Farm in the city

It was still CNY hols and I was wondering what to do with the kids. Googled for the Farmfresh place (closed) then adverts led me to Farm in the City.  Oh why not, it has been quite some time since we'd been there.  I bought tickets online.... not realising it was for a future date until we got there.  Aiya!  

When the right day rolled around, we went again.

We are in! Here is a big tortoise

This here is the birds enclosure

Some employees were holding a cockatoo, an alpaca and a snake for people to take photos with. JE liked the alpaca and I politely asked the lady holding the snake to kindly move out of the photo hahaha.  Yes my life would be easier if I didn't have the phobia but what to do.

The alpaca. And us

Us and the cockatoo

We tried longkang fishing (unsuccessful) then moved on to the bunnies/guinea pigs where we spent the most time.  

Small furry animals

Then the raccoons...

SE, Piglet and the raccoon

Back to the tortoises....

Last pic with animals

While it was nice enough, I think the girls have outgrown this kind of place.  SE liked it all right but JE got rather bored.  Called it a day after couple of hours.  Food inside was expensive and very limited in variety, so we just headed for the McD near home.

CNY eve

Slowly continue to post... work has been hectic. :)  

So this year, we finally got to what I'd been wanting all these years - CNY eve reunion dinner with my side of the family!  Growing up, my reunion dinners were always bustling, noisy affairs with lots of people courtesy of both my parents coming from big families.  So my first time with hubby's side was a significant change as there were basically only MIL and SIL. While MIL has passed on, relatives for CNY eve dinner increased. But since reunion LUNCH was relatively common within the family, I'd suggested changing our gathering to lunch so we could go to my side instead.  Anyway hubby had always preferred it to be dinner.  Then THIS year, things clicked. End of long story... so we made it there for dinner!

 

Happy me

Good food and lots of it, good people and lots of them haha.  My bro had a brainwave of introducing gambling to the kids.  I had somehow forgotten it, but this was one of the CNY activities I always enjoyed as a kid.  

We are gambling! Don't call police on us please

 Overall a very happy night indeed!