Zhanar and dina pose by a classic old door on club street. 

After Dina's morning nap, we went to Christmas Brunch at the Hyatt on Orchard with a couple other familes. Dina had a great time, and wasn't even scared by "Monseur Santa Le Terrible".  

Dina is just starting to get the idea of opening presents. We spent most of christmas morning opening presents with Mom-mom and Pop-pop over a Skype video conference...  

Christmas Morning. Dina's most visible present was the Moose from Ikea. We liked it because it reminds us of Vancouver. Dina likes it because it rocks... and it's scary. She's wearing her "flower" pajamas. She likes to point at the pictures and say "Gul" which means flower in Kazakh. 

Christmas eve family photo. The camera was on it's tripod on the stairs. The phot just before this one is a picture of the stairwell, taken as the camera did it's slinky impression down the steps. But it seems to have survived quite well. 

Dina liked touching the tree. I was surprised by how gentle she was. As far as we know, she didn't pull any ornaments off the tree... but zhanar did put a couple little stuffed animals in there for her to pick up. 

On Christmas Eve, Dina practiced her costanza pose by the tree. 

The 5-foot-way on our street is a great shelter from the sun and rain. Some of the shops down below were cluttering it up with chairs and tables until recently. The good old government must have cracked down or something, and I say hooray! 

Dina got her first taste of crab on Saturday... but she tried the Butter Crab instead of the Chili Crab. She was scared of the shells at first, until this one did a little song and dance for her. 

We had a pleasant breakfast one morning at the Epicurious Cafe just by the river near our apartment. 

She still loves reading 

Dina had a great time in the fountain at Vivo City... the water comes out at random intervals and a couple times Dina got curious and started looking straight into the hole when the water was off -- and got a big squirt right in the face when it turned on. But she loved it. 

Dina looks older when she sits in the itty bitty chairs at Corduroy Cafe. 

Here comes the foam... 

We went to see the "snow" at Tanglin mall one day. For the weeks leading up to Christmas, they blow foam snow. Dina was a little uncertain at first. 

Dina likes to read on the throne. 

There's plenty of open space for Dina to enjoy in the national museum. It's set up so that you pay for different exhibits and then the barcode on your ticket will let you past only the checkpoints that you pay for -- unless you lose your ticket like Bill did. Then you have to make a stink to get a new one... but at least open areas are all free. 

Spiral stairway in the Singapore National Museum 

There was a room full of interestng black Chinese chairs where you could look at photos... and take photos as well. 

We visited the National Museum. There are lots of nice places to take photos. 

Fishy Fish 

We had a nice time going around town with Mom-mom and Pop-pop. This photo is taken in the cafe at the Red Dot gallery in Chinatown. 

More pics from the photo shoot... 

We did a photo shoot at Raffles Hotel in order to get a christmas card photo. We ended up with a bunch of nice photos of the family. 

Dina enojyed having mom-mom and pop-pop come to visit at Thanksgiving.