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Mark your calender for some fun family activities on 13 and 14Sep (from 3pm to 9.30pm).
Families for Life wants your family to enjoy a day out at Sports Hub.

(image credit FFL)

A little background about “Families for Life”.
“Families for Life” aims to celebrate and reinforce the importance of the family. This iconic national event is championed by the Families for Life Council (FFL) (previously National Family Council), with strong support from the support from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). The Celebrations aims to remind Singaporeans to put their families at top priority and spend time together to create shared family memories.

2014’s theme is “Family Time, Precious Time”.

Our family will be looking forward to segway and perhaps kayaking. If this is your first trip to Sports Hub, you might wish to pop inside the splendid stadium too. (Just take note the water playground on the second floor might not be ready yet).

Have you seen the rock climbing wall inside Kallang Wave already?

At “Families for Life” celebrations, the various activities and sports will provide an opportunity for families to nurture a passion for sports too. We always believe that sports will buildup a child’s resilience and instil a never-give-up attitude. The family which enjoys sports together can only become healthier and stronger.

Good news! From now till 07Sep, “Families for Life” is giving away 10,000 tickets to local attractions (River Safari, iFly, Adventure Cove etc). Click for contest link and T&C.

Just SMS the simple answer and stand to win attractive prizes.

(image credit FFL)

You can expect families to throng Sports Hub on 13 and 14Sep, do take note parking space at Sports Hub needs to be pre-booked. You can park at Leisure Park or the public carparks and stroll over. Stadium MRT would bring you straight to Sports Hub’s doorstep. Click on Sports Hub website for more travelling routes.

For the latest activities and promotions, follow “Families for Life” on their Fanpage and website (including monthly events and F&B promotions)

Disclaimer. Remuneration has been received for this blog post.

Safra Singapore Bay Run 2014 debrief :

Seven years old Boon Yee made it! Although our family cross the 5km mark together, Daddy is especially proud of Boon Yee. His hair was never dry after the first km, but quietly displaying his determination, our little man try to pace his brothers.

Earlier in the day, we say Good Morning to Merlion. Our 5km race is at 8am, but the early birds are already pounding the tarmac (21km 5am and 10km 7am).

It feels good to run on a road deprived of cars. Absolute freedom. We heard more than 46,000 serviceman and families have signed up for 2014’s Safra Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon.

Safra mascot, which kids had mistaken for M&M haha!

Does not matter if you are going against traffic, the roads are cordoned off today 🙂

We just walk through Promontory yesterday with Fairprice, read our “Fairprice Walk with U” review 🙂

Halfway-point is at Helix bridge. We refused to let tired legs dampen our mood. Some folks are doing Aerobics with loud music to encourage us to carry on.

Nice try boys, today no chartered services. Actually, it is Daddy who wanted to take a shuttle bus and take photos of us when we reach end-point (lame excuse!)

As we reach the last kilometer, SuperDads and SuperKids are ready to dash 800m 🙂

Counting down.. 700m … 500m

Even Victoria Concert Hall produced melodious chimes to egg the runners to push on (check video below).

Video : Running up and down and keeping the momentum

We clocked 48 minutes to finish our race. It was heartening to see young families trying to cross the finishing line hand in hand 🙂

Poor kids looking tired and worn out, we just need our 100Plus (and maybe tower).

And they are not yet aware that Daddy is SUPER proud of them today! Well done Boys!

Post-running activities. While we catch our breath, kids can enjoy fishing or slide-a-mug. There is a huge bouncing castle too.

How come kids are not tired?

Jumping for Joy, we did not understand what Daddy meant when he say “5km will be the new benchmark” for our future runs?

Daddy has something to say :
You will notice on our Instagram that SengkangBabies are leading an active lifestyle. As our kids love sports, it was a good opportunity for me to pull them along to participate in mass jogging or runs. It is easier to motivate them when we run in groups, rather than individually.

Besides improving our family bonds and a good workout (away from Ipad and computer games), sports is always one of the best way to buildup resilience and increase a child’s confidence.

My boys were initially skeptical about completing their 5km run but they persevere.

Seeing them put in so much effort, I myself am motivated to improve my fitness and join them in more Fun Runs in the future! Do pop by some other sports events on our blog, “Fairprice Walks with U” and “Energizer Night Trail“.