Ritz-Carlton Staycation! - Day 3 (and 4)

Continued from Day 2 Staycation@Ritz-Carlton~

Woke up to another great morning, greeted by the warm scenery of Singapore's morning. We spent most of the time lazing around in the morning and had a simple breakfast (unlike the day before where we had a splendid buffet breakfast...haha)

One of the things that we haven't do since coming to Ritz was to visit the swimming pool, so we prepared the stuffs. Mummy Chan recently chanced upon a "Blow Up Thomas & Friends Hammer" while on one of our little shopping trips and immediately we thought would be fun for Renzo to wield while in a pool. So we brought it along during this staycation and even brought along the separately purchased foot pump that we bought from Kiddy Palace. Renzo unhesitatingly began working on the pumping and before long, was holding on to his prized possession in his chubby hands.

Half expecting the pool to be empty at this time of the day, the pool was surprisingly populated, though not to the extend of having to jostle for elbow room, but one couldn't complete a lap swim without having to stop somewhere in between and wait for those who swam the width of the pool. Not too much an issue for me as I was the primarily to soak myself and to see what mischief Renzo was up to with a hammer in hand. So into the waters I went, with Renzo test-dipping his toes into the water for temperature checks, while mummy comfortably nestled herself into one of the sundeck chairs and keeping herself dry.

After Renzo got used to the water, he immediately started splashing and rolling around the pool's edge and when I throw the hammer at him, hell broke loose. Renzo became a miniaturized Thor and began his crazy hammering. Everything in sight (except passersby, fortunately) was given a series of hammering. From a leaf, to the markings on the edge of the pool, to Daddy Chan, you name it, he smacks it. He even attempted to throw the hammer at me from a distance but fell short (you need more training kid.)

When we got tired, we retired back to the room and slacked the day away. Dinner time came and we couldn't resist the temptation of going back to the Greenhouse@Ritz Carlton again for the wonderful buffet spread. And so we did. And as expected, the decision didn't fail us. A wonderful dinner made the evening just that much more wonderful. So we ended the day knowing that tomorrow we will be checking out. So we did our final checks and headed to bed early because Renzo still has school tomorrow~

The last day of our staycation was planned as such that we would wake up early, take a cab back home to pick up Renzo's school bag, his beddings for school and to unload some of the laundry and stuff. After we deposited Renzo at the school, we then proceeded to slowly make our way back to the hotel to check out. But not before we enjoy a morning Starbucks time. While the rest of the population were hustling and bustling to get to work, we walked anti-directionally to a Starbucks outlet at Marina Square, picked out a couple of magazines off their racks and basically chilled the rest of the morning away sipping coffee and having mindless chit-chats.

All is well and we would most definitely be heading to Ritz Carlton again for another lovely staycation in the near future~!

Ritz-Carlton Staycation! - Day 2

Continued from Day 1 Staycation@Ritz-Carlton~

Waking up to the lovely view of the heart of the city, we decided to indulge ourselves in the buffet breakfast, undeterred by the steep price because we wanted to treat ourselves as 'tourists', considering this is a staycation after all and being 'tourists' it wasn't uncommon to splurge a bit on things that you don't normally do.

The breakfast buffet at Greenhouse@Ritz Carlton certainly didn't disappoint. In its usual fashion, they didn't overwhelm us with a ginormous variety (which is passable for buffet standards), but instead, amazed us with the quality of the food. Delicately made and fit for a king, it ranged from croissants and pastries to bread and Edam cheese to porridge and siew mai. And the best part is that we can slowly enjoy our breakfast, and when Renzo started to get a little cranky or needed to poo, either one of us could just zip back to the hotel room within minutes and comfortable settle the little one and get back before the food even turned cold.

This breakfast probably lasted us for hours before we decided that we should move on and turn our attention elsewhere. Back to the hotel room we went and Renzo continued with his multiple 'water play' sessions in his favourite bathtub until mid afternoon when we had enough of swapping in and out of the tub with that little guy. He soaked himself inside long enough to have his skin wrinkled and he looked at Mummy Chan sadly and asked,"Mummy~ Why is my hands like this? =( "

One great thing about Ritz was that they provided complimentary colouring materials and toy puzzles for kids and even have stroller for loan, free of charge. So we requested for one which was duly sent to our room just in time for us to bring Renzo out.

The walkway out of the side wing of Ritz led us directly into Marina Square shopping centre where we took a leisurely stroll around and before long, Renzo fell asleep comfortably in the stroller like we expected. Waking up early coupled with the fact that he has a long playful time in the bathtub and skipping his usual afternoon nap could only end up with a tired body...haha... We ended up at KFC where we settled dinner with the new Double Down meal (did i mention that it is the best thing that happened to KFC since the Zinger Burger?) and stopped by a little convenience store stocked with all things Korean. So we bought some tidbits and a copy of Puss in Boots Movie for some family movie fun at night... ^_^



Renzo enjoyed that evening, i think... and we all drifted off into lalaland and into Day 3 of our staycation~

Renzo's QUESTIONS...

Yes, Renzo now recognizes the Question Mark (?) sign, and not just that, during these recent months, from simply repeating what we say, to interactively communicating with us, Renzo has entered into a new stage of toddler development - ASKING QUESTIONS!!!  

Everything he hears through his little ears, he will question: "What's that sound?"
One morning, he woke up and heard the birds chirping, he asked, "What's that sound Mummy??" I told him, that's the bird, Renzo! "NOooo...... Mummy, what's that sound?", "That's the bird singing, Renzo!"
"NO.... THAT"S RENZO SAYING 'NOooo'...."


He's picking up his Chinese really fast recently, and he asks "What is xxxx in Chinese" at least 10 times everyday. I have to think of Chinese names for Thomas trains, Dora and many other "friends" of his.. The more challenging question he asked me last night was: "Mummy, what is 'Daddy and Mummy bring Renzo take bus 34, then sit in front, then go to school, then say good morning teacher Angela, then the sky is so dark, then Renzo is scared, then thunder no more already! Then Nainai fetch Renzo back and take bus 69 go to interchange, then change bus 18 go home already!!!' IN CHINESE??"

The question I LOVE and "HATE" the most from Renzo, is when he misbehaves, he will ask me right away, "MUMMY, DO YOU LIKE RENZO??" as he realizes that he has done something wrong. Very smart boy right? He knows how to distract me and ensure that I am not angry at him...



Now here's a video of Renzo singing "Do-Re-Mi" song last night, obviously he's in good mood as we seldom get chance to capture him singing on video. We dug out the video of him singing this same song almost a year ago, when he was only about 20 months old. And personally I am more impressed with his baby voice although the lyrics weren't clear at that time =)