Some other fun things we did included:
ICE SKATING! I took all 5 of my kiddos to the ice rink for some good old fashioned ice skating! I was surprised that all 4 of the "big kids" LOVED IT!!! Especially...JACK!
He doesn't look happy in this photo...this is actually his sad lip...but he was a happy boy on the ice! He skated around all by himself with one of those metal bars that you can push around for beginners. He skated the entire two hours without any breaks! We went skating with several other families and my cute friend Emily watched Skylar for me and loaned me her skates so that I could skate around a bit with Jack. He surprised me the most because he's my kid who loves to sit home and play the Wii but I guess skating is one of his passions now!
Sammy & Bailey were in heaven over the Christmas break because they had so much time to hang out with their friends! Both girls had a game night at our house with their friends who were in town. Sammy's friends had fun dressing Skylar up as a princess. Here she is donning all her jewels:
These are some of Sammy's good friends:
Holly (from Colorado), Ashlyn (Danville, CA), Jessica & Amanda (Utah) and Morgan (Indiana).
Bailey also had a game night at our house one night. Her friends played Dance Party 2 on the Wii the entire time!!!
We also went to the Singapore Science Museum with friends:
We hiked the TREETOP WALK at MacRitchie Reservoir. This is an 11 km hike that is very famous in Singapore. It's not an easy hike for a four and a half year old. So here are some of the kids faces before the hike when they heard they'd be hiking 11 km's in the heat, with only our family, no friends along to make it more fun, etc!
We took a shortcut so that we were able to cut off 2.6km's of the hike by having Mike drop us off as close to the trail as possible and then park the car and walk to catch up with us. We had a great time and Jack walked the entire way without ever asking to be carried!
We were harassed by monkeys along the way!
There is a very cool bridge to cross suspended by metal cables up in the air. It is a free-standing suspension bridge spanning Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang, the two highest points in MacRitchie.
At 25m above the ground, the walkway gives you a closer look at the canopy, where all the action takes place. Here, you also have a better view of some forest birds; Colugos (flying lemurs) and Long-tailed macaques (monkeys); view trees from an entirely different angle and enjoy a panoramic view of Upper Peirce Reservoir. Some 80 species of birds and 18 rare trees have been spotted in the forest.
Notice the monkey behind Carson:
Here's Jack at the end of the hike. He's touching all the Touch-Me-Nots and watching them fold up!
Here's some of us again toward the end of the hike. Everyone looks pretty hot but happy!
Here's one of the monkeys...ready to harrass us!
Everytime we stopped walking and tried to take out a snack a monkey would hear us and show up out of nowhere to try and get his share! I'll never forget Bailey's face as we were walking down some stairs. She yelled, "dad, turn around!" and her face had a look of terror just like as if in a horror movie! Mike turned around to see a monkey following us and ready to pounce. He hit it with a plastic bag of water bottles and that kept him away from us for the rest of the hike!
Carson and Jack made Gingerbread Trains and decorated them: They were fun to make and delicious to eat!!!
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