The Circle of Life

We saw the Lion King this weekend at Marina Bay Sands. It was an amazing show, the costumes were so clever and the music was a highlight. We checked out the rooftop bar for a drink afterwards and the views were amazing. The pool on the top of the hotel is slightly freaky though. We definitely want to stay there so we can go for a swim in it.

For Mother's Day I was spoiled with gifts and pancakes in the morning. I then could choose what I wanted to do so I though we'd head o the Mandai Orchid Gardens (the girls kept suggesting I might like to go to Universal Studios instead). When we got to the Orchid Garden it was closed for upgrading so we changed plans and went to Bollywood Vegies which is a working vegetable farm. The farm gardens were a welcome bit of countryside and we enjoyed a lovely lunch which used mainly food grown at the farm. A few fighter jets flew overhead occasionally but apart from that it was just the sounds of nature. We got stranded again as there were no taxis willing to go out to the countryside but after we'd walked a km down the road a tourist bus did stop and pick us up and took us to visit a goat farm before taking us to the train station. It always seems to work out in the end...

We've had a few drama's this weekend, probably stemming from the fact both girls are tired having had a very late night on Friday as they each had a sleepover. Felicity has decided to look after an egg and called it Egg-wina. The Egg has sadly had to be replaced twice and both incidents somehow involved Alice. There was also a 24 hours dispute over who owned a silly little green worm toy and who owned the orange one. Both wanted the orange one and both can remember being given it at Christmas. Mothers Day would be bliss if it wasn't for kids!

New Kind of Normal

We are now finally beginning to settle properly into Tiong Bahru. It's a constant learning curve with new bus routes to learn and the best ways to get anywhere and where to find shops. We are enjoying our new neighbourhood which has more character than around Novena but a bit further to walk to trains and bus stops. No-one seems to mind too much - we're very used to walking these days. We are closer to a wet market / hawker centre so will hopefully enjoy fresh food and flowers at a cheaper price.

It was a long weekend this weekend, as is next weekend (for the election - who will win I wonder???) and the weekend after for Vesak Day. Love the short weeks.

The girls had their Aths Carnival on Friday which I missed because I was working. Both girls got hot, came home with several ribbons and Felicity even sported a few war wounds from when an opponent knocked her down in the sprint by entering her lane. All was good though because their house "Ghana" won the trophy! Felicity and I were invited to a friend's house to watch the Royal Wedding and were served cucumber sandwiches. Alice went to another friend's house to view the big occasion. Matt forgot to watch it. Anyway we loved the celebrations and it was fun watching with Brits who got all emotional when they sang "God Save the Queen". We noticed the Queen didn't actually sing that.

Here are few photo from a walk around the neighbourhood.

Happy Huddart Holidays

We've had a wonderful time with the Huddarts and in a few hours they are off to the airport. The kids are out doing a Easter Egg Treasure Hunt around the condo at the moment while Elissa and Toph do some last minute shopping.

We have so enjoyed getting to know wonderful Meg who calls Matt "Muncle Matt" and me "Looo-Sin-Dah". She has provided us with many laughs and is fascinated by Buckley. Leisel has loved being with her big girl cousins and Jack has enjoyed playing games that do not include a ball for a change. Jack was a wonderful help at Earth Day clean up today

which Alice, Felicity, Jack and I did with the Australian High Commission and the US Embassy at Pasir Ris Park.

The kids have has such wonderful playtimes together and we've had some great parent evenings outs and several games of Ticket to Ride. We'll miss them all very much..

The Huddarts have covered most of Singapore while here as the pictures tell however we have worked out a few things they've missed that they need to come back for...