Our day on the Hippo

So thanks to Nuffnang, I won tickets for a ride on the Hippo on the inaugural Family Day Out. With a total of 7 tickets in hand, I had a headache trying to gather people to join me and E for the ride. After a lot of hemming and hawing, finally E's sister accepted our invite. So for me, the first ever Family Day Out, turned out to be a day with my future family. E's sister & bro-in-law brought along 2 of their kids (she has 4 little angels) and E's cousin came along for the fun too.

This would be our first time on the Hippo and also to be at the Singapore Flyer. Naturally the little ones were the most excited about the ride and kept asking which bus would be the one that we'll be taking. And as it turns out, we got the white one, which our guide introduced as 'Snow White'. The kids were ultra tickled by its name and giggled non-stop. We were taken around the city district area, where we spotted a couple taking their wedding photos by the City Hall. We all cheered at them as our bus zoomed past and the bride seemed a tad embarassed by the attention. I bet they've been suffering this fate throughout their shoot as there was a constant line of Hippos looping around the area throughout the day.

We were taken to the spot where the brightly coloured DHL balloon is situated and the kids thought that we'ld be taking the balloon. They were unfortunately disappointed. Perhaps another time...

It was a pretty quick ride, we'ld have loved it to be a longer ride. But nevertheless, the kids loved it and it was definitely a good opportunity to spend a bit of time with E's family.