Banyan Tree, Bintan Indonesia

For Kristin's birthday, the two of us (yes, just the two of us) headed off to Bintan, Indonesia for a weekend at the Banyan Tree Resort.  It was a wonderful place with individual bungalows ... with wonderful privacy.  We headed our own large deck with a "cooling off" pool.  The weather was fantastic, the beach fun ... and very relaxing.  Did we mention no kids???  Yes, the girls stayed back in Singapore with Addlea and had a lovely time preparing for mom's birthday.

Beautiful views of the resort.  This was next to one of the main restaurants ... where we ate breakfast both mornings.  Ahhhhh!

Our deck and balcony over looking the South China Sea ... with our own little cooling off pool.

Views from the inside.

The resort ... our unit was up on the right among the trees.

An Indonesian Monitor Lizard sunning himself on the rocks.

Another one of our little friends.  About the size of a small hand.

Our selfies ... we hear these are popular.

At dinner.

A picture of the spa ... where we had a couple massage.  It was only enjoyable for one of us though!!!

ICS Events

Following are a couple of ICS events that have happened recently.  Nothing too exciting this spring ... but we are keeping busy.

Dessert at the peanut free table.

Mandarin Day.  They show off all they have learned thru songs and other performances.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day.  Not quite the event in Singapore that it is in the U.S.  You can't find valentine's card, nor lots of the favorite candy's, but we celebrate anyway.  Emily's favorites are chocolate covered strawberries, and this year we also celebrated with two heart shaped pizzas.

After our good dinner, the girls crashed on the couch for Kristin to read one of the new Geronimo Stilton books they received as a gift.  A fun bonding time ... with voices and all.  I took this pictures when I wasn't doing the dishes.

Pictures Of Singapore

Right after Chinese New Year, I (Aaron) had a day off work, but the girls had a school day.  Unfortunately, Kristin and Jenna were not feeling well, so I had an outing all by myself.  Here are some of the pictures from my walk around Singapore.

Clarke Quay

The Armenian Church

Chjimes - a former church turned into shops and restaurants

Merlion Park

Cavenagh Bridge

 A Hindu Temple in Chinatown

A Buddha Temple.  Not sure about the tooth relic inside ... I didn't go see it.