First Days of School

On Thursday, Amelia started her first day of kindergarten.  After she got over the initial shock that her teacher was a Mr., she was super excited to get started.   She came home from school that day on cloud nine.  She was very disappointed Saturday came so fast.  Amelia also said she now can write and her BFF is a boy named Alex.

Liam started preschool on Friday.   He was such a big boy when he loaded the bus in the morning and didn't even look back to say goodbye.    His teacher said he talked a lot....especially about Thailand.   When he had lunch with me after his day, I asked him what he liked the most.   Like a typical boy he replied "the bus and the playground". 

This will be a great year.  I am just a little nostalgic about how fast life has gone to get to this point.  Slow down time!!!

Singapore Zoo

Today was National Day and to celebrate we bought an annual pass to the Singapore Zoo.   We only have to go 2-3 times for it to pay its self off and knowing that we are only 2.5 km away, that should be easy.

Leave it to Singapore to have the cleanest, nicest smelling zoos I have ever been to.  Unlike the zoo in Bangkok, it wasn't full of animal shows where you second guess safety and how the animals were being treated.   The Singapore Zoo is a good balance of seeing the animals, education,  and natural habitats.  It's probably the nicest zoo I have ever seen.

The zoo also has a splash park and playground.   We spent a good amount of time there and didn't make it to all the exhibits.    That's alright because we have a year to do so.

The kids love their animal statues. 

Kis Play Zone: water area.  The pass will be used mostly for this area.

What is so cool about this zoo is not all the animals are in cages.  Some are free roaming. 

Feeding time.

The lemurs FREAKED Liam out. 

The cutest baby orangutans.  I wish the picture was better. 

Our new home away from home.

We are now into our third week of living in Singapore and I would say 100% settled into our new home.   I am still working on finding all the comfort foods we love (or at least the ingredients), but we have all the household items we need plus more.

In June, Wade was in Singapore and took a day to look at places.    My criteria was it to be near other young families and close to school. That day he saw about 10, but one stood out.  So trusting his judgement and advise from the realitor, we signed for it then.  Thank goodness we did, because when I arrived pickings for good places were slim.  Wade did good....really good.   I have never lived in a condo/apartment before, but the place has a homey feel and is very comfortable.    The big TV and surround sound left for us also helps. 

We are not near other families from our "pledge class", but as more families have trickled in this past week and weekend I am already seeing a community transpire. 

I was also able to find for cheap the bunk beds I had promised the kids!!!!