The last day of 2014

Our last day of 2014 was filled with fun activities. We took Jin and the family to the ECP for some bike riding and beach play.

As we have done in the past with other visitors we hired a family bike and headed towards the airport. The weather was marginal but we only got a few drops and the rest was nice and cool :)

We stopped at the halfway point to watch people fishing and have a little play on the beach. 

Then back on the bike for some more exercise! Well Tomo and I didn't do much peddling... but to get this photo I ran so fast to get ahead of the bike! Oliver was behind Matthew :( 

But I got this smily one of him alone when we stopped :)

The kids were fascinated with the remote control car track.  

We kept going until we could be just under the flight path to see some planes come in to land. It was quite far way and then we realised we had to bike all the way back to where we started!! Such a mission...
When we returned the bike it was almost lunch time. Jin and Tomo wanted to try some local food so we had lunch at the hawker center. They had famous Laksa and some stingray.

Of course we got them some sugarcane juice and coconut juice too :)

We then continued to Mana Mana Beach Club for the rest of the afternoon. 

Ayaka and Eiji came to join us too, we had 7 kids in total! People are asking me if we don't have enough kids - No we do have enough of our own thank you. 

We rented out a paddle board. Both Matthew and Jin had a go. 

It was so worth getting it just to see the kids getting on and jumping off the board. They had so much fun!  

Happy kids and some cold beer, perfect way to finish up the year! 

In the evening we had a plan to go into the Marina Bay area for the countdown. Tomo's sister's family was also in town for a holiday so we tried to meet up with them. BIG mistake. What a mission! They got the perfect viewing spot for the fireworks as their hotel was just around the corner. We tried to get to the exact spot they were waiting. We left here slightly too late so as we walked towards the spot police were starting to block the road more and more... I think in the end we almost walked 2 hours but couldn't make it. The crowd got bigger and bigger and we just simply couldn't move any more. We ended up watching the fireworks standing on middle of the road with millions of people around us :(  

Oliver deep asleep in the buggy, Ashley crying and Luca almost asleep... Well, as a family we can get through anything!?

Good bye 2014 - Matthew and I are feeling very positive for 2015. BRING IT ON!!