Easter

Neal was still stuck in Singapore so he didn't get to enjoy in our activities this year. The first of our Easter festivities was coloring eggs on Saturday.  On Easter Day, Quinn and Scarlett enjoyed going through their baskets; eating jelly beans and chocolate.  Then we went to the Easter service at the church attached to Quinn's yochien.  Finally we had lunch with our friends the Coopers.  And ended the gathering with an egg hunt.

Every year we make the famous "bunny cake" and this year we did this with Emily and Charlie.  I forgot to pack the white frosting to take with me to the Coopers.  Luckily Tiffany had a Halloween frosting and saved the day.  So this year our Bunny was orange.   It was good food and good fun.

Singapore...the proof is in the pictures!

On Orchard Road

Singapore Zoo

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Daddy is on the other side.

Crashed out!

Cat sleeping at the Bus Stop

Sultan Mosque

Raffles Hotel

At the Quay

Swan Lake at the Botanical Gardens

Q loved running back and forth on the bridge

Gates of the Botanical Gardens

Fellow geocachers

In the Singapore Flyer

View from the Flyer

... the proof of all the fun we had is in the pictures.

Singapore

Last week, Neal was being sent to Singapore for work so the kids and I decided that it was time for us to get to go somewhere too.  Luckily for us we hopped on a free ride, a DC8 plane right from Yokota AB.  Neal was leaving Japan on Thursday and arriving in Singapore on Friday.  The plane we were on usually leaves on Mondays but lucky for us it broke the previous trip and was switched until Thursday ... bingo, a plan was hatched.  On Thursday morning, we headed to the terminal and got on the flight with only 6 other people.   Scarlett asked if we were going home after only one hour into the 7 hour flight.  She isn't the best traveler to say the least but she did OK.  Quinn did great.   I could take him around the world as long as I have a DS, paper/pen and movies.  The flight went smoothly other than the fact that
we had a slight detour to the Johor Bahru airport in Malaysia for a couple hours due to Category 1 storms in Singapore.  We ended up getting in late and Scarlett finally crashed on the taxi ride to our room on the Navy base.  She never woke up even when her car seat tipped over .

Our first day included an all day trip to Sentosa Island.  We went to Underwater World and then headed to the beach.  It is so hot in Singapore that most attractions always have water play areas for the kids.  That night we were ..."movin' on up to the East Side..." and met up with Neal in his very nice hotel room.   Most of the rest of the trip was spent visiting the Zoo, Botanical Gardens, Little India, and the waterfront areas.  Neal and the kids went on the Singapore Flyer which is the world's tallest ferris wheel (I went geocaching).   Speaking of geocaching,  one day we met up with some locals that were looking for a cache we were at.     It was a great week and we loved Singapore.  Hopefully we will be able to visit again.


   

How did anyone travel w/ kids before  electronics?

on the plane

Finally at our hotel. She never even woke up when the seat tipped over.

Giving baby a ride.

 Keeping busy in the Malaysian airport (loves matchbox cars).

Palawan Beach in Sentosa

Palawan Beach in Sentosa