As I reflect on that, I realised that having children adds a new dimension to your life. Suddenly every little event becomes fresh again as you have the children with you. Our first time going out, our first time to TGIF, our first trip to KL... On the flip side, first time I had poo in my lap...
Anyway, went to town this morning to collect wifey's credit card at Citibank. Could have had it couriered, but as we hadn't been to KL for a while, decided to drive down. Besides, I wanted to see the new (by now not quite...) Pavilion, and would be good to see how the babies reacted to a longer (than the usual jumps to Curve/1-U area) car trip.
Got the babies ready by 1045, and off we went. Got as far as Damansara Jaya before turning back due to some forgotten stuff amidst the rush...
Here I digress. For those of you who do not have kids, or kids who've grown up and you've forgotten what it was like, taking a baby (let alone TWO) out is no walk in the park. First you've got to clean and dress them, then pack their stuff in a bag (in our case 2 bags) including diapers, lots of hankies, spare clothes, blanket, bottles, formula, hot water, wipes, tissues... PHEW!!! Also have to load two strollers into the car. Although ours are MacLaren Triumphs (chosen primarily due to weight, or lack of) weighing 6.75kgs (other strollers typically are around 8kgs) it's still a bit of work. Then strap the babies into the car seats, and lock everything up and go! By now having done it dozens of times, wifey and I have managed to turn it into a finely timed affair, but I'm still amazed each time we pull it off...
To cut a long story short, had an uninspired lunch at the Food Republic food court, and babies too. But it was quite a futile effort trying to feed them as they were so distracted and excited, barely got through 3/4 of their usual feed. They attracted quite a bit of attention, pushing them in their strollers together always does it! Jun Yen was very comfortable through it all, for that matter so was Jun Lee, though she fidgeted quite and slid down in her stroller. As she was also sucking her thumbs (and fingers) a lot, this resulted in a not so cute picture.
And the Pavilion, it was quite nice, though it reminded me of a cross between the Starhill of yore and KLCC. Quite a few interesting outlets too, but didn't get to check them out as I was rushing back for my weekly badminton session. What we did get to check out was the baby changing room, and for this, the Pavilion gets a thumbs up! Well sized, with a large sink, paper towels and a partitioned feeding section, it was great! Thanks to Jun Yen making a poo that we had to use it.
In the evening after badminton, brought babies along to Kanna's for banana-leaf rice. Arranged to meet parents there at 6.30pm. The babies again got a lot of attention, this time from the waiters, luckily we got a nice corner so they weren't disturbed. After dinner drove back to parents' place together, dropped babies off and had my brother drop us off at 1U. Did a bit of shopping where I got some microfiber cloths, wash mitt and coil mats for the car.
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