This staycation was supposed to be for my birthday but it happened a month later because I had assignments due during my birthday week. Yeah bummers but that’s fine because having it a month later also meant that I’m done with the course I’ve been doing for the last four years and could enjoy even more! 🤪
We managed to get a pretty good deal for two nights’ stay at Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa – $750 before using the Singapore Rediscover vouchers, so we only paid $650 cash for two nights there! My husband and I both agreed that this hotel is super family-friendly; it’s got all the facilities to keep the family occupied all day – swimming pools, a private beach area, a crafts room, and two indoor playgrounds (one for below 4 years old and one for 4 and above).
We spent most of our time at the pool and at the beach, and then again, we didn’t really have much time. 😄 we reached at about 315pm on Day 1. By the time we checked in and settled down, it was about 4pm. We managed to get a pool slot for 3-5pm (all facilities reauire booking due to Covid-19) so we went to the pool till about 5, then went to the beach right after. We went back to the hotel room to shower at around 6pm. E took a short nap after showering before we went for dinner at 7pm. We went to Coastes for dinner with friends who came with us to the staycay for a night, and headed back to hotel at around 9 (I think!) thinking that E would sleep at about 930-10pm but guess what? He slept at 1130pm on the first night 🥴
But thankfully and surprisingly, he only woke up once (usually he wakes up twice) at 330am for a milk feed, and slept till we woke him up at 830am. We were determined to not let him sleep so late anymore, so waking up earlier means he will sleep earlier the next day.
Day 2 started with breakfast at 9am, then an impromptu craft session at about 1030 (we didn’t book but happened that there was availability). We went back to the hotel room to rest for a while at about 11, and headed down to the indoor playground at about 1115, of which we were tired about 30min in and E was still full of energy 😩 we met our friends again for lunch at Trapizza (they have great pizza!) at 1230, then we headed back to the room at about 130pm for E to take his nap. He slept from 2-4. When he woke up, we made an impromptu beach booking cos there were still slots left and after that we went to the pool, then headed back to the room at around 545pm to wash up. After washing up, we headed out for dinner.
Day 2’s evening was an adventure for us. We wanted to have dinner at FOC Sentosa, which was at the end of Palawan beach. Since we haven’t taken the cable car before as a family and it’s only $3/pax now for the Sentosa line, we thought we’d take the cable car to Merlion Station and then take the tram to the dinner place. But guess what? Our reservation was 6.30pm but when we reached Merlion Station, it was already past 6.30. Lol so we scrapped all our plans and went looking for any available food options instead.
First cable car ride together!
We took Sentosa Express from Imbiah station to Beach station, and managed to find a Food Court that was closing in 45 minutes! They had only chicken rice, laksa and briyani left, and we ordered one of each. 😅 we were super hungry and our son probably ate about half of the chicken rice. It was also the first time we were so free about letting him eat our food. Well, in a sense, we had no choice cos there’s no better option. 🤷♀️ then again, we don’t eat out everyday so it’s okay luh I think. Haha
We finished dinner before 8pm and slowly made our way back to the hotel. Along the way, we saw an ice cream shop, stopped by to get a cup. Well, you guessed it. Our son enjoyed the ice cream VERY MUCH. 😌 got back to the hotel room, changed him into pjs, and he slept at 9.20pm. 🥳
Day 3 was just a slow morning with breakfast at 915am, going back to the room at about 1030am, laying in bed for awhile, packing up and checking out at 12pm.
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Staycays and holidays will never be the same again now that we have a kid. Everything we do during that time seemed to revolve around him – the beach activities, the pool time, the indoor playground… it’s tiring but we wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
We witnessed so many firsts for E – first time playing at the indoor playground (he even managed to climb up this rock climbing thing himself!), first time at the beach, first time playing with sand, first time eating chicken rice and ice cream, first time holding a marker and “colouring”… and I’m so proud that he did everything so well! Except sleeping super late on the first night, which was also not his fault cos he had to do a car nap that was only 30minutes, which resulted in him having to do another nap at 630pm hence being not tired enough to sleep by 9ish. 🤷♀️
Papa teaching E to colour
As for us, we try to do things we enjoy such as having a beer during meal times, and taking turns to be alone while the other spent time with E. The hubs went to swim while I accompanied E when he was napping, and later the hubs played with E at the beach while I laid on the sunbed thinking about life. “Me time” is still possible with a kid!
Till we are able to go overseas again, we are looking forward to our next staycation already! 😊
Pool time on Day 1
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