I heard from my colleagues that they've added some new features to the zoo recently, so I had to bring the kids for a visit.

There's this whole new Kidsworld section with a water play area.


My favourite section is the petting zoo. Zach is usually quite reluctant to try anything new, so to our surprise, he agreed to feeding the guinea pig by himself. I'm so proud of him! Next time, I'll try letting him feed the elephants.



Aidan has started to point at things, so he kept pointing to animals (or sometimes random trees or moving things that I suppose he thinks are animals...) and going "eh, eh" or "uhm, uhm". He managed to sit in his stroller througout except for when he started to get hungry. We left his food in the car and was too lazy to walk all the way back to get it, so he had to eat bits of KFC bread, mashed potatoes and chicken. I don't think he minded in the least.



Aidan fell sleep in the stroller after lunch and Zach inisited on watching the "Rainforest Fights Back" show so we stayed for that before heading home. The funny thing was that whenever Aidan heard applause from the audience, he woke up, clapped his hands groggily and fell back to sleep again. This happened 3 times! Everytime I thought he'd wake up but he didn't. Was hilarious indeed.

My hubs and Zach has a father-son bonding activity where they feed the fish in the evenings. One day, I decided to bring Aidan along as he has started to enjoy feeding the fish too. I noticed Zach running to one secluded corner of the koi pond where the water is shallow and throwing food inside. I was puzzled as the koi fishes rarely swim there. I asked hubs about it. He replied, "Oh, Zach likes to feed the small fish. To give them a chance."


I went closer to take a look and realised that he was feeding the teeny, tiny black fishes in the pond that no one notices. Everyone always feeds the big, beautiful koi fishes. And the big fish will always gobble the food up, so the smaller fish will lose out in the fight for food.


I asked my hubs if he taught Zach to do that and he said no.


I gave Zach lots of praises for remembering the smaller fish. I guess it does take a child to remind us that we have to look after the underdogs.

I can't believe my baby has turned 1!



As it is likely our last big birthday bash, hubs and I decided to be a little more adventurous. First, we didn't order food from the usual caterers. Instead, we had Quiznos Sub sandwiches and cookies, Tully's coffee, Delifrance mini pies and pastries and Bakerzin Cheesecake. Too bad hubs forgot to take photos of the food.

We also set up a candy section for the kids (and also some adults!) although on hindsight, it may not have been the best idea as it made them pretty high.

Our (or rather my) highlight of the party was the croquembouche that I ordered from The Patissier. I saw it on a friend's blog and immediately earmarked it for Aidan's 1st Bday.



It is a stack of 80 profiteroles with different cream fillings - chocolate, blueberry, mango, vanilla etc. Absolutely yummy. I was enjoying the leftovers for a couple of days after.