Ashley Comes to Visit!!!

I have been so excited for my sister, Ashley, to come visit us for a week.  This was a visit I hadn't anticipated since Andy, Ashely and their kids were already booked to come visit us next June but the addition of a bun in the oven due next April definitely put taught her a lesson about buying plane tickets 300+ days in advance!  Things can change - and we're so excited about Baby Freedman #3's arrival next spring.  And I was especially excited because it meant she fit in a visit in November since otherwise she wouldn't make it here for quite a while!

Usually Ashley is great about taking lots of pictures - she's very much like my mother that way - but somehow we were completely remiss during her visit and so there are few pictures to share.  I can say that we did lots of things along with her accompanying me on regular school-day activities as well.  We hit Chinatown, the Aquarium, the Gardens, Fish Spa, American Club, lots of errand-running and grocery shopping, a little personal shopping, Marina Bay Sands light show, riding in the Duck Boat, visiting the Merlion and a full day in Batam, Indonesia at a spa.  There were lots of other activities too but I can't remember them all!

Out of all these activities, the only really great pictures I have are from the Fish Spa.  Never done it before and probably won't again except that seeing the reaction on Ashley's face after she put her feet into the tub would be something I would love to recreate on all of our visitor's faces.  Both of our cheeks hurt from laughing so hard.  Definitely an experience!

 At this point, Ashley is shrieking and laughing and crying all at once!

The fish were a little nervous about getting too close to Laura's blue polish!

 Ashley entertaining kids at the kitchen table

Standing in front of the famous Singapore Merlion

(a combination of a Merlin fish body and a Lion head, which is Singa in Malay)