Happy Birthday Humpty Dumpty!
This past weekend, it was basically Mummy & Daddy cleaning up the house as much as we could to get ready for Daddy's aunts & cousins for visiting from Toronto, Canada. We've prepared Erik everyday since we came back from NYC that his Uncle Walter and his Aunty Vicky who are teenagers will be visiting (In American, we would call them 2nd cousins but in Chinese, they are considered aunts & uncles!). Anyhow, plus 2 additional aunties, Aunty Janet, and Aunty Elizabeth. We are pretty excited, eh?!
Erik has been such a good boy all weekend. He volunteered to help Daddy "sweep" the garage floor, water the plants (eh, really the concrete), and also enjoy a strawberry popsicle in the shade. He also helped Daddy re-assembled Erik's Kangaroo Slide, which we moved from his room to the great backyard. LOL!
So when Mummy asked Erik, what did he want to do for a Sunday mid-morning. He said "Humpty Dumpty Playground. I want to go to Humpty Dumpty playground." This is without prompting but the park/playground is like 30 minutes away so Mummy thought maybe Erik would "forget" soon as our morning continued. However, when Daddy asked the same question. We got the same reply. What does that mean? Off to a 30 minute ride we go!
Erik had a LOT of energy despite us reaching the park around 11:30 (closing in on nap time too!). He immediately went on a slide with Daddy. Erik had to go on the pirate ship and point to Mummy where he kept the treasure chest. Our little gardener also watered lots of plants and his favorite were the tomato plants! He even wanted to pick one of the ripe ones. HAHA! We visited Peter Rabbit and his siblings, Mopsy, Flopsy, Cottontail, etc etc.
We even laid down on a rainbow turtle back and just looked up into the sky. Yep! All 3 of us! Daddy first and then Mummy and then Erik. We pointed out the tree leaves we saw with the different colors (Green, Yellow, and Brown!). That was our 2 minutes of relaxation as a family!
Where he had the MOST fun was in the very cool Sherwood Forest where there was a climbing structure, slides, log bridge, and more. Erik & Mummy would play "hide & seek" with dinosaur roars! Giggles spilled all over the area!! What a nice way to spend a Sunday!
However, as we were starting to make our way to the exit. Erik heard music and children dancing on stage. We had to see what's the big commotion. Lo and behold, it was a "Happy Birthday Humpty Dumpty" celebration on Sundays!! Thus we had to find a shady spot and wait for the "Egg of Honor" to make its way out to greet the patrons. It was a live play with pre-teens about how Humpty Dumpty became famous. Erik lasted more than 15 minutes of it, despite the play being really wordy. He would ask "Where is Humpty Dumpty?" or "Where did Humpty Dumpty go?".
After a while, we decided to take off early but not before Erik shouting "Bye bye Humpty Dumpty" and "Happy Birthday Humpty Dumpty!". Mummy wonders if Erik really wanted to wait for end of the show to see if he'll get birthday cake! LOL!
Erik has been such a good boy all weekend. He volunteered to help Daddy "sweep" the garage floor, water the plants (eh, really the concrete), and also enjoy a strawberry popsicle in the shade. He also helped Daddy re-assembled Erik's Kangaroo Slide, which we moved from his room to the great backyard. LOL!
So when Mummy asked Erik, what did he want to do for a Sunday mid-morning. He said "Humpty Dumpty Playground. I want to go to Humpty Dumpty playground." This is without prompting but the park/playground is like 30 minutes away so Mummy thought maybe Erik would "forget" soon as our morning continued. However, when Daddy asked the same question. We got the same reply. What does that mean? Off to a 30 minute ride we go!
Erik had a LOT of energy despite us reaching the park around 11:30 (closing in on nap time too!). He immediately went on a slide with Daddy. Erik had to go on the pirate ship and point to Mummy where he kept the treasure chest. Our little gardener also watered lots of plants and his favorite were the tomato plants! He even wanted to pick one of the ripe ones. HAHA! We visited Peter Rabbit and his siblings, Mopsy, Flopsy, Cottontail, etc etc.
We even laid down on a rainbow turtle back and just looked up into the sky. Yep! All 3 of us! Daddy first and then Mummy and then Erik. We pointed out the tree leaves we saw with the different colors (Green, Yellow, and Brown!). That was our 2 minutes of relaxation as a family!
Where he had the MOST fun was in the very cool Sherwood Forest where there was a climbing structure, slides, log bridge, and more. Erik & Mummy would play "hide & seek" with dinosaur roars! Giggles spilled all over the area!! What a nice way to spend a Sunday!
However, as we were starting to make our way to the exit. Erik heard music and children dancing on stage. We had to see what's the big commotion. Lo and behold, it was a "Happy Birthday Humpty Dumpty" celebration on Sundays!! Thus we had to find a shady spot and wait for the "Egg of Honor" to make its way out to greet the patrons. It was a live play with pre-teens about how Humpty Dumpty became famous. Erik lasted more than 15 minutes of it, despite the play being really wordy. He would ask "Where is Humpty Dumpty?" or "Where did Humpty Dumpty go?".
After a while, we decided to take off early but not before Erik shouting "Bye bye Humpty Dumpty" and "Happy Birthday Humpty Dumpty!". Mummy wonders if Erik really wanted to wait for end of the show to see if he'll get birthday cake! LOL!
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