Chalet stay, AKA The Mandatory School Holidays Vacation

I'm currently writing this while at a chalet in Pasir Ris. It's the school holidays after all, so we thought we would let the kids have a pseudo-vacation, or staycation, or whatever people call it. Basically, my wife and I have decided we cannot go overseas for a holiday for at least another 1-2 years or so. The logistics of it, not to mention ensuring the safety of our army of children, would be a nightmare to consider. We'll need to wait till our kids are mostly independent, with maybe only the youngest to have to take care of. We're targeting our next overseas trip for end of next year, also to celebrate(hopefully) Chloe's end of PSLE.

So anyway, instead of a staycation in Rasa Sentosa, which was what we did last time(cost a bomb), we decided on a more economical one in D'Resort, at Pasir Ris. It's a fairly new place, and with the newly opened Wild Wild Wet water theme park nearby, we thought it an interesting choice. This time, it was with my wife's sister's family, as we also wanted our children to spend time with their cousin, my sister-in-law's daughter.

It started yesterday(Friday), with a BBQ in the evening. As with most BBQs, in my opinion, the idea of it was exciting, and in the beginning it was fun, cooking over the fire, absorbing the smells and the taste. But it became tiring after awhile, and at the end, there was a bit of cleaning up to do. Still, I think the children had fun, which really was the important thing.

Chloe and Clarissa slept in the same room as their cousin, and they must have had a great time, because I could still hear them chatting and laughing late into the night(we had connecting rooms). My wife and I would have gotten up and gone over to try and get them to go to sleep, if our own bodies had not felt like lead, the moment we dropped onto our bed.

The next day(Saturday), I went off to work, because my leave actually starts next week, while the rest had breakfast and started their day in Wild Wild Wet. I only joined them around 3pm, after finishing work and rushing there. By that time, they were quite tired already, my wife in particular. Still, we spent quite a bit of time playing in the water, although we only had a proper ride late into the day, with Chloe, Gareth and Clarissa. The whole time, they were a bit nervous about taking those rides from a height, but once they tried it, they enjoyed it and wanted to go again, but unfortunately, the park was about to close. I told them we would try to go again the next day.

Had dinner at downtown east. Now the kids are sleeping soundly, and I'm here writing my blog(because I made some silly promise to write at least 2-weekly), while my wife is watching a Korean drama on her phone. We should probably sleep now, but I'll say that it's been quite fun so far(we're staying until Monday). It's certainly not as luxurious as a hotel stay would afford, but hey, it's a different experience, and I don't want my kids to think the only way a holiday can be good if it was an extravagant one.