Singapore

A few days after Christmas we embarked on the trip of a lifetime: Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand. We were fortunate that our former nanny, Michelle, was willing and able to fly over and meet us in Singapore.  It took us a full day to get to Singapore, but the boys did great.  They were very excited to be in an airplane, so that helped.

Our airplane:

Our hotel in Singapore had this amazing Christmas tree and it was REAL!  You could smell the pine as soon as you entered the lobby.  I haven't smelled a real Christmas tree in 3 years.  I wanted to just sit in the lobby and sniff.  Oh, and it was really pretty, too.

While there we visited the Singapore Zoo and had breakfast with the orangutans.  Breakfast was a rushed, frantic affair and it was hot and humid, so not sure I'd want to do that again.  The zoo, though, was beautiful.  We only got to visit a few attractions/animals, but we got to see everything the boys wanted to see:  otters, white tigers, fish, elephants and some monkeys.

We stopped to see a Sea Lion show and at the end they offered to splash us.  I let Jamie take them up on the offer and he loved it.

In addition the shopping (OMG the shopping!), we took some time to explore a bit of the city.  We had dinner in an Indian restaurant on the Boat Quay.

Dinner options along the Quay were on display, but I passed.

The morning of the day we were leaving Ian and Michelle took the boys to a museum to see a LEGO exhibit.  It was a bit more advanced

Off to Cambodia next...