Robin finally set up the inflatable pool at our backyard this afternoon. We were given the family size pool last year but because it was very difficult to fully inflate the pool, we did not set it up until today when we manage to borrow a powerful air pump from our neighbours.

The boys had a ball in the pool with their father.  They simply loved to play with water.  They splashed water at each other, the father pretended to be a shark and then a crocodile to scare the boys, but the boys just went ahead and attack the father!  They had so much fun.  I think they stayed in there for almost an hour! As for me, I took the time to quickly give my family in Singapore a phone call to catch up with them.

It was nap time after the water play and both boys went down for 2 hours!!  How good was that?

The boys were invited to a 4-year-old birthday party this morning.   The party was at a foreshsore quite near to our home.  The boys were very excited when I announced we were going to a birthday party!  I only annouce what we will be doing at the last minute  because if I let the cat out of the bag too early, our Mr Calvin will keep on harrassing me and asking me thousands of questions for the whole day! I have learnt my lesson.

When we arrived, it was almost time to cut the cake.  Both boys love eating cake and so they were quite happy to join in the singing and cheering.  They were each given a piece of cake and that has made them really happy.  The cake even had chocloate fingers on it and that has made them even happier! 🙂

They had a play time at the playground after the cake.  Unfortunately, Calvin did not have much chance to play with his friend, the birthday boy as this boy was pre-occupied with his other friends.  Somehow, Calvin could not fit into the group – or rather the other boys could not accept him into the group.  He was a little upset, but was quickly settled when he realised playing with his little brother was not that bad after all. 🙂

The highlight of the birthday was of course the lolly bag.  The boys were each given a bag that was filled with lollies.  Their eyes almost popped out of their heads when they saw so much lollies and they wanted to eat them all!  I had to control them which wasn’t easy.

When we got home, Robin asked Calvin if he enjoyed the birthday party.  The boy answered “yeah, I liked the chocolate”!

It was fruit for afternoon tea after their afternoon nap.

Then it was playing blocks time. Calvin really loves playing with his “monster” blocks lately. He gets endless enjoyment from building planes, towers, etc and anything according to his own imagination. He can sit down and play with the blocks for a very long time.  Athan is beginning to show some interest in blocks lately, thanks to Calvin. But his *favourite* past time is still to destroy his brother’s creations (which drives Calvin up the wall complete with the loudest screaming possible …..).

And, before dinner, it was colouring time. Calvin has improved a lot when it comes to colouring.  In fact, he was the one who wanted to do colouring-in for his Wall-E book. He is holding his pencil better and able to colour within the line better.  He still has a lot of room to improve, but I have to say he has made big steps in terms of being willing to sit down and colour or draw for more then 2 minutes. Athan just followed his “gor gor” along although he was more interested in playing with the colour pencils. 🙂

The boys had quite a nice afternoon doing things together. They are very aware of each other’s presence now, especially for Athan.  He asks for Calvin whenever he doesn’t see his brother around. He is quite sweet too — he always take an extra piece of biscuit for Calvin when he is being offered one.

I really hope they will grow up to be good brothers.