Singapore Day 2

                                     
On Tuesday we headed to Chinatown to see if we could find anything for our walls in the States.  It was great fun looking around at the touristy things and we did find some good deals.  The kids were particularly interested in the tassel shop.  They loved watching her make Chinese knots. 

After missing swimming on Monday, we made it a priority to hit the pool.  It's a lovely one and totally underutilized!!  Ana was everywhere with her floatees.  She can now also turn somersaults under water!

 In the afternoon Yu-Lin and family came over for family dinner.  Ana and Yau Yau hit it off right away.  They drew some cute flowers together.  Ana was super happy because there was fish cake!!

  

We were so glad to get to meet up with you all!  Thanks for making the time to see us!

Singapore Day 1

 After the Gardens we took a rather long walk.  (I have to admit it was VERY hot!)  So we stopped along the way and had a super yummy snack AND enjoyed the air con.

 We saw the new art museum and a beautiful lily pond.

We walked across the helix bridge and enjoyed amazing views.

After a disappointing Arab Street visit (all my favorite shops we gone--bought out by carpet dealers!!) (sorry I took no pictures because I've been there so often), uncle Michael picked us up and took us out for lunch.  Loved the Singaporean food and the waitress was impressed when Matt used some Chinese numbers :)

We had planned to go back and swim, but thunderstorms popped up and we stayed in.  A great first day back!

Singapore Day 1-Marina Bay Gardens

 We have, of course, seen most things in Singapore.  It was exciting to see something new.  Bright and early on Monday morning we headed to Marina Bay (thanks for the ride Uncle Michael).  The gardens are lovely and will probably be amazing when they mature!  We loved the statues from the many cultures.

 Ana was dying to do the walk at the top of the "trees."  So we did!  It provides some amazing views of the city and the thrill of being up so high.  I went down before the rest and took their picture.  They really do look like dots.

The Gardens are on the back side of the Marina Bay Sands and filled with some wonderful things to look at.  There are two air conditioned domes which are pretty pricy to go into.  We opted out--maybe someday when we don't have three kids with us!)

Singapore Flashback 1

It was great fun to meet up with four alumni from ICS. One of these students I knew as a fifth grader! They've done a lot of interesting things already.  Over Northern Indian food ( I SO MISS IT!), we chatted about future plans.  We hope to meet up with one when we next come back to the States-he's in medical school in Ohio.  It's beyond encouraging to see former students doing well, tackling hard things, and becoming leaders in their community.  Hooray for Third Culture Kids! (Kids that grew up in another culture.)