Kids Fun Place at Hillion Mall

Hillion Mall is a relatively new mall in Bukit Panjang and the indoor playground here is a place that I've been wanting to bring the girls to. So when QQ's classmate's mum suggested that we go there for our play date, I agreed immediately! Holidays are meant to be fun and have lots of fun! So we were the first customers of the day and the children were super excited!

The playground is not too small, which I was amazed. Decorated in nice happy colours, it housed a sandpit (grains type), a moving air filled ship, some cars, a trampoline, some slides with "jungle" type  tunnels where the children could climb around, and some toys for pretend play. One really has to go in to experience the fun!

Emma was super excited and she rushed in after putting on her socks and sanitized her hands, without waiting for the rest of us! Esther had a great time following her sister and the rest of the bigger children! It was really nice watching them play and enjoying themselves. We stayed there for about 2 hours before we left for lunch and had to head back home for naps.

As it is now the school holidays, entry to the indoor playground is priced at $10 per child with adults free. They open at 10.30am and do remember your socks!

Lunch at Chilli Padi

Intended to stay at home today because I felt that I've been going out quite a lot last week (always tired to be truthful). Just wanted to stay at home and read to the girls and do nothing... But the in laws would not be home for the next 2 days (which means they will miss the girls), we decided to have lunch with them today!

My mother in law decided on Chilli Padi at NUS. Hmm, I do not know that there is one there (well, I haven't really been back to NUS ever since I graduated so many years back that I've already lost count).

It was buffet lunch! Not a fan of Peranakan food, I was skeptical on what I could have, more importantly, what the girls could have. After walking one round to check out the food, I was happy that there was something that I could eat!

The girls could have rice, the soup was good! But they chose to have cheong fun, some chwee kueh and hard boiled eggs(which were meant for the mee siam) and the plain buns for the Kong Bwa Pao!
Good enough!

The cafe wasn't too crowded at lunch times, which was great! The main attraction of the cafe was the robotic dish collector! (Call me a mountain tortoise!) We were all pretty attached by the robot that went around collecting dishes from the diners. Haha! The elder one finished her food so quickly that I was amazed because she wanted to let the robot collect her plates! Haha!

There was supposed to be a little play corner but I guess not many children visit this cafe and so it wasn't maintained. There was only a table and a few chairs in the play corner. The elder one brought some of her toys so she could play there. The little one was busily carrying and rearranging the chairs. SO it was still fun for them!

Overall, food was good, ambience was good too! Price was reasonable considering that it was Chilli Padi and buffet! Fro now till 29 September 2017, the cost of one person is $17.90 (usual price: $22.90 if I remember correctly) if you purchase the e-voucher from qoo10! There were 4 adults today and we saved quite a considerable amount! Children under 5 eat for free!

Tokyo Day 2- shopping at Odaiba

I decided that day 2 should be free and easy since we had just arrived and had a late night. So we went to Odaiba for some shopping!

Wanted to visit Nishimatsuya, a store that sells children and baby products! Needed to get diapers and baby food as I had only packed 2 days' worth of necessities. Travelling with 2 children was no joke, at least the packing was insane. So I had to downsize our luggage, packed the bare minimum so that we did not have to carry too much.

Was amazed by the amount of stuffs under each section.

Was delighted to find shelves of baby food!!! Had a hard time deciding what to buy because I wanted to buy all!!! Love the varieties! I heart choices!!

This was where Nishimatsuya was situated at- Decks at Tokyo beach. This was also where the Legoland discovery centre was which we would return a few days later.

   

The shop front.

Afterwhich, we went to Venus Fort for lunch. As the weather was not too cold, the walk was nice and we could enjoy the cherry blossoms along the way.

Theinter

 The European design of the interior of Venus Fort- more like Roman style I suppose?

 The iconic fountain at Venus Fort! 

These were the baby food that I have bought which could not be found in Singapore! They were mostly to be consumed within our stay as I did not want to carry such a load back. I particularly liked the packet porridge by Morinaga. There were 4 packets of 4 different flavours in the box. Could just heat up in hot water and ready to be consumed. Should have bought more of those home!

Father and daughter were super tired..

We walked to Venus Fort for lunch and window shopping after buying our baby essentials. Visited the Toyota car gallery and took some photos with the Ferris Wheel. 

 

Directions to Odaiba: we took the Ginza line to Toyosu where we changed to the Yurikamome line and alighted at Odaibakoen station. 

It was also possible to take the Asakusa line to Shimbashi station and changed to the Yurikamome line where the train would cross the rainbow bridge!

Flying to Tokyo with the 2 Es!

Japan has always been my favourite holiday destination, or rather, one of my 2 favourite destinations. Therefore when my mother in law suggested that we visit Tokyo, I just grabbed the chance and agreed immediately! This would also be the 2 girls' first visit to the wonderful land of sushi, udon  and nice people!

And so, we flew via ANA because it used to be my favourite airlines (after that flight to Honolulu a few years back). I love how the Japanese presents everything! The in flight meals for my 3 year old and 1 yet old simply looked and tasted delicious.

We reached around 7 in the evening and went on to take the Train to Chuo area (near Ginza) to check into our Airbnb. The apartment is a small but cozy and clean place with 2 rooms. My in laws took one and we took the other one with tatami. Easier for the girls too so that they wouldn't roll down the beds.

Our apartment was a recommendation by friends of my mother in law. The owner was a nice lady and she picked us up at the nearest train station with her husband and after which, explained a lot on how to get around the area. A very nice lady, the owner was!

The 2 girls were super excited! They ran around the apartment, touched around and tried on almost everything!! Haha! I would recommend this apartment to families who want to travel to Tokyo, and want the convenience of a kitchen and a washing machine. The location is strategic too with a few metro stations near it. (pm if you need the contacts!)

We set off to sleep and were really excited on our "adventure" the next day!