Summer Holidays- Keeping the Kids Gainfully Engaged!
Vacations over....kids are back to school...and I am back to some serious writing n (not so serious) blogging. This vacation we decided not to venture outside Singapore...husband is super busy, it's extremely hot and we have been travelling a lot in the last 2 breaks of December and March....so we decide to save some money and the sweat and make do with what is within Singapore ...which is a lot actually! This left me with the onerous task of planning activities and events that could satiate ( read as: exhaust ) my boisterous boys and maintain my sanity. This is not easy - it is in fact tougher if you are staying put and not travelling than if you are travelling where in you just pack your bags and go......so my planning started a month ahead of the vacations. I planned for a combo of activities - some inclined to enhance knowledge, some that gave them the needed adrenalin rush and some pure, innocent, family fun ( the last one keeping the younger one in mind since...