We didn't have much in mind what to do tho. Even a day before Christmas Eve we didn't have a plan for the next day. When we got up we thought maybe it is nice to take the boys to the zoo, as Oliver has been begging us to take him to there since we got back from Japan.
Oh boy both of them were so very excited!!
A nice live Christmas tree at the entrance:
Straight into animal watching!
I think this was the first time we let Luca walk a lot instead of sitting in his buggy. As you can imagine he was very very happy :)
I didn't know that the panda exhibit was already open, there was no queue to get the extra tickets (adults $5, kids $3) so why not check it out!
Oliver is now very into reading (?) the information board, or rather imagining what the board says from the photos and making up stories. He is pretty good!
Some pandas (they have two, Kai Kai and Jia Jia) arrived here in Singapore a few months ago but have been in quarantine. They have been upgrading the zoo and opening up a new part called River Safari and Pandas will be part of it. But for now you can only get to the Giant Panda Forest.
When you purchase the tickets they give you a certain viewing time to control the number of people there at once. I was very impressed how well organised it was.
Still, lots of people were there:
You are allowed in the exhibit for 15min - we found it was a sufficient amount of time. I was expecting them to be so far away and people everywhere but this is how close we were to them.
Zooming in with my iphone:
Maybe being there nice and early helped, they were quite active and moving around a lot. The boys were very excited to see this live giant teddy bear!!
After the viewing we popped into the Panda cafe for some morning tea. The boys got to sit on the Panda chair and shared a panda pau (Yes! I picked the perfect T-shirt for the day!)
After seeing the pandas we did our usual walk around the zoo - Mr. Oliver the zoo keeper told us where to go and what animals to see. We didn't stay long as we know we will be back with our friends in a weeks time but it was still a lovely outdoor morning/afternoon activity for the boys on Christmas Eve!
In the evening we went downstairs to join our friends who were having a Christmas BBQ. Oliver and Luca were in their Christmas outfits (with some gumboots... of course).
There was so much food! Kangaroo patties, Jamaican jerk chicken, pasta, homemade bread, salads, you name it!
These little egg and tomato mushrooms were my favourite! So creative!
The party ended with some Christmas carols and continued at Stefan's place.
Stefan leading the others in some songs:
Our boys were too tired so we had to leave after the BBQ but we had such a great time. Again, I met some new people and Matthew got to relax with some workmates. The best part? We just had to push the buggy upstairs when it was time to head home :) I love it!
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