Friday night the girls had been invited to a disco themed birthday party in the city at a new friends' condo form 7-10 PM. That same evening Fred and I were planning to attend a neighborhood party. We all wanted to attend our parties so we needed to come up with some sort of plan that would work out for all of us. We decided to get a hotel right across the street from where the birthday party was. The girls could walk over to the party and we'd be back by 10 to pick them up. When we went to our hotel room we realized it was way too small for the 4 of us- the beds were just bigger than a twin but not quite a double. We decided when we went back to our neighborhood party, we'd quickly grab our air mattress and use that too. Strike 1 for things not working out. Fred and I were at our party and at 7PM we got a call- the girl's party had been moved to Saturday, but we hadn't gotten an email with the change (as I mentioned new friend- and not super close). Strike 2 for things not working out. So now we had a hotel room that was too small that we didn't need and had to run back to the city to pick up the girls at a party that was the next night. The drive into the city is 30-45 minutes each way. We made our 3rd drive, got the girls, and figured we should enjoy the downtown evening since we were here!
Singapore goes all out with holiday decorations. The main downtown drag is completely covered with lights. They have brilliant lights over the street every 50 feet and then all along the streets are huge lit up ornaments hanging from the trees. The photo above shows the main downtown mall (ION) with it's front all aglow. The entire area is lit up in blue and white. It was incredible to see and we were glad we made the most of our unnecessary overnight stay in the city.
The next morning we wandered the streets in the daytime and took photos of the decorations that were not lit up. We came across huge decorative angels and then in front of a department store, called Tangs, we saw a statue of a woman in a peacock dress with a peacock feather head dress that went all the way up to the ceiling covering it with feathers.
Despite some curveballs thrown at us, we made the most of the evening and the next day. We headed back home in the afternoon and then once again Saturday evening we were heading back to the city for the disco birthday party. The girls were all dressed up and ready to dance the night away.
Strike three hit when Fred and I were enjoying dinner while the girls were at their party, and Jen called to tell us the party ends at 9PM instead of 10PM. We wrapped up dinner quickly and drove over to get them. For some reason we just couldn't get things straight with this party, but in the end the girls had a great time.
Just an added bonus to our weekend of errors, we went out to dinner with Fred's boss on Sunday evening, but when we showed up at our favorite pizza place it was closed for renovations! COME ON. It was a tough weekend and we needed a break. Thank goodness there was a burger place nearby and once again things worked out- we found another restaurant that was pretty good.
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