Easter BBQ @ Jason's

It's always fun to visit Jason and Danielle's house. Both for the adults and the kids. It is a unique opportunity if you are living in Singapore to visit friends who live in a standalone house. Their house is a 4 story house with a sleep out which they made into a music room and a big front yard.

The boys cooking BBQ:

Lovely potluck dinner :)

The music room:

The main event for the kids - Easter egg hunt. Nicely sitting together while the eggs are hidden. 

Time to run around and find some!

It was a great idea to put all the eggs in a basket and then share. 

Another great fun night :) Thank you J&D for hosting :)

Easter Friday

Matthew got home just in time to celebrate Easter after his Australian flight. He even came home with some yummy Easter Hot Cross Buns. I managed to pick up some more Easter decorations while in NZ too :) Luca and Ashley learnt a lot about Easter at their kindy so it was interesting to hear what they have been taught.

Great to have the whole family eat together:

Happy Easter:

Easter Sunday 2014

The boys went to bed slightly late so I was sort of hoping they would sleep in a bit but as you guessed no such thing as sleeping in when you are on holiday... They were up way before the sunrise. Oliver was very interested and stood there to watch the sun come up and the sky change colour.

Once it was a decent time (they woke up before 6am...) we had a lovely breakfast in the room.

They ate their breakfast so well as they knew what was coming - Easter egg hunt! They were so amazed the rabbit came and hid all these chocolates while they were having breakfast. They swear they weren't there the previous day or in the morning. Having some extra room made it more interesting to look.

Once they enjoyed some chocolate we sent the boys to the kids club. They were hosting some egg and face painting. Our boys are never really keen for face paint though.

They didn't want to stay there long, instead they wanted to be in the pool - of course!

The resort was set up so well with the view and the location of the restaurants etc. The food was very good too. I had this yummy club sandwich twice while we were there,

We cannot keep the kids in the sun all day. It was certainly much hotter and stronger than we are used to in Singapore. Also we didn't feel like doing lots each day - just wanted to take it easy. You become more restrained when you have three little ones with you.

While the boys had a snooze Ashley and Matthew enjoyed the Formula 1 once again.

Once the sun was lower we went out again to the beach. It was just a perfect idea to get some fresh air before dinner. The kids absolutely loved it!

The beach was very tidal and at low tide we could see some starfish and crabs moving on the sand. We could walk miles into the sea.

And finish to up our wonderful day 2 in Phuket, the boys enjoyed the huge bath. I was so glad we chose this relaxing type of holiday. Everyone was so happy!

Easter Friday 2014

I am trying really hard to make extra time to catch up on my blog but so far it is not really happening. So I am still a whole month behind... But I decided rather than trying to catch up I will just post the current happenings in the Rose family and when I have extra time I will do the past posts to fill in the gap. That way you can see what we were up to last week, instead of a month ago!

Easter holiday was extra exciting for the boys this year as their kindy is Christian so they have a big focus on religious celebration for Easter. They both learnt what Easter is about and learnt lots of new celebration songs. Oliver got to make a basket for the Easter egg hunt (unfortunately we were away on Easter Monday so he missed out using it...) etc.

It was a public holiday on Easter Friday so the kids got to enjoy the day off with us and some friends. In the morning they wanted pancakes for breakfast. I know it is not traditional at all but I had to come up with something Easter like? - Yes, egg shaped pancakes with a little bunny each. I put some sprinkles, marshmallows and yummy NZ jam into bowls so that the boys can decorate their own Easter egg pancakes.

I think it was a hit! Very happy kids :) :) :)

I looked up some hot cross bun recipes the previous night so that I could bake some with the boys. As I was discussing it with Matthew I got a text from Nicola (who lives in the same condo) inviting us for some hot cross buns! Of course I said a big "YES" to the offer and put my recipe book away!

Nicola was very organised and had an Easter Egg craft station set up for the kids. It is so nice to have some older children who are very good at helping the little ones.

Oliver was extra proud of his little egg:

Us adults enjoyed some wine and champagne while the kids played nicely. We were invited to go to an Easter BBQ downstairs but it started to rain very heavily so it had to start later in the evening.

We decided to stay home as we had an early start planned the next day to go away for 5 days to Phuket. I had lots of packing to do!