Wet and Wild time for Renzo

The past few weekends have been pretty "adventurous" and "fruitful" for Renzo as we spent most of our time together outdoor. Usually if you ask Renzo, "Would you like to go to the swimming pool?", 80% of the time he will answer "Nope, go to shopping center, super market!". Well this boy is pretty much an indoor person just like his Daddy and Mummy!

So we decided to let him explore a bit more outdoor activities during the weekends, although honestly speaking, I am not enjoying it much (haha as usual), luckily Win is young and energetic and never have a problem handling Renzo on his own at the playground.

On Feb 18, Saturday, we made our way to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden to have a playdate with the August 2009 mummies, and their kids who are at the exact same age as Renzo. It's also the first time I am meeting the mummies in person after chatting actively online for more than 2 years and the experience was so great! Renzo is the most clingy kid there who refused to play with the rest of them, that made us a little embarrassed especially when we saw a few other kids like Jovia, Sophie, Shayna and Issac having great fun together while their mummies could just stand aside and happily chit chat with each other.

On Feb 25, Saturday, we went to Mandai Zoo with Renzo's godpa Mike and his girlfriend Linda, after receiving free entry ticket from our lovely friend Nicole.
It's the 2nd time we brought Renzo to the zoo and this time round, with a wonderful "tour guide" Linda around (she had internship at the zoo), we managed to see many more animals and Renzo seemed to enjoyed himself a lot more than last time also. We ended the day by bringing Renzo to the waterplay area, and till now, he still says "The elephant in the zoo, splash water, I don't like, I like the slide with water!!". There is this huge elephant head shaped bucket pouring water on those happy kids there, which Renzo didn't dare to come close. But he loves the slides there and can climb up and down non-stop for hours.

On Feb 26, Sunday, we brought Renzo for a trial class at My Gym Tampines for 35 dollars. We didn't sign up the package (S$425 for 10 sessions with complimentary 10 open gym playtime where kids can play at the gym freely) because the class/open gym time doesn't seem to fit to our schedule. What they did in class is quite similar like Josiah Montessori, just that My Gym focuses more on the physical training for the tots. We intended to have Renzo interact more with other kids since he's been shy and pretty "anti-social" even after attending childcare for a year, unfortunately there's not much chance given for interaction in the 1 hour gym session.
The only highlight is that Renzo is afraid of swings (again not to our surprise), and we met this cute little Japanese girl Nicole, who's usually attending Friday afternoon class but happened to be there on that very Sunday evening. Daddy Chan decided straight away NOT to sign up for the class knowing that Renzo can never have chance to meet Nicole during class as we all need to work and don't have the time to bring Renzo there on Fridays. After the 1 hour workout, Renzo slept extremely well that night and we are still puzzling why an one hour playtime at the swimming pool or playground can't do the same trick..

On Mar 04, Sunday, we brought Renzo for his first hair cut at a kid's salon at Tampines 1. It's a new salon just opened for 4 days and they have a DVD player showing all kinds of cartoon movies in front of every seat, as well as some toys for kids to play at the waiting area. So we managed to have Renzo sit still without bribing him with lollipops or Daddy's ipad2!! We were extremely satisfied with the hair cut done although it costs 20 dollars, looking at the salon facilities, it's predictable that they are not going to charge us just 5 bucks anyway. The only concern we have is that right besides the salon, there's this kids' toy shop displaying a big collection of Thomas & Friends trains right at their entrance.
So Renzo got himself a reward that made the hair cut trip 30 dollars more expensive, and we are already worrying about our next visit to this salon (and, the toy shop) in a month time..

Up next, we will be bringing Renzo to Singapore’s first wet-and-dry wildlife-themed rooftop playground at Tampines 1, and there's another 3 nights Ritz Carlton Hotel stay waiting for us in April, I am sure Renzo will enjoy himself to the fullest!!