Army Museum... one of our fav's...

I was going through all of our post and for some reason I can't find this one... and I can't believe I have not blogged about it yet (sorry if I did... enjoy it for the second time).  Another favorite place in Singapore is the Army Museum... and we have been several times... a great time to celebrate all that Singapore has accomplished and reflect back on the past...


This first picture was taken inside the overturn bus that represents the year of the riots in Singapore... 


An example of the living quarters for the soldiers... we showed Pierce how nice and neat their cabinet and bed were... :-)



This is not Pierce's favorite room (however it is mine)... we have only been able to watch this show once it is 4-D and has some loud noises...

Here Pierce is admiring all the tanks below...


Let the propaganda begin...



Pierce loves to look at these painted tiles... and then he wants to rush home and paint some just like them...

For some reason I think you have seen these before... but not sure... so here they are (again)... Pierce edited these pics himself... he wanted them to look old and army like.






One of his favorite times... the apaches... oh my...

Another great day playing army and being a boy...

I would love to have more time for crafts...

My sister-n-law Elysse is so good at crafts and being crafty that I often want to be like her... so here is one of my attempts... I do not have a lot of holiday decorations so I have resorted to making them myself... I just never know how they will turn out... I saw this on Pinterest awhile back and gave it a try... making my own crafty garland... I went to a local seamstress and got some of her left over scraps and then to the $2 store and got some ribbon... and this is what happened...


Take a piece of rope and tie small scraps of material to it...


This is what it makes... it was cute and then for Thanksgiving I took off the SPOOKY and added THANKS... now on to the next craft... in about 6 months...

50th day of school...

The 50th day of school was a great day... bc we got to have a flashback to the 50's... I think the teachers and parents enjoyed it more than anything... and the music was so good...

Here is Pierce all dressed up for 50's day.

This next picture is really funny... this was put together by some of us parents for the party... look real close maybe we should go back to school.

Here comes Pierce to the party... seeing everyone and everything for the first time... Mr. Cool.


JK all lined up to get their ice cream floats...




Is it yummy?


Junior Kindergarten rocks...

Then after the ice cream... they cranked up the music and the dancing begun...


A great day at school for sure... can't wait until the 100th day...

Fort Siloso

We found a new treasure in Singapore... Fort Siloso at Sentosa Island... oh boy so much fun.  I am playing major catch up here seeing this was back in November or I would write all kinds of stuff about this place... but to save time I will say... YOU MUST GO... so cool... 
This little bus drops you off at the entrance after buying your ticket.. all of these buildings and canons are the original pieces (with a little paint and maintenance) from WWII.


Throughout the buildings there were wax figures showing you what it would have looked like back in the day... here a soldier is carrying the ammo from the storage facility.

This picture was taken from one of the lookout tours that was looking for Japanese ships (that is when the British were in charge).


I forget what they called this room... but something like the surrender room... this is when the British Army surrendered to the Japanese... the original picture is on the plaque... it was a bit eerie in this room.

Pierce was so into all the details... he even would sit down and watch the movies... some we would have to leave quickly they were a bit to gory.

Here is another view of when the British Army were in the same room with the Japanese and papers were being signed for the Japanese to take over.

Back outside to see the canons... the first picture were the British Army's canons and the second ones were the Japanese... the Japanese ones looked a little more sophisticated (to our uneducated eyes).


We of course had to take a picture of the British Flag.


These canons were from Cambodia.

Sleeping bunkers... some had to sleep in hammocks.



In one of the look out towers there was this boat reference sheet... Warship Identification Chart... Pierce wanted one of these....



A fun day for sure... since this day Pierce has gone back again with daddy... a favorite for sure...