gardens by the bay (again)

we went to gardens by the bay this monday again. h was delighted to be skipping school for a day and was all cooperative from the get-go. n poo bombed while i was carrying him in the baby carrier so that wasn't so fun because the poo went all over his onesie as well and we had to do a major clean-up - thank goodness for the very nice baby rooms at the gardens! other than that, he was chill for most parts of the outing. again, the best part for me was the aircon :P 

we were at the gardens from 11am all the way to 5pm which is kind of amazing considering it spans h's nap time and 3 milk feeds for n. 

started the day off at cafe crema again as they serve a very good ham/cheese sandwich and bread platter with lovely homemade blueberry jam. then it was off to the two conservatories where h expended her energy running around in the air conditioned comfort, while I tried to conserve mine. the colourful blooms made for very attractive photo objects. i i i especially liked the lupins. 

afterwards, we had a late lunch at the old hill street cafe which is at the supertree grove and then h went up to the ocbc skyway with my dad and later took the tram ride with me. the tram took us past the floating baby sculpture (marc quinn's planet) which h quickly identified as a baby boy. h having been on the tram ride once before also was able to tell me what we would see along the route, including how a particular hut housed a ring of mushrooms. i think she amused the tram driver as well with her non-stop chatter.

managed to take quite nice pictures this time round of the kids with my parents so that made me happy ...