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 Like last year, the boys enjoyed paddleboating and splashing around the wading pool by sunset.  Unlike last year, we had dinner first and brought their swimwear. :)

The boat that looks like a pirate ship is apparently part of the Mexican navy, here for a visit. They were playing beautiful romantic Mexican music, which was incongruous with the surroundings but very pleasant. :)

Mirror Mirror

 The boys and I went to the Science Centre last week. They were a bit disappointed that the Human Body exhibit wasn't still there, but the Mirror Maze was a pretty fun replacement! (It was kind of hard even for grown-ups, but James found the way through!)  They also got to play in the water section this time around.  (After the fire tornado and the "fire the carbon balls at the targets" game, they just wanted to go home, but I convinced them to just take a look -- and as soon as they saw the water, they couldn't wait to go play in it.)

At the end of the visit, James was delighted to see one of his friends from Camp Asia -- just long enough to say hello, since the friend was heading out, but it made James's day nonetheless.

Next best thing to a swim-up bar?

Children's Garden

On Saturday we went to the Children's Garden section of the Botanic Gardens. It was kind of a hot day, so I specifically picked a place with shade. :)  We hadn't gotten to go there last time (we went on a Monday and it was closed).  It has several different areas to explore -- the kids' favorites were the playground and the water play area, and they also loved climbing around on the huge tree.  (Apparently this is our world tree-climbing tour!  At least the plants here in Singapore aren't as potentially deadly as those in Australia.)

Clarke Quay

Clarke Quay is a restaurant/bar area on the river, across the street from Fort Canning.  We had Mexican food for dinner after our Ft. Canning walk -- it was kind of funny to be all the way across the world and be eating Mexican food! It was a bit different than in the U.S., but still tasty.
There was a man selling photos to raise money for this travels around the world.  Matthew picked one of Niagara Falls. :)