Pot Luck Gathering

27th September, 2008 - Today, the kids and I attended the annual potluck party organised by our very own Residence Association. We contributed our famous home-made longan jelly ! (Ha ... the moment the MC announced that it is time to eat, my boys rushed to our 2 plates of jelly and immediately took some ... you see, they were waiting to attack the jelly even before the event started, just that mommy did not allow them to !!!)

The event started off with a simple ice-breaker session i.e. the "Choo-choo train dance" led by mostly ladies. I joined in the chain and tried to get the kids to follow suit but to no avail ... they were still too shy, I guess ^_^

The Mexican folk dancing followed next and this time, Bob joined me. It was heart warming to actually see my shy Bob coming out of his shell and dance away together with mommy, following the simple footsteps rather well. Mommy is so proud of you, Bob. Keep it up :-)

The Limbo Rock was an instant hit with the children, although it took a few more "seconds" for the adults to get out of their shyness to join in the "limbo-rockin". This time, Dash and Bob joined the queue while Jasmine took videoshots and ... mommy cheered them on, probably more excited than them. It was exciting just observing how my boys tried to get through the lower pole. Joey was too shy to join in the fun but midway, she too got excited and tried once after much effort on my part to draw her out ! Hmm ... felt some achievement here. Well done, mommy... here's a pat for you, Odelia. Ha ha ...

There was also a band performance (guitarists, drummer & singer) from Lee SL's family & friends. Kudos to you for putting up such a good show for the night ! Jenny was rather fascinated with the performances as I observe her staring at the performers.

Time really flies when we were having fun. In between the line dancing performed by the Esplanad ladies & man, and invited dancing guests, we took part in the "Mummy Wrap" game where 6 groups had so much fun competing to wrap their team member into a "Mummy" with toilet paper ! Poor Dash was completely wrapped up !! That was a lot of fun. It's great to see my Dash being such a good sport. Bob and Jasmine helped a lot too, else we would not have wrapped our "mummy" up within time given !

This was followed by the "Scavenger Hunt" where we compete against 7 other different teams and raced intensely against time to scavenge for items (e.g. 50-cent coin, plastic fork, candle, pen, cap, etc.) and also to hunt for "treasures" which we needed to decipher first before looking for them. The 8 magnificent teams, comprising 5 to 8 members, had called themselves : The Golden Knights, Bingo!, Fantastic Five, Famous Four, Transformers, SPM, Secret Seven and Doraemon (our team - all the kids joined me in this one !!!). I had a lot of fun coordinating and reading the riddles, trying to figure out what/where the heck is the treasure hidden and explaining to the kids at the same time. With a red torchlight, we really scouted around the compound looking for the items, some of which were laid or buried in dark areas/pots/fence !!! Phew ! Though we did not win, I told the kids they are all winners in mommy's heart and that what matters most is that we all did very well as a team and I congratulated each and everyone of them with a big bear hug, especially Bob who did not hesitate to take off his short sleeve shirt (an item needed in the Scavenger Hunt ! Bravo indeed ^_^

An unforgettable night it was ^_^