We reached the camp at about 6.30pm where we proceeded to the mess for dinner. Dinner was buffet style with foods such as potato salad, laksa, mee siam, kebabs, cha soba, etc. While waiting for Kel to come back with our dinner, I took some pics.
See how cheeky Daryl is when I told him to say cheese...
I gave up trying to take nice pics of Daryl, so I went to check out the wall where the organizers had put up posters of the previous years' Family Days. It was then I found Daryl's pic among them. Can you spot it?
Daryl got restless waiting for Kel to come back. Thus, he played with the toy fireman's hat which was given to him as a door gift.
Then Kel came back with our dinner. After our dinner, me, Daryl & Asty proceeded to the parade square for the parade while Kel stayed back in the mess to chat with his friends. The parade was very impressive. 1st, there was a go karts 'race', then a mini motorcycles' 'race'. After that, there were performances by the dog club, SAF Music & Dance Club, stilt walkers, fire eaters, the Civil Defence, etc.
The highlight of the parade is the mini fireworks show at the end. When the fireworks show started, Daryl walked to me & snuggled up to me on my lap. From his action, I knew that he was scared of the noise created during the fireworks. I asked him whether he was scared of the fireworks, he said "yes". I told him not to be afraid as I am with him. His reply, "Daryl no scared, mummy is here." He's such a dear at times...
The parade ended on a high note after the fireworks show. We made our way back to the mess as there was an awards ceremony there about 1/2 hour later. On the way back, we stopped to admire the 2 fire engines which was part of the parade just now. Daryl was very excited to see the fire engines. He kept telling me, "Mummy, see... fire engine... fire engine..." Seeing how excited he was, I asked 1 of the fireman standing beside the fire engine whether I can take a pic of Daryl together with the fire engine. He told me to go ahead as they are there for picture taking. I guided Daryl to stand in front of the fire engine & took these pics.
When the fireman who told me to go ahead & take pics saw how happy Daryl was, he volunteered to lend Daryl his hat for picture taking. The above pic is of Daryl with the hat.
Daryl with another hat lent to him by another fireman.
That's not all... The fireman, on seeing how happy Daryl was, asked him whether he wants to sit at the fire engine's driver seat & drive the fire engine. Daryl was hesitant initially. He only changed his mind when I re-assured him that I would be standing beside him when he drives the fire engine. See how happy he is...
When we were done with the photo taking, we walked back to the mess to meet up with Kel & for the awards presentation. After the presentation, we decided to go back home as Daryl still have to go to school tomorrow. We think he enjoyed the parade, especially the photo taking with the fire engines as he kept talking about it to Kel. What a night...
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