It was a great day at the zoo. Grandma D fed the giraffes and the kangaroos. Mommy even got to feed a giraffe. Their tongues are so long and creepy! Grandma D felt one of the giraffe's tongues while she was feeding him a carrot. She said that it was smooth and slimy like a human's tongue - not rough like a cat's tongue. Ewww...
Later that same afternoon, Jessie and Jake came up to play with Brandon. Brandon and Jake sported their new zoo t-shirts. Twins!
When Grandma D arrived, she brought Brandon a couple of little new cars. Brandon loved them! He and Grandma D began to play a new game. It started as a game where you sit down, zoom a car across the floor, and say, "Whee!" The "Whee" game has evolved into zooming and crashing cars and saying, "Ready, set, whee!" Brandon became obsessed with this game, and Grandma B became his "Whee" partner. It's so cute to hear Brandon say, "Weddy, et, go, whee!" Brandon "forced" Jessie and Jake to play the "Whee" game with him.
We took it easy the day after the zoo. In the late afternoon, Jo watched Brandon for a couple of hours so Mom, Sandy, and I could take a ride on the MRT to Chinatown.
Instead of loading money onto a train card, we bought the moms one trip train tickets. There are machines where you just touch the map on the train station where you are going. The machine then tells you how much that ticket costs, you put your money in the machine, and there is your ticket! The cost of your train ticket depends on how far you travel on the train.
On Friday, we went to the Singapore Science Center with Jo, Jessie, and Jake and Jo, Stella, and Sam. The kids enjoyed the hands-on activities in the museum, as well as the water park outside.
As you can see, the adults enjoyed the exhibits too!
I especially liked the puzzle below. Made me miss those years as a mathematics teacher.
Brandon was in paradise! He found a large "Whee" game! He rolled the ball down the ramp over and over. He threw a major fit when we had to leave the "Whee".
Friday evening, my mom and Sandy took a cab to the Singapore Flyer. The observation wheel had been out of order for the last week because it was struck by lighting. They went up in the Flyer just as it was getting dark. They loved it! I am happy that they were able to experience the amazing views of the city while they were here.
