JONES Family

JONES Family

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Singapore - Day 5: Universal Studios!

Universal studios was a dream! I think I enjoyed the magic more than Shelby, and he was pretty ecstatic! What a magical day it was!Camille's genius! She knew we should put them in matching bright red shirts so it would be easier to find them (if needed) in a crowd. Here they are on the elevator from the apartment on our way down to start the day.Shelby loves Woody Woodpecker! Lady Woodpecker was the next best thing.
Madagascar rocks!They all went on a rollercoaster and I volunteered to take pics, since I get wayyy too sick to ride.
Pierce rode with Stacy and Shelby rode with Blake...you'll see trading dad's is a bit of a theme for the day. We were so fortunate to have Blake with us, since it was a major week at work for him.
Shrek and Fiona!
High Five, Shrek. We then watched Shrek in 4-D. You heard me right, 4-D! That means, when Donkey sneezes, water squirts out at the crowd. Eewww
There was an entire Jurassic Park kingdom that was pretty fascinating.
Pierce's cool mohawk before it fell.
T's PD Bird. It was his nickname as a baby (the last time I saw him) and I can't let it go. He's such a gentle, loving soul I could just eat him up. Precious little man!
Again, trading dads.
Hi, Millie in the background...
I wish I could remember what Shelby was so upset about, but who knows....
Now that's a new edge to family pics....under the dinosaur's feet.
Camille got the boys gingerbread men from Shrek land.
This was the coolest show ever! So much action! And whenever I get the videos from Singapore all put together you'll see how much fun the boys had and how easily the blond haired, blue eyed white kids got to be picked for fun with water! (teaser, I know...)

Egyptian land
Millie's idea....oh, such strenuous work to hold this stuff up.
The 3 other adults went on adult rollercoasters, so I took the boys for a simple old-timey car ride.

A lady asked me if these were my twin boys....HA!
Spinning things....um...I'll take pics!
Shelby threw up just a little bit and they all thought it was funny....not so much guys....
Beatlejuice! Most 4 yrs olds wouldn't know who this guy is, but Chaila and Aaron let Shelby watch it with them once (Hollie was cute apologizing that she didn't know) but it all paid off when Shelby wasn't the slightest bit afraid of this crazy character.
He assured Pierce it was okay.
Ah, Vin...sweet Vin...LOL
This was some crazy fruit slushy with a serious punch of taste and we thought Shelby would make a funny face, but he loved it....I still thought the joy was cute to capture.
Silly hats! Don't ask what's up with mine....
Another cute family pic.

Crazy Ladies!
This was the cutest! Pierce wanted me to take pics of him in his fireman hat, then he spotted a fire hydrant close by.....GENIUS!
Yeah for Kung Fu Panda!
No, Daddy, I'm not a Princess
It warrants repeating.....WHAT A MAGICAL DAY!

Singapore - Day 4: Singapore Zoo

Singapore has a world famous zoo, and now we sure know why! What an amazing day. Stacy's favorite of the whole trip was the zoo, both this day and the night safari.These birds were so beautiful!Cows? This cracked us up. There were some cows out in front of the ticket stand and cafe. Too funny.Um, good luck there, Pierce.These boys and their maps all week...make sure you get one for each boy or forget it. HeheheOkay, boys, which way?So, they didn't look at all impressed by the water show.But I sure was! The seal was pretty darn humorous.Later in the day we came back to watch another show.... This peacock was awesome!Birds flew all around our heads throughout the show to incorporate into the story.And a monkey on a wire made his grand entrance as well.
After the show we were out and about. This pic is for my GG's! Ladies, you know I'm thinking of you all the way in Singapore when I saw our precious flamingo mascots! :->
So glad this thing was cased and not for live public viewing.What caught me most off-guard was the animals that are just out and about themselves, mingling with the crowds. This guy urinated on a dude's head in front of me!I could have reached out and touched this scary creature if I had wanted!!!Time for the elephant show! Check out their balance on logs.Hi!The boys were front and center for the attraction.They were soooo strong!And they had such a sense of humor. This guy reached up and pulled his trainer's hat off and threw it in the water...Then worked hard to put it back on.After getting splashed, Shelby wanted a seat up high.This scene on the way to the kids park was just breathtaking.
Thanks for brining us to the zoo, Camille!
Kids water park.

This big elephant bucket filled up with water, then the bell would ring and the kids would all run under to get majorly splashed!Ut oh, we have a tattle-tail coming over.Shelby loved the penguins. Aunt Trell...this pics for you.Kisses...More kisses...Australian outback time..Shelby's face here cracks me up. There were a few other kangaroos that were out in reach, but we were advised not to touch because the big guy had recently kicked someone. They started to move and Shelby was clearly not comfortable with that.
And how about the kangaroo's face..."what you lookin at?"
A giraffe man! Cool!!!!