Jacob Ballas Children's Garden - so named after a Jewish-Singaporean stockbroker and philanthropist - is a veritable garden paradise for little ones, tucked away at one corner of the Botanic Gardens.
It has designated areas for water and sand play, a tree-house structure with slides, a garden maze, a hanging bridge, and lots of thingamajigs that arouse wonder and curiosity about nature in children.
I loved how, in spite of its tropical setting, each area and walkway in the garden is framed by shady arbors - tall trees with spreading leafy branches that allow the morning sun to filter through, and channel a cooling breeze throughout.
I brought the two boys for the first time last weekend, and we couldn't resist making a second trip again when we saw how fine the weather was on Saturday.
Here are the scenes from the 2 weekends.
"A-Hiking We Will Go!"
Up the ladder and down the big orange slides at the tree-house:
Love the glee on his face!
Walking across the swinging bridge... whoa!
By turning the crank, the light comes on...
"Phew - this is back-breaking work!"
And guess who couldn't resist stripping down to just his pants and getting wet and wild!
Finally, time for a break before heading back home... little brother is already fast asleep in his stroller!
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