Lunching

Mike had Friday off work this week so we decided to go to Crystal Jade Palace for dim sum. We started off well, Callum had a good feed before we went out and went off to sleep well in the stroller as usual. We got to Ngee Ann City just after 12 and didn't even have to wait for a table which was a nice change compared with weekend dining.

We were shown to our table in the back room - the one where you're banished if you've got old people or kids at your table. We ordered all the usual dishes (except roast pork! I can't believe they missed that one!) and started with delicious jasmine tea. Sadly, this is when the wheels started to come off the whole thing. Poor Callum woke up and once he saw the bright lights and new sights of the restaurant he was wide awake. Didn't help that he had a nice, smelly full nappy either. So off I went to change Callum just as the first dishes were arriving. Poor Mike had to sit with all the old Aunties and Uncles and kids eating his lunch next to an empty stroller!

Nappy changed, Callum and I returned to the restaurant and Mike took over the holding duties while I ate my char siu bau and xiao long bau (yum). All in all, a pretty rushed and stressful lunch but the afternoon did improve. Callum still loves being walked in his stroller and it sends him right off to sleep so we managed to get in a good couple of hours' shopping and errands before we needed to go home. Callum's citizenship and passport applications are finally with the High Commission - let's hope the DIA in NZ accepts his photos!