There are usually 2 or 3 of these cats that remind us of Chopstick & Clementine near the Newton MRT.
We started out this morning by trying out a new babysitter so I could go run with the American Women's Association running group but the sitter was late and I couldn't get to the meet-up spot in time. I decided to just run out the the Botanic Gardens again and had a much better run this time (I think I was better hydrated and that made a big difference). I also found a slightly better way to get across Scotts Road and took stairs (good addition to the workout) and a pedestrian overpass to get across Stevens Road. I made it 4 miles today and felt much better than Sunday. And I feel less nervous about having already signed up for the 10.5k race in January! I was too sweaty & stinky to go out though so I came home and showered and went back out.
I went to Somerset to get stamps from the post office and then just relaxed a bit (found some nice teas and Christmas biscuits (cookies) from Marks & Spencers; had an iced mocha at Charlie Brown's Cafe) and came home so Sarah, Henry, & I could go to the Christmas tree decorating party at the apartment. They really liked this! They both got some festive headbands (I was actually surprised that Henry wore his) and had lots of treats and got to put some ornaments on the tree in the breakfast room.
When Anna came home from school we decided to put out all of our Christmas decorations as well. This was definitely the highlight of the day for everyone. (We don't have a tree yet so we just put out the house decorations.) The kids were all super excited about everything that came out of the box. Henry just loved going over to the mistletoe and could hardly handle the anticipation of someone coming to give him a kiss. I tried to get a video of this but I don't think I captured the true adorableness of it.
