Crispy Fried Pam....

Everyone else had plans to go out today so I planned a little outing with my girls that I knew they'd enjoy.. we threw on some clothes and strolled down to the MRT to head down to Kallang Riverside.

For one. BAD IDEA for me. I ended up CHAO DAH! Even with sunscreen. -.-'' And I forgot my umbrella too! I'm too fair to be under the sun lah!! *wails* Anyone have a good recommendation of something I can put on to sooth the PAIN! *sobs* PAAIINN!!!

But for two.. the girls enjoyed it alot... at least for that.. its worth getting crispy fried like this. *Sigh.. the woes of parenthood... you'd do anything just to make them happy...* *Ouch!!!!**

I stuffed my bag with little cheese buns, 2 chicken burgers, a bottle of water, an extra change of clothes, camera, handphone and a pack of twisties for the day.

Upon reaching, we threw off our slippers while I found a little spot for myself to sit and enjoy some music and the breeze while my girls happily pranced towards the sand with their beach toys which finally get a chance to see the daylight since they got it for Christmas...

It was still some time before noon and I was relatively happy.. the sun was WARM.. the air was cool and breezy and best of all... No one was around except the group of 4 wakeboarders who constantly made circles around the water to amuse us... so it was just us in our tiny little private piece of "beach" under our tropical sun...It was pretty much the best alternative than to go to East Coast where its pretty much BRIMMING with people and other screaming kids and it's only 10 minutes away!.... Ahhh.. peaceful and calming...

I peered over and asked "u girls ok there?" and I was greeted with a "yaaaaay!!!" as they went about mushing sand in their toes and gathering pails of water. Lauren found a HUGE array of shells which made her very pleased. She's been wanting to do that for the longest time now..

We looked about and noticed that there were a couple of dead fishes around.. I looked into the water to see signs of oil but didn't see any.. there were actually quite alot of tiny live fishes that were swimming around the shore. This one washed up just where we were so we bent over to inspect it. It was pretty big, bigger than my hand!... and I looked at it wondering if it was actually edible.. does anyone know if they are? hahahahaha....

After a couple of seconds of contemplation, I picked it up and flung it beyond the rocks away from where we were. There was also a dead eel that washed ashore much to the amusement of my girls! "Mummy! Look snake!!" ... "Its not a snake lah! Eel!!" Only to have Lauren squeal and point into the water at another one "Snake!!" ...."No lah!!!! Its an Eel!!" ... and with that both girls nodded their heads and softly said "ohh.. Eel" and we stood there to watch it swim away.

I took some time to take some random shots.. our 3 feet in the sandy water... its funny how fast my girls grow.. from once before where their feet can fit into the palm of my hand to now.. where when I look down and realise.. they're almost my size soon!

So I left them for some time to play in the sand building sandcastles and digging holes and just enjoyed the quietness and breeze.... took my camera out and just snapped away... took one of my legs.. arghh... still so fat!.... but good to know where the problem areas are so I know where to work them...

Looked around me and found some seeds... ahhh! I remember collecting these little red seeds when I was younger! I looked around and only found some and put them in my pocket. What are these called? I can't remember. But I took them out and showed them to my girls and Lauren squealed "Skittles!". Horrified, I covered my hand. "NO LAH!! SEEDS!!" With that, I made a mental note not to give it to them incase they accidentally mix it with their sweets. Argh!

So another 1-2 hours passed and I started to get hungry... so I called MacDonalds!! Hhahahaah...Did you know that they can deliver almost anywhere? Even if it meant that I was sitting by the Riverside waiting for it to arrive? I happily made my order for some food, drinks and some chocolate sundaes and waited patiently for the delivery man to drive on by.. he took a little while and made a big round before calling me to ask where I was. Only to realise he actually passed us by so he quickly did a u-turn and passed us our food after he saw me waving my fat arms around frantically to catch his attention... thankfully, everything was still in good condition.. ice-cream still looked like ice-cream, drink was ice cold and fries were still crispy...

So I called out to the girls... "MacDonalds!!!" And Eirian did a "Yaaaayyy!!" and skipped to dry land.

And Lauren did a "Yaayyy!!" too and made her way in.

I dried them off, dusted off sand, changed their wet clothes and washed their hands and we layed the food out on the bench... yum... MacDonalds... always good lah...

I asked... "like your ice-cream?" Eirian said..."yaaaa".... and continued to stuff her face...

I asked Lauren "U leh?" She replied... "Hahaha.. yahhhh..." Hmn... at least some people are happy.. little did I realise.. that poor ole me was getting more and more chao dah *burnt* by the minute... *wails*

It took about 2-3 minutes after laying out the food to realise that for some strange reason the sun was unbelievably HOT and scorching!! So I suggested we have a picnic on the grass under the palm tree instead.. at least there was shade...

And with that.. they were happy and I was too... ahhh....

MacDonalds!! We wuv MacDonalds!! I just hope now that they're grateful for having this day out because it's now going to cost me a pack of Aloe Vera, a bottle of body lotion and a few days of recouperation from all the burn. All for you my darlings.. all for you...

*Ahhh!!! So thats how you get Crispy Fried Pam....** *Wails**