I think the hubby was worried if I could make it, seeing how I was going to lug three bags - including his navy backpack which contained our lunch, drinks, ponchos, caps, insect repellant, umbrella, sunblock, extra clothes etc - along with three excited and lively kids who can at times ignore every word I say. Haha. So I sent him photos along the way just to let him know we are doing fine and enjoying most of our day.
When we were on Kusu Island, I asked the kids to take a photo with the marble tortoise statues and sent it to him, to which he replied "Hey, tell the kids this is the same tortoise Papa sat on when I was young!". Wow. Haha. I guess it's the same for both of us - we haven't been here for decades already! #howtimeflies
I almost forgot how tranquil the island can be and even though we spent close to three hours of free and easy time here, we still wished we could stay on for more. Let's see. What did we do? We prayed at the temple, we watched tortoises climbing in and out of the pond, we threw pebbles into the sea, we played in the sand, the boy scaled over 150 stairs with me to get to the hilltop and amazingly didn't complain at all, we saw thousands of hermit crabs, the girls tried to catch fish with a plastic bag and we basically just took time to unwind, be free of gadgets and just enjoy life as it is.
Of course, there were still bickers along the way and well, they definitely didn't obey every word I said. But still, it was all good and we left feeling thankful, happy and exhausted but in a good way. Well, the ice cream we bought at the provison shop at Marina South Pier did wonders to rejuvenate everyone and made them think I'm the best Mama ever too. Lol.
I was asking the kids on the way home if they enjoyed themselves and the answer was an unanimous "Yes!". So yup, today is a good day and for the first time in a long time, my kids are in bed by 10pm. Haha. What should I do now?
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