We took a trip to VivoCity. It's Singapore's largest mall. This mall is completely overwhelming and it's not just it's size that makes it so. The main walkways are wide and a wall to wall sea of people - well on the weekend they certainly are. It connects right to the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) and even has an outdoor playground. I actually have no concept of how large it really is, because I get the sense that we only saw a tiny corner of it. It's also confusing not knowing any of the store names and merchandising is more very eye catching and condensed than we are used to in Canada.

We headed to the Toys R Us to see if we could find a sit and stand stroller so that both of the littles can be in the stroller at once. Ms.E can't walk these distances, at least not yet, and Ms.I weighs more that 30 lbs, which is a bit much to have in the baby carrier all day, especially in this heat. We didn't find a double stroller option, but we did find the most intense store we'd ever been in.

This Toys R Us was packed with toys, and lights, and shiny things every where you looked. Even the ceiling was shiny. At first I was worried I'd loose Jon in all the people in there, then I remember to look for Ms.I's blond head in the sea of dark hair. It's hard to tell in the photo, but she's very blond - perhaps even more than when we arrived a week ago.

Toys R Us over stimulation. The whole store looked like this. 

I get my Disney fixes where I can, so I got myself a picture with a Disney princess here. It's also the release of Toy Story 4 and it advertising and merchandise is everywhere in Singapore. The girls aren't really Toy Story fans, but I'm quite tempted to go see it.

Photos with Cinderella in Toys R Us.

There was a pretty impressive Merlion, which is Singapore's symbol, made of Lego by the till. I'm tempted to go back and buy this Lego of 1500 pieces for $99. Wonder if we could make a tiny merlion. I guess I'll watch and see if it goes on sale. We only bought water bottles on lanyards for the girls, because they really need to carry those everywhere.

1500 pieces for $99. The one thing in Toys R Us that seemed cheaper than in Canada. 
The Lego Merlion at Toys R Us.

We also saw our first flat escalator for strollers/grocery carts in VivoCity. I love that! Traditional escalators are everywhere, but with a stroller we are always searching for the lift (elevator), and once there you may have to get in line and wait to get on.

This escalator has no stairs. I felt confused riding it, like I didn't know where I should put my feet.

Food note of the day:

In VivoCity we ate lunch at the restaurant So Pho. We were all incredibly stuffed for $43.00: A huge bowl of Pho Ga (a chicken noodle soup), a spicy chicken curry dish served with bread, and a stir fry on rice dish. We also ordered fries and white rice for the kids just to be safe.

The food came out one dish at a time, I imagine as it was cooked. It meant that as everyone else was eating, Ms.E was waiting quite a while before something came out that she would eat. That's also why there's an Oreo cookie pack on the table in our picture.

I always love Pho Ga, but I really liked the spicy curry too. The kids tried, but it was really too spicy for them. Basically we had a great big share fest of sampling dishes.

So Pho at VivoCity

Go figure, as we were leaving the mall we found a food court right near the exit to MRT station. We'll have to remember that! A food court would have been a lot cheaper than So Pho.