Our First Visitors

In February we had our first visitors! Grandma Lu and Aunt Helen came to stay with us for 10 days.  We had so much fun showing them around Singapore.  We stayed really busy and had lots of fun. Here are some of the highlights:

 Fish Spa- these four really enjoyed it.

 Getting on the Singapore Flyer. The world's largest observation wheel!

 Visiting Chinatown. We spent a little time in the temple and a lot of time shopping the stalls.

 A tour of Gardens by the Bay.

 The Singapore Zoo

 Fun on Sentosa Island. CNY drums, riding the gondola up for the luge, and checking out the Southern most point of continental Asia.

 It was such a fun time for all of us. We're excited for our next visitors. Come see us in Singapore!

Thanksgiving in Bali

We had an amazing Thanksgiving holiday in Nusa Dua,-Bali, Indonesia. We spent our first day at the beach and fun resort pool.  Thanksgiving dinner was an Indonesian buffet with Balinese Legong dancing for entertainment. On the second day we took a road trip to Ubud. Our first stop was Monkey Forest, a forest with several temples and hundreds of wild monkeys. We were told there were over 600 living there and we think we saw at least half of them. The next stop was the rice paddy terraces. We ate our lunch at a small local restaurant with an amazing view.  The last day of our trip was spent back at our resort.  The girls didn't want to leave, they loved Bali, and so did we!

KUSU ISLAND (turtle island)

This was a trip we took back in November. We rode a ferry over to Singapore's Kusu Island and spent the day exploring with our friends.

 

 

 

 

Halloween and Deepavali

Halloween in Singapore

The girls dressed as an unicorn and a gumball machine this year.  We went to the SAIS Spooktacular and went trick or treating through our condo as well. Pumpkins are small and VERY expensive here, so we decided to make a jack-o-melon this year.

 

Deepavali (Diwali) is celebrated on Nov 2nd.  The girls have a day off from school for the holiday and they were encouraged to dress in traditional clothing on Friday. 
We went to Little India to have a look at the lights and festivitiesand eat a yummy Indian dinner. The markets were beautiful and the girls each got henna on their hands.