Godma’s Visit

Their offical Godma is a very busy woman who takes on duties as a doting Godma, a wonderful friend, a filial daughter and a passionte follower of Christ who serves in church. Despite her busy schedule and routine, she came to my house to pay us a visit. 

The kids were happy to see her and though she was able to stay for a short while, it matters a lot to the kids as they were able to spend some quality time with her. They spent time catching up and as usual, she will always remind the kiddos how much God loves them and how blessed they are. We are really blessed and honored to have her as our girls’ Godma who loves them and care for them. 😊

 

Thank you Sue for the beautiful friendship and you are such a wonderful Godma that was sent from above.

Little Pumpkin Turns SEVEN

How time flies! Our little pumpkin turned SEVEN today! She always feels sad when she attends her friends’ birthday earlier in the year and had to wait till the end of the year to celebrate hers. We always tell her that good things have to wait and the celebration will be bigger… hahaahahahah We also reminded her that she shares the same birthday month as Jesus and told her that she is really blessed.

 

After a staycation at Shangi-La Hotel Singapore over the weekend, we brought her to one of her favourite Italian Restaurant, The Pizza Bar for lunch. She ordered her favourite Truffle Mac & Cheese and gave a thump up for the lunch (as usual). Headed to town to shop for her birthday gift and this would be the best moment as she gets to choose whatever she wants and no one is complaining… hahaahahahah

In the evening after a simple family dinner at home, we had a small cake cutting ceremony for her to sum up the whole week’s celebration. She is really happy though no big parties but she mentioned that she had a ball of a time too. 😊

Happy Blessed Birthday Little Pumpkin! May the good Lord always keep and bless you with happiness and good health always. We love you soooooooooooooo much!

Birthday Staycation

It’s Little Pumpkin’s birthday in a few days’ time and we decided to have a staycation at Shangri-La Hotel Singapore since we are unable to host birthday celebrations due to Covid restrictions. She was so excited when we told her that we would be heading out for a simple celebration, but she had no idea that we would be going for a staycation.

 

When we arrived at the hotel, she asked if we would be having luncheon at this hotel and when she saw us unloading our bags, her eyes lit up with a bright smile. She was so happy and kept thanking us for bringing her here. We did a brief check-in and were assigned to our room without delay. After checking into our room, we hurried to book the activities for the kiddos. 

We played the hotel’s history hunt with the kids as they want to win a prize once all clues are found, and they were so excited to get it done quickly. I am happy that the hotel provides such interesting activities for the kids and at the same time, they can learn the history of the Shangri-La Hotel. Thumps up!

For dinner, we booked Waterfall Ristorante (one of our favorite Italian Restaurants) and man… little pumpkin was so happy and enjoyed her pasta so much. She said that the kids’ Beef Bolognese is the best she ate so far. The restaurant manager kindly arranged a tiny birthday cake for her as we mentioned that we are celebrating a birthday upon reservation. 

It makes us happy to see you happy Little Pumpkin. We love you so much!

Woke up early this morning for our breakfast at The Line and thankfully, it was not as crowded as we expected. The buffet line is closed but we can order our breakfast at our table and be served. Honestly, we preferred the buffet breakfast as we can check out dishes and take whatever we like but at this moment, we are only able to order and wait for it to be served to our table.

Let’s hope the covid situation will be stabilized or in fact, be over soon so that we can get back to our life before Covid.

Right after breakfast, the kids wasted no time and got changed into their swimming costumes and plunged into the pool. We couldn’t swim yesterday as it was raining, and the pool was closed. The kiddos had a ball of a time in the pool while I chillaxed at the sauna.

Happy Blessed Birthday Little Pumpkin

Yearly, we try to provide our little pumpkin with a celebration for her birthday by organizing a party with family and friends. This year, we had to give it a miss due to the Covid restriction where we are only allowed to have not more than 20 pax for any gathering.

 

We decided to hold a smaller scale birthday party for her at home instead and inviting parents in law over dinner and simple cake cutting ceremony. Though the baby girl is upset and disappointed but she was happy when she saw the cake I made for her. 

I made her favourite Oreo Cheesecake and had it decorated with her current favourite cartoon character – Peter Rabbit. I made some mini cheesecakes to distribute to my sis-in-laws so they too can enjoy the sweets at the comfort of their home. Little Pumpkin is really happy that we had this little celebration at home. 😊

Tamago En

 Since we are unable to travel during this year’s school holidays, as parents, we need to plan activities for the kiddos. Well, as Christmas is drawing near, I decided to go shopping with the girls instead.

 

We headed down to have lunch at Tamago En located at Vivocity as this is one of the new popular Japanese joint and we are happy to give it a shot. 😊 There was a short queue when we arrived but were given a seat not longer after. We took our time to browse through the menu and yes, it was simple Japanese food, but the most attractive and popular dish would be their pancakes (which is the desserts).

We ordered our mains and the pancakes as desserts (of course!). I would give a 7/10 for their mains and 9/10 for their desserts. My girls love pancakes, but I thought it was quite sweet for my liking. However, over all experience was pretty good as the café is really cute and lively. It makes you happy when you dine there. 😊

GRACIA Celebration 2021

I am a super proud mother as Lady Faith is receiving the Mother Mathilde Award for the 1^st time. This is a school award, and I am sure as parents, any awards given to your child will made you proud.

 

The Mother Mathilde Award is a prestigious title given to a Primary student who has fulfilled the holistic criteria of the award, namely in the area of

(1) Academic excellence, 

(2) CCA achievements, and 

(3) Leadership & service to school & community. 

 

The recipient of this award should display the determination, the tenacity of not giving up despite all the odds and the courage that Mother Mathilde had. Like Mother Mathilde’s leadership qualities, the recipient should also exhibit the ability to make do with what one had and to think creatively of ways to meet challenges and rise above the adversities.

I wanted to be in school to witness this beautiful moment but due to Covid restrictions, (YES, It is COVID again), school is not allowed to hold such events but only be able to receive the award from their Form Teachers and have a picture taken. Very disappointing indeed but well, I am still a proud mother! 

Congratulations Darling for your wonderful achievements! Keep up the excellent work!

Last Day Of School

Today is the last day of school for the year and we decided to pick up the girls at their school instead of having them to board the school bus. When we arrived at their school gate, it was flooded with parents, helpers and grandparents so, we stood away from the school gate to wait for them instead.

 

As the kids gradually were released from school via classes, we waiting patiently for our girls to show up at the gate. As they were excited that we are picking them up, they did not take their time at all but hurried out of school to meet us.

 

The first thing she mentioned was ‘Where are we going for lunch Mummy and Daddy?” we laughed and took them to find out when we are near to the destination. As we hit the highway and the girl started guessing and they managed to guess it right when we took a turn into East Coast Park. They both started shouting out the café’s name and got so excited. 

It was a quiet afternoon at P.S. Cafe indeed and we were able to enjoy our lunch at our own pace. The kids ordered their favrouite dishes like Cheeseburger and beef Bolognese while I took the pasta and hubby had his spring chicken. We absolutely enjoyed our luncheon given the space, the quietness and of course we dined as a family. 😊

Happy School Holidays Girls!

Comfort Food

When I was younger, I remember my mum used to cook porridge and fried noodles as breakfast for family every Saturday. My grandmother, aunties and my cousins will gather around the table catching up with each other over breakfast. Those were the good old days.

 

I fondly remembered how yummy my mum’s porridge was and I am missing it. While mum is not able to cook for now due to a bad fall recently that injured her leg. I asked her to teach me so that I can master it and cook it for my kids. Mum just briefly told me the ingredients that I need but to someone who is clueless in cooking porridge is quite a challenge… hahaahahahaha.

Mum was patient and taught me step by step while she was seated in the dining room, and I was trying my best to make the porridge to her standards. When it was finally completed, I took a small scoop for her to taste, and I felt good when she gave me a thump up! I couldn’t believe it till I tried it myself. 😊 I would say that I did its justice, and my kids love it too. This will be another recipe from mum to keep. 😊  

Happy Children's Day

 Happy Children's Day!

Mid-Autumn Festival

I remembered celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival was one of the best moments during my childhood, especially when I was staying in a shophouse where I used to hang out with my neighbours. During this season, parents will buy mooncakes for the family and lanterns for the kids.

 

On the day of the festival, we will have early dinner and when the night came, the family will gather at the living or dining room to cut the mooncake and enjoyed the moonlight with a warm cup of Chinese tea. As the adults were enjoying their mooncakes and tea, the kids lit up their lanterns with candles and started to walk around the neighbourhood.

 

Some kids will show off a few of their handheld lanterns and others were limited to one lantern per child. Kids will gather around when a lantern candle burns out and start helping each other to light it up again. It was such an amazing activity to participate in during that time. That would be one of the few nights that the kids were allowed to sleep later than their usual bedtime. 😊

 

In the modern world now, we do not really see kids walking with their lanterns around the neighborhood. Most of the kids are either at home or skipped the practice. This year, being the COVID year, the streets became a dead town when it comes to night. You could not find a soul outside your house even during this festival.

 

I did not buy mooncakes this year but decided to make my own. I made the Ondeh-Ondeh and the dark chocolate snow skin. It was delicious and it was quickly snapped out by the kids. Since there was no one out on the streets, I lit up my kid’s lantern and let them have a fair share of lantern walk just outside our gate. Though they were the only kids with lanterns, they enjoyed walking just outside our gate and the strolling down the single lane passing my neighour’s house. 

This is indeed a quiet Mid-Autumn Festival and I do hope that we can celebrate this festival with more crowds next year.

What A Rare Visit

I was totally taken by surprise when I found this little cute Ladybird Beetle on my pillar wall. Initially I thought it was a stain but when I looked closer, it was such a beautiful sight to see this little cutie. It wasn’t moving but stayed put on the wall allowing me to take some pictures of it.

This is such a rare sight indeed and I am so stoked that this cute little Ladybird Beetle paid us a visit. 😊My kids were super excited and took a closer look at how beautiful it was. 😊 Honestly, we don’t spot Ladybird Beetles anywhere in Singapore, not even the gardens but am super stoked that they came pay us a visit. 😊Let’s hope to see more of these species around more often. 😊

Punggol Settlement

September has arrived and the kids began their one-week school break. We as parents ran out of ideas how to spend time with them especially during this Covid restriction period. There are limited things we can do as we are not allowed to travel. We are stuck!

 

The kids became restless as they were bored. Finally, we decided to bring them to cycle at Punggol Settlement. When we arrived in the morning, we were happy that it was not crowded, and many cyclists were masked off as the government allowed masked off when you are exercising. The kids, however, were worried so they put on their masks as they rode on their bikes. 

As it was breezy to cycle as it was not crowded, we managed to ride further this time. It took us about 2 hours to cycle and back with some resting time in between. The kids were happy, and they enjoyed themselves very much. Well, I am happy that we can do some outdoor activities with the kids despite the covid situation.

After burning some calories, we headed to have our hearty brunch at Wild Seeds located at Seletar Aerospace. We were happy to be seated almost immediately as it was not fully filled when we arrived. We noticed the crowd starting to flow in after we placed our orders. Thank GOD!

We love their pasta and sandwiches there and the kids enjoyed their kids meal as usual. It was quite a good brunch with the kids, especially after 2 hours of cycling. 

Ban Mian Style

I remembered that I used to patronize this stall at Marina Square Food Court or Suntec City Food Court when I was working at MC and they served very delicious Ban Mian. I used to dash to queue during the busy lunch hours as this is one of my favourite soup noodles. Though I am not a fan of Ban Mian but were able to choose the types of noodles available.

 

I enjoy this dish especially when it is on rainy days. I usually take my time to finish this as it is so comforting to tummy and it is absolutely delicious. I have not eaten this for a long time, but I do miss the taste of it. I took up the courage to try cooking this dish to satisfy my own cravings and at the same time introducing this comforting food to my kids.

 

Well, this is something that is not that hard to prepare. We only make the soup with anchovies and the rest are ingredients like noodles, eggs, minced pork, and vegetables. You can also add mushrooms or other ingredients like salmon, white fish or you can have it just with vegetables. 

I would say that I did quite a decent job with this dish and now it has become a family’s favourite too. 😊 Woohoo!!! 

Visit To MC

During Covid, my previous office went through a major renovation, and they revamped the whole concept. It is now on hot desk system as most people began to work from home instead spending their 8 hours in the office.

I was informed by ex-colleagues that the office is ready and invited me to visit them.

I had lunch with some of my close friends and visited the new office thereafter. I noticed the difference instantly as the reception has changed into a place with which I am no longer familiar. As I entered the office by the side entrance, I noticed that there were many plants around and empty tables that are placed in a more relax position. There are many dividers in between tables and there were lounge chairs or a super private meeting room for one person. Strange but cool if you want to get away from the rest.

 

The whole office has become modern and super spacious which I am not sure if that is good or bad. There was also a ‘dance floor’ in the middle of nowhere and was told that they left it empty for other reasons. Hahaahahah… I can do yoga on that floor man!!!

 

As I strolled through the whole office, I realized that they have loads of plants in some corners to beautify the area and some plants works as dividers between departments. I thought they had gone too far as it looked more like a garden and looked out of place. 

I enjoyed the office tour as well as catching up with some colleagues whom I have not met for a long time. It’s good to be back but not to work… haahahahahaah

Super Delayed Birthday Celebration

I am truly blessed with many good friends and buddies in my life and these two ladies are one of those exceptional people in my life. We became friends when we were 7yrs and till date, we are still as close as ever. Though we have different commitments with family, work, and kids, we took time out to meet as much as we can.

 

Today, we celebrated Edelyn’s birthday though we are 2 months late. Yes, her birthday was in June, but we only managed to meet today due to Covid restrictions and other matters. We had a great lunch at Beauty In A Pot located at NEX and man, it was really delicious. This is the first time I am dining here, and I gave it a thumps up for its soup base – collagen soup. It was so yummy that I think I can drink up the whole pot!

 

As this is a steamboat joint, we ordered some dishes like vegetables, meat and seafood to compliment the soup. I really enjoyed having the soup with the noodles and it was just so comforting to the stomach. After our sumptuous lunch, we were greeted by the staff with a cute rainbow birthday cake for Ed.

 

She was so shy and wanted to hide away but we told her that we should celebrate as the restaurant was not too crowded and we should feel free to sing!! Ahahahahahaah… it is always nice to celebrate birthdays with friends for you are always allow to do silly things with them without being judged. 

Happy belated birthday Ed and may you continued to be bless with happiness and good health.

Yam Tart

I have always wanted to make tarts but did not get down with it till today. I chanced upon a recipe on FB and it looked easy and simple to make. I bought ingredients in advance especially took time to find the Thai Yam which is highly recommended in the recipe as they are soft and sweet.

 

I am new to tart making and took me quite a while to get it done and it was messy everywhere… well, after the pastry is done, and the yam paste is ready, it is time to put them together (that is the best part of the whole process).

After allowing the tart to cool for about 5 minutes, I tasted it, and it was pretty good but I think there are many rooms for improvement as the Yam paste is kind of blend (maybe more sugar should be added) and the pastry was not to my ideal texture. I will try to try this tart again after mastering the tart pastry. 😊

Salmon Rice

My family and I love salmon and I came up with this simple and easy recipe to cook salmon in a different way. I made this one pot salmon rice with rice cooker. 😊 Yes, it is so easy that everyone can make it. Just cook the rice and add in salmon and mix. Simple and delicious. 

My family loved it so much, especially the kiddos who had second servings. Now another dish is added to my menu. Woohoo!!! 

Happy Blessed Birthday Linda

I am always happy to bake for friends and family for their special day. This one is no exception too. Linda, who has been my buddy for decades and I am happy to send her some love on her birthday with her favourite brownies.

 

As she WFH today, I met her for breakfast since it’s her big day, it’s always good to start celebrating from breakfast. Hahahaahah… she was so happy to see the brownies I made her for, and this time is a big one instead of the usual 12 pcs… haahahahahaha.

 Wishing you the best birthday ever and may you always be blessed with lots of Love and Happiness!

Black Truffle Scrambled Eggs

 A few days ago, I bought some fresh black truffles and made pasta with it. This time, I attempted to cook it with scrambled eggs for breakfast. Well, I would say this is one very expensive scrambled egg.

 

I cooked the scrambled eggs as usual but added some truffle oil to it and finished it up with shaved truffle. This is one delicious breakfast that you will want another serving… well, I did…

 Give it a try. 😊

 

Black Truffles Fever

I chanced upon some good deals on black truffles from a friend and YES, I bought some fresh black truffles for the first time. Well, I have to say that it is some very expensive mushrooms indeed and we need to handle it with extra tender loving care.

The seller kindly delivered them to my house in the morning as soon as he received the mushrooms and got them packed. He told me that they arrived this morning from Italy and hurried to make delivery after packing. I got to say that the truffles smelt absolutely amazing when I opened the box, and I was told to put rice in the box with the mushrooms to keep them dry.

I was really excited about the whole process and quickly headed back to my kitchen and started to prepare ingredients for lunch as the kids would be home in 2 hours’ time. I was really torn between truffle pasta or truffle risotto… hahaahahah    

Finally, I decided to cook black truffle cream pasta instead. When the kids stepped into the house, they could smell the aroma of truffles in the house and they did not take too long to guess what’s for lunch… hahahahaahah… I shaved some extra truffles onto their plates and they said that it was so delicious that they want more servings… unfortunately, I cooked just enough for lunch. 😊 Let me think of what to do with the truffles tomorrow… ahhahaahahahhh

Stir-Fry Glass Noodles With Prawns

Oohhhh….. this is one of my favourite dishes! The very first time I tried it was at my ex-colleague’s house during Chinese New Year and she cooked this dish for us for luncheon. I totally fell in love with the glass noodles with the first spoon.

I learnt that this is one of the most popular dishes amongst the Hokkiens and infact, all the Hokkiens in Singapore knows how to cook this dish. They usually have this during special occasions and at times during home parties. I fell deeply in love with this dish, and she definitely made me looked forward to visiting her place during Chinese New Year… hahaahahahaha…

Well, given this Covid period, I took up the courage to try out this dish on my own. I checked out some of the recipes online and managed to find one that is the easiest to follow…. Hahaahahah… making this beautiful dish is pretty much easy and it only took me like 15 minutes to complete this dish. Though it wasn’t as tasty done by my ex-colleague, but it certainly tasted very good too.

I am very happy that the family enjoyed this one pot meal, and I am definitely keeping this recipe and will try it to perfect it. Covid period can be good as we are somehow forced to cook at home, and it has open a new world of cooking for me since. 😊

Brunch With The Kids

It’s Youth Day and kiddos are home. We brought them to one of their favourite cafes for brunch after a good 2 hours of cycling at the beautiful East Coast Park.

Love to cycle at East Coast Park as it brought back so many fond memories of my younger days. I remembered that I used to hang out with my buddy Susan at ECP on Saturday mornings for cycling and will head to lunch before returning home.

My family also enjoyed cycling at ECP as the cycling lanes are wider and made it more friendly to cycle with young kids. The view is also better than my usual Punggol Settlement as you get to see more people, cafes and activities while you cycle.

Anyway, we went to P.S. Café for our brunch and yes, we had a great time. The kids love their food though I thought it was rather pricey. Lady Faith’s favourite would be the cheeseburger, she said that it is super juicy and simply love the crispy fries that comes with it. Due to Covid, we were seated separately thus unable to order some food to share but I do hope that the situation will gets better so that we can dine together again as a complete family.

Happy Youth Day Kiddos!! 

Bread Making

It’s almost the end of school holidays and we were wondering what to do before the kiddos return to school next week.

 

Lady Faith suggested that we should bake together, and I agreed as I do enjoy having some bonding time with the girls. We prepared all the ingredients and started making bread. The girls had their own ideas of what to put in the bread and they suggested Nutella, raisins and even chocolate chips.

They started rolling the bread after proofing and I am surprised with the designs of bread they came up with… hahahaahahah… anyway, it’s a good activity with the kids if you run out of ideas to keep the girls active. 😊

Lemon Cupcakes

I am super stoked for this repeat orders of Lemon Cupcakes from my cousin BG. I am very happy that she and her colleagues enjoyed my bakes and continued to place orders with me. :)

Thank you guys for your continued support. :)

Cycling With The Kids

School holidays is almost coming to an end and before the kids head back to school, we brought them to cycle at Punggol Settlement once again. This time, Uncle Berry joined us for the fun.

We set off early in the morning and yes, the kids were excited to get on their wheels and when we arrived at the park, it was not as crowded as the weekends. After getting our bikes, hubby and Lady Faith rode together with Uncle Berry while I kept little pumpkin company as she is riding on 4-wheels.

As baby girl and I took longer to get to the destination, it was certainly an enjoyable slow ride as we can keep it slow and take time to enjoy the nature. Lady Faith experienced a longer ride and different views from us as she rode a longer distance with her dad.

Little pumpkin wanted to go further but the crowd stated to emerge, and it was not too safe for her to ride further. We decided to return to the starting point where crowds are lesser and waited for the rest as our 2 hours ride were up.

We thoroughly enjoyed the morning cycling, and I am happy that the kids got up early to exercise with us. Well done girls!

Braised Pork Bee Hoon

I have always enjoyed braised pork cooked by my mum when I was young, and I remembered she added noodles when she cooked for our family celebrations or on a special occasion. I remembered the taste of this dish and the pork was really soft and blended in so well with the bee hoon. It was so yummy that you would want a second or third servings.

This dish has been lost for decades since I grew up and especially when my dad left us. That was one of his favourite dishes too as far as I remembered. Recently, I saw this familiar dish surfaced on the internet and it brought me back to my childhood days immediately. I took my mum and she taught me how to prepare it.

I wasn’t confident at first as I am not the best chef for Chinese dishes as they can be complicated due to the ingredients and the sauces. The time management for the temperature is equally important too. Mum stood by me and taught me to cook this lost dish step by step.

I was really surprised that it was actually easier than I thought and managed to have it done in 20 minutes. My kitchen was so aromatic with the smell of this beautiful dish and I was glad that it turned out well. My family and I enjoyed the braised pork bee hoon. Yums… now I can cook this dish whenever I want. Woohoo!!!

Singapore Jurong Bird Park

I cannot remember when my last visit to this cool park was. I only recalled that we often visit this park during our school days on excursion. Though school organized it, but it was fun.

 

Little pumpkin has been requesting to visit Bird Park for the longest time and yes, we are finally here today. When we arrived, the park was not crowded and started to drizzle. We were happy that it is a cooling day to walk around the park, but we would like to have the sun back too for certain bird shows were cancelled due to the rain.

The girls were fascinated by the Emperor Penguins as they did not expect that they are so tall compared to the normal penguins. As we continued our tour in the park, we saw flamingos, eagles, hawks, vultures, and many other rare species.

We managed to catch one of the Bird’s Show under the sheltered theatre and it was remarkably interesting. The parrots were taught how to sing songs and even sang a birthday song to one of the audiences who celebrates his birthday today.

It was unfortunate that the children’s play area was closed today due to the rain as well as covid restrictions. It will be great for the kids if the play area is open as they are able to have water play and will get to feed the birds too.

 

This beautiful park will be moved to Mandai soon and guess we will be visiting the new Bird Park after it’s move. 😊

Super Park Singapore

We were happy to know that Super Park Singapore is opened again. There was news during the Covid that Super Park was closed due to the pandemic and was not able to sustain the rental etc and ended up closed. When the restrictions eased a little last month, we were happy to know that they are back again! Fantastic news to the children in Singapore!

Initially we were supposed to have playdate with the kiddos’ cousins at Super Park, but we did not manage to book the same timing as them so, we visited the park on a separate occasion. When we arrived this morning, you can smell the clean air in the premises. I am glad that we booked the first slot for the day and at least I know everything is cleaned before opening to the public. There is also a limitation of crowds per session so the kids will get to play more stations.

 

The girls did not waste any time and dashed to their favourite station before it gets crowded. Hubby and I headed to basketball, shooting station where it was less crowded. Little pumpkin enjoyed the trampoline most while Lady Faith was mostly seen at the Zipline station. 

Though we were given 2 hours of play, but the kids maximized their 2 hours and had fun of a time. They visited most stations multiple times, and I really admired their energy. I wished I had the energy like my younger days…

Cycling At East Coast

I used to cycle very often when I was little as well as during my secondary school days but somehow this sport is forgotten after I entered the society and later became a mum. As parents, we tend to be busy with things around our children and forgo things or hobbies that we used to do.

I would say that I am quite happy that we are able to do some outdoor activities with the kids even though we have covid restrictions to follow. Since we are unable to bring the kiddos to indoor playgrounds, theme parks or even hang out with friends, we brought them out to do some of our favourite stuff – cycling. 

 

Lady Faith recently learnt how to cycle and loving it while the little pumpkin is still trying to cycle. East Coast Park used to be my buddy Susan & mine’s playground where we met up for cycling on Saturdays. I love cycling at East Coast as it gave you a sense of freedom, layback and of course, the sun! My girls were happy to cycle along with us though little pumpkin was slower. 

After 2 hours of cycling under the sun, we returned our rented bikes and head off for a sumptuous brunch. I am sure we will be back again soon for the girls enjoyed themselves so much.