The Buds

this little one just loves to pick up fallen leaves! and play truly is the occupation of a kiddo.

we were lost while trying to find the buds at Shangri La during our staycation and she just sat and entertain herself.

please don’t stop exploring and just be this little. didn’t felt like is been three years, just gone in a wink! i love talking to her these days. 

👩🏻 can we give mei mei to small small yiyi? 
👧🏻 no! mama! 
👩🏻 why not? 
👧🏻 because small small yiyi have to take care of turtles and mei mei will cry. 

I find it amusing! why did she relate turtle with mei mei? and her memory is not too bad. she has only been to my sis place once years ago and she still can rem!

so happy to see a fish pond but can’t feed them. have to show her the “no feeding” signboard and redirect her attention to something else.

 The Buds at Shangri La 

this place looks promising from the outside! but is quite small in my opinion and they are charging $58 for non hotel guests for three hours of play which is quite expensive. We are not staying in the family deluxe room hence we paid $28 for unlimited playtime both outdoor and indoor. Apparently they already updated their chart just in August which states that we are only entitled to three hours of play.

luckily we book in July before the change and so they allow us to follow the old chart else is not very worth it. best to avoid during weekends as it’s very crowded with like three birthdays party on both sat and sun. also check the pricing chart for the buds before booking the room and see which has the best deal after all these miscellaneous costs.

this is her favourite play area out of the five. she just kept running back to this after exploring the rest of it.

the painting room.

my little lonely painter as the whole room was empty! you can choose to either paint on papers or on the walls. ermm..she left shortly after ten minutes.

the unlimited 木马 rides! no need to put in coins, just need to push the start button.

there’s a corner for kids under one year old. It comes with mini slides with two or three very cute jumping bouncer which I think is quite fun for six months old baby.

there is another room which is the music room with a piano where you get to choose your song lists to be played, else nothing much to do in there. as for bakery room, it is an additional of $58 if you want to attend the class. I was told that they throw in complimentary cupcakes decoration class if you are staying on weekdays. I concluded it is better to stay during weekdays, lots of additional perks given.

my niece and nephews came over for a swim in the evening which is quite a good thing! managed to smuggle them in to play without paying extra 🙊 and we get to have free baby sitter aka my sister to go in with them while we take a short break with mei mei in the room. 

so tiring to handle two of them and not to mention there are just so much to pack for one night staycation. I pack as if I am bringing my whole house over!

it also comes with a free photographer (my sis) who kept sending me nice photos of LX. I don’t have the energy to run after her when I’m there with her and she doesn’t stay till 😂

the nursing room there is so so comfy! so spacious and it comes with a rocking chair. spot the little one, I think she enjoyed her stay there too despite just drinking and sleeping. 😅