Week 167 and Week 80.5

Sorry this is going to be a short post as we have to be done with packing today!  We are doing it all ourselves and I am ready to be done!

Pollution masks (luckily the pollution cleared on Saturday - but we took this picture last week:

Char is upset because we told her we sold the TV (which we did but got another one).  Not the beloved TV!

Moving:

Last Sunday park shots:

Post fingerprint shower:

Last naked airport dim sum:

Airport fun!

Week 166 and Week 79.5 - Smog and moving and Father's Day

Argh - sorry for the late post AGAIN.  We are packing and I hate moving (did I mention that I hate moving?).  Plus there is this apocalyptic layer of smog over Singapore thanks to land clearing fires in Indonesia.  The air is terrible - the kids are trapped inside most of the day and Sophia is super grumpy about it.  She was unable to expend her normal daily energy and she got up on Monday night for 4 hours (1 to 5AM).  The girls went to an indoor playground yesterday and Sophia slept through which is awesome.

Olivia came to visit for an afternoon - which was really fun!  Glad it was before the smog rolled in.

We had a low key father's day at the airport - we snuck into Imperial Treasure for a superquick dim sum meal (who knew you had to pre-book for Father's Day there?) and played in an interactive rainforest thingy and rode the train from Terminal 3 to 2 to 3 again.  We also walked through a Laos exhibit there.  And in the evening we had a fun barbeque at the Stampers (who are also leaving Singapore).  A great day!

Uncle Neil has spent the last week with us which has been superfun too.  Charlotte is too cute - she calls him Uncle "That Guy" - she is funny.

Sophia got her jabs last week - she does not like the needles but was fine in a minute.  I lost her Chicago Cubs hat on the way to the doctor-  o well, at least I got a couple of photos of her wearing it before it disappeared.

I had a parent teacher conference with Charlotte's teachers yesterday - she is some sort of superstar with great academic (read: arts and crafts), social, and Chinese potential.  Matt of course wants to know where she can improve (he is so Western - my default reaction is 'great, she is doing ok' - I don't need any constructive feedback) and they say that she could use some leadership training and learn the front/back/up/down directions better (last year it was she needed to learn how to pedal a bike).  I am just happy that she participates in class discussions - I think it took me forever to get over my overarching shyness to talk in class...

Sorry for the short post - I need to continue packing...

Sophia and Yaya have the same head size:

Slide fun!

Olivia!

Those cute Cetin boys - also leaving Singapore too this summer:

This hat disappeared moments after these photos were taken :(

Sophia and Doctor Malahti:

We got this chair off of Freecycle - the girls and Uncle Neil like it!

Father's Day shots:

The Stampers!

Cute Sophia is matchy matchy:

Helping (or hindering) Uncle Neil packing:

Week 165 and Week 78.5 - Sleep

Charlotte is out of sorts with sleeping.  She just cannot sleep by herself!  She wants Matt/Imee/me to sleep with her till she falls asleep.  Is this a phase?  Maybe we will put her in a room with Sophia in our new place.  Then they can jibber jabber their way to dreamland.

Charlotte is talking about Disneyland - I was about to give Matt a hard time for introducing DL to Char - and he was about to admonish me for the same.  In fact her teacher Miss Dorothy has talked to her about Disneyland - and now she wants to go... little does she realize the place has tons of Fat Barneys walking around, clamored by kids who want to take their pictures with them.  Not Char.  She is a proper scaredy cat - which is too funny.  We will go this year perhaps now that we will be closer to there.

Saturday night Matt and I went to a hockey party - and we were out till 2AM!  We are exciting!  We are, aren't we?  I cannot remember when we were out so late.

We spent all day Sunday running around picking up stuff and dropping off stuff that we are selling off.  It was a lot of logistics but sort of fun for the kids to see and explore areas of Singapore (or just the expressways really).

We went swimming with our neighbors on Sunday - which was a great send-off from Susie and Matt, capping off an amazing journey of newborn motherhood among neighbors.  Sophia is FEARLESS in the water.  Like fall into the water 6 times fearless.  She is not fussed at all going in or getting out - she could use some healthy fear.  I bought her those arm floaties - as watching her otherwise is a full-time deal.  As Matt says, you sneeze and she goes under!

Sophia is also down to one nap a day - which we have pushed over the last couple of weeks from 11AM to 1PM.  The kids are also eating lunch in the park at 5PM- which seems to suit their schedule better than eating at 7PM.  So a litany of schedule changes to accommodate our ever-changing kids!

Sophia is also 18 months and I am still breastfeeding - wow on me! She can also drink from a cup - all on her own (perhaps the straw is not fast enough for her).

I was reminded today that I graduated from high school twenty years ago today - another wow, I feel old!

We also took Char to the dentist today - she was relatively cooperative but still, you know, insubordinate.

Fingerpainting on a rainy afternoon:

This is a blurry photo - but I love Sophia's expression!

Pre swim snack break:

Drinking!

Sophia was fussy so the kind waitress showed her an effective, distracting video:

Donuts!

Delightful Astrid!

Swimming!

Park eating!

Char is a big girl!

Miles came over and played!