A Special Monthly Gathering

We have came a long way. We had been through the stages of gathering at indoor playgrounds to somebody's home to big outdoor free space bcos the kids are too destructive when confined indoor. Think like 10 of these.. scary right?

Now that most of the kids are at that almost independent stage, we got greedier. We started secretly plotting the idea of parking the kids somewhere to self entertain during gathering while we go la kopi. Hohoho.

The perfect chance came when Aunty SL suggested movies for the kids. Luck must be on our side that the Avenger show was on the big screen. Not only were the kids excited, Daddy Lim and Uncle C were willing to catch the movie and could man the kids at the same time. Hohoho.

We knew that the tickets would be sold out quickly and pre-bought the tickets almost a week earlier for an evening show at the City Square mall. Detail planning wasbrequired bcos it was so important to send the kids to the cinema and nothing must go wrong to jepordize our coffee session.

We arrived at about 5pm and the kids found an outdoor playground. They had a good time climbing and playing, even if it was for 15 mins. With friends, everything is good.

Then we headed to the cinema for toilet breaks and snacks. The timing was perfect and I got just enough time to snack on the popcorn before they entered the cinema with the beloved popcorn. I had a nasty heart break parting with the popcorn.

But I quickly got over it with coffee. Hehe. The mummies fulfilled their "lifelong" dream. The kopi was extra sweet without the kids. We could do this forever; there was not a moment where we were out of a topic.

The pictures turned out so well, not only bcos of the joy from the coffee. More importantly, they were from Aunty S' phone. She has a magical phone. Haha.

When it was finally time to collect the kids, we relunctantly headed to the foodcourt to wait for the them. We shouldnt be too greedy, the show was about 2.5hr and we already had that much peace without them. Coincidentally, we met an ex-coach. What kind of luck is that?

While the other kids (and Daddy Lim) were famished and had dinner, Zaky had stuffed himself silly with nachos, popcorns and snacks during the movie. Zzzzz.. totally expected. Daddy Lim would probably love to do that too but lamented that the snacks rarely came his way. Lol.

It was already 9pm when dinner was done. Zaky insisted that he was not tired; must be the sugar rush. In actual fact, they were all over tired and over stimulated, so was I, bcos I watch drama until after midnight the night before. Hehehe. The kids knocked out in the car.

We should do this again. Hehehe.

Mummy Lim