Baby mania - Wednesday, June 16, 2004

an afternoon with the wiggleys

Today I got up teribly early again (disturbing a very snuggly and sleepy Puss). Breakfast and then forms was the first part of my day. With Brithday gifts to send to Oz for 4 people the number of customs reports and consignment notes is crazy. Surely they can find a way so ou can fill them out online so you only need to write each address once (not 5 times!!!)

At 12.30 I headed west to the Wiggleys. Boys safely packed off to zbed, Marina and I jumped in the Merc and drove to the Botanic Gardens for a spot of lunch. Beef Burgers and Salad later and a good old gossip we arrived back at her place to see two cheeky lads up and about . One behind bars in his playpen and the other manning the flight deck of an amazing control booth. Boy they have grown. Man they are so gorgeous, and how dissimilar looking!

It was time for our foursome date.

Marina droped me at the post office to mail the "early Xmas gifts" (well it looked like it) then we all trotted of to Tanglin for a spot of coffee.

Found the most awesome toy store. Its downstairs next to DeliFrance (for anyone from Singaproe who is reading or indeed anyone who wants to buy the peanut anything in the future). It sells the most beautiful german wooden toys. All wood, simple, non-toxic and beautiful. I fell in love with about 10 things but no matter how implausible this sounds... I BOUGHT NOTHING.

Good isn't it! Maybe it was because these type of toys aren't suitable till at least 3 months old... Maybe its because I just know I'll go back again and be much weaker!

Upstairs we sat at the cafe. Table for 4 we said. Us two and then the two boys sitting up in their high chairs like little gentlemen.
Chocolate milkshake, and a shared Sticky Date pudding mmm. See I am eating well!

This particular cafe does great food. Its also always full of either a) mums and babies (today there were 5 sets) b) pregnant women (5 including me) or c) groups of mums who have obviously snuck out for a "break". Definitly not a place to go if you don't want to catch whatever it is they must have in their water supply!

Time to go home now.... exhausted so after helping Marina visit the supermarket and DIY store (whereby everyone who saw me with the twin pram asumed I had gotten pregnant extremely fats and either thought "wow" or poor poor girl!) I jumped in a cab.

Only 20 laps today. Time for bed.

posted by jen @ 11:06 PM