Helen Plus Three

Preparing in drips for school getting the kids to write names on their books spring cleaning here and spring cleaning there in spurts .... looking forward to Christmas listening to Christmas songs via You Tube in the office looking forward to wearing that new dress looking forward to Christmas goodies (especially sugee cake) Thinking about what to prepare for the big family feast settling the presents list wrapping the gifts did I miss anyone out ... looking forward to Christmas mass and then the New Year.. Sweet and Heavenly greetings to all this season.

If only the signposts of our life were this clear..!    Signs should be direct. I like this one. Alx took this while in Melbourne....

School hols are stressful unless you can afford to take them on long overseas holidays. How to keep them occupied,  is always the question at the top of your mind. What to do?  The kids have to get out of the house or they would be vegetating with the digital games. We took a trip to Sentosa, during the Hari Raya Haji holiday. Surprisingly it was not crowded at all, as we expected.  We had not been to Sentosa in a while so why not.  Sentosa can be an expensive place with a family of 3 kids, unless you plan to slump on the beach of course. But the kids needed to get out and do things.  There were no long queues which was great. We took a few rides on the Luge, 2 for me and 3 each for the boys. It was fun. Alr was a real speeder, almost crashing into the slow sign barrier. Once done,we took a walk to the other end of the beach to look for the Mega Zip (the flying fox thingy).   That was expensive like a lot of the amusements on Sentosa.  I decided to let the boys have a go wit