Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas around Singapore 2009


We took the boys out on a Sunday night in December. The forecast was snow. ;-) Our first stop was the Singapore Botanic Gardens where lighted and decorated trees from different institutions dot the walkways. Unfortunately, we had a cranky kid and didn't make it until sunset to see them lighted. Instead, we headed to the American Club for dinner.

After dinner we decided to make a stop for some snow fun:




Here it is! Every night- and I mean every night - Tanglin Mall on Orchard Road has a blizzard for 15 minutes. It's a ton of fun for the kids. Our kids were surprised.





Good times. I so hope they remember things like that.

Today, I took the boys out to lunch and a stroll on Orchard. Here are some of this year's decorations:


A lovely green green with red hearts:




But mostly Blue. We'll have a blue Christmas in Singapore:



Brought to you by Hitachi, of course:




At least the Hitler people are gone:




This is the new Ion mall with a large tree out front:



Traffic at noon on Wednesday:



Merry Christmas!



Friday, December 18, 2009

Ready for Christmas Break






Ready for Christmas break, but not ready for Christmas. My presents are wrapped and the shopping done, but Christmas snuck up very quickly this year. I can hardly believe that we will be leaving for New Zealand in just over a week!

The gals in the photo are the moms who hang out at the playground after school while our kids run around and play. We made quite a festive group today!