Lantern Festival at Chinese Gardens 2011!

This is our second time to get to go to the Lantern Festival and it is always so much fun.  Held at the Chinese Garden and always a taste of culture.  My parents were here last time we went and so we did not feel lonely we brought some friends this time... the Cowdy's joined the fun.

Another great night in Singapore...

We wanted to be early so we could get a free lantern but the weather was not cooperating with us... it was a little rainy but we got our lanterns...

The two Amigos...






Time for a little bit... sausages on a stick, samoa's, and friend rice.

The tree was really cool to look at... and I had to think how were they going to clean that up.  It was the wishing tree... you were to buy a large coin tied to a string and then launch it on the tree while making your wish... there were a lot of wishes.

Pierce and Alex had to climb the temple... we adults stayed at the bottom to take pics...do you see two blonde headed boys?

They made it back down... a little tired but ready for the next adventure.


Pierce really enjoyed having daddy read to him all the stories of the different lanterns....

Pierce and Alex are both in the year of the Dog...

Now time for the carnival rides... this is another reason why we came early... no lines...




Alex's sisters won Pierce this mask... we tell him it is Batman... :-)

The above picture was the last in my big camera... something happened to the SD card... so I had to finish the night taking pics on my phone... which in the dark they never turn out... but I had to share the picture of the lanterns... Our 4 year old boy running around with a paper lantern illuminated by a candle. Only in Singapore...