Field trip: Afternoon Activities

Among other things, the afternoon was spent again exploring the playgrounds.

I suppose when you are 3 years old, exploring playgrounds carries as much importance as breathing, or something like that.

But of course, there were other activities already lined up.

Like making kites:

Well... so.. since the process of making was a bit involved, we are just sharing the end results here.

We also did manage to bring the kite to the beach and Mama had a hand in getting the kite airborne. It actually flew, if for a while only before the string came off. I guess it was not tied quite properly.

Here was Kecil's Skool friend trying to untangle her kite from the tree.

And Kecil watching, fascinated.

She soon went back to more important matters at hand though.

The other set of activities involved the few things shown in the pictures above:

Cupcake decorating!

Unfortunately, it would seem that a certain boy's iPad is more interesting than the task at hand. 

Well, but they all did all right with the cupcake.

While we were suppose to enjoy the cupcakes, however, Kecil's friend actually came up with a pair of paddles and a ping-pong ball, and so Kecil ran off to play instead of attending to her (decorated with Mama's help) cupcake.

And so Mama too ran off after grabbing the camera to keep an eye on those two.

And so ends this part of the series for now.

We'll continues (and hopefully round up) in the next post.

In the meantime, should you be interested in the rest of the series, both from last year and this year, you can simply click on the links listed below.

Cheers!

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2011 Field Trip: Going, the Pool, the Beach, the Afternoon, & wrapping IT up

This year's Field trip: Going, the Morning, the Lunch, Afternoon Activities, Afternoon Swim, and Final Images

Field trip: Lunch!

And so it was lunch time.

But as we walked towards the lunch venue, we passed some beautiful view,

as well as some distraction in the form of hanging bridges.

So, of course Kecil had to stop and try the bridges first.

It's good to see that after a year, her coordination had definitely improved,

and she's so much more confident in handling the obstacle course.

(Not many beach photos from last year due to some problems with the camera. The camera was still brand-spanking new that time, remember?)

In any case, we soon reached the lunch venue, where Kecil was served a kiddie platter while Mama got to enjoy some delicious food from the buffet spread.

It was a good, good lunch, especially in the company of friends for chats, giggles and, of course, pictures!

Mama's tip: In a buffet situation, it's good to stack up your food at one shot and feed the kid as soon as possible, cos the Kid has very short attention span when it comes to food.

True to Mama's tip above, she soon found something else more interesting to do.

Like organizing a pretend puppet show. 

It was actually some beach sofa with some curtains/awning to block the sun. But it was a good place to play for the kids.

And as for the quasi-puppet show?

This Mama thinks they deserve some points for coming up for such a fantastic backdrop, no?

And look at who else was there to make use of the backdrop:

Why, it's the photographer/Mama, of course!

The "puppet show" went on for a while, at one point even involving a few other kids as well, but soon we were back in the fray at the obstacle course with Kecil working her way all the way to the head of the line.

She's feisty, that one.

That's all for this post. We'll continue in the next post on the afternoon activities.

In the meantime, check out the links below for the rest of the series.

Until later!

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2011 Field Trip: Going, the Pool, the Beach, the Afternoon, & wrapping IT up

This year's Field trip: Going, the Morning, the Lunch, Afternoon Activities, Afternoon Swim, and Final Images

Field trip: the morning...

Just like last year, the first activity for the day was to swim at the Children's pool.

And so we got to see the various swimming implements that were brought along to ensure that the kids have a good time.

Thanks to the float, we actually managed to try out the bigger pools as well this year, even if we did not stay too long thanks to the sun.

Soon enough, the sight of sand and shadows under the coconut trees lured the girls to abandon the pools in favor for building some sand castles in the shade.

This was actually the first time Kecil showed any interest in playing in the sand without getting hysterical over her feet getting dirty, so it was definitely a good thing!

Next item in the agenda was some mass games. The kids were issued colored bandanas as they were divided into groups. One look at the dress up chest, however, Kecil declared that she was too scared to join in the game. And so we went off looking for refreshments: plain cold water.

And we sat off the big pool, under the shade, and just chilled while enjoying the view.

As we were chilling, we noticed that the rest of the group had finished their games and were moving in the general direction of the restaurant.

It was time for lunch!

We'll cover that in the next post. Hopefully you had a good one today!

More from the series:

2011 Field Trip: Going, the Pool, the Beach, the Afternoon, & wrapping IT up

This year's Field trip: Going, the Morning, the Lunch, Afternoon Activities, Afternoon Swim, and Final Images

Field trip: going

All my bags are packed....

I'm ready to go ...

For the Field Trip this year, we went to the same spot as we did last year, the beach.

Of course, it is good that we already know what to expect, which means that Mama is more prepared with all the packing. Float for swimming, bucket and implements for playing in the sun, sunscreen to block the harsh sun light... and of course, the big big camera to document all the coming and going.

But first, of course, we had to meet all the other participants in Skool before moving together as a group to the venue.

The kids were brimming with energy and anticipation, but they settled with playing with each other while we wait for the party to be complete.

Upon arrival, we have even more pictures to snap, all thanks to these extremely photogenic Girls.

And as usual, the first thing that occupy the Little One's attention was the playground.

But she was not the only one,

Even if the rest of the party seems to be able to keep their distance from the said attraction.

In any case, we'll continue in the next post, just so we'll have a manageable number of pics for each post. We'll still have to cover the swimming pool, the beach, even the lunch and the OTHER playground.

We'll see you around.

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2011(last year's) Field Trip: Going, the Pool, the Beach, the Afternoon, & wrapping IT up

This year's Field trip: Going, the Morning, the Lunch, Afternoon Activities, Afternoon Swim, and Final Images

Busy days, again...

We are really grateful that the Food Festival this year is somewhat early. Last year, following the Festival, we went straight for Kecil's field trip. 

This time round, the field trip only happen a few days after, but was followed immediately with the arrival of Kecil's two Tante's from Mama's side of the family, and another outing to Manila.

To say that we were exhausted from all the activities barely beings to describe it.

And so, it is only now that Mama got the chance to sit down, sift through the mountain of pics (well... OK, the hill, not quite mountain this time), and maybe update all of you our lovely readers here.

Rest assured that we are having lots of fun, Mama, Kecil, the 2 Tante's.... 

Only Daddy might be suffering from all the noise that we make. 

We'll try to cover all our outings in the next few days. Crossing fingers.