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: