when she finally starts attending MGS 5 years down the road.

Von and Debs met up with us there and after walking around a bit more and buying some souvenirs, we left because it was just too hot and crowded! I think it was a good fun fair with something for everyone. Great job, MGS! :)