Val's Spot

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Our Weekend

The older girl is Janae Goode and the younger two are Talia and Olivia Bridgeman. Janae sometimes watches Analia at school--she's good with kids.

She wasn't likin' the hat!!

We had a great weekend. On Saturday morning we went to Arab Street to get some things to decorate for graduation. On a whim we stopped at a food shop and had roti prata. They were huge and delicious--not to mention cheap!! Saturday evening we went to a surprise birthday party for a friend. She was really surprised because her birthday is not for another two weeks. It was good to catch up with friends. We had to watch Ana though. They have beautiful pools with waterfalls and she wanted to jump right in.

On Sunday we went to the Cricket Club with the Wongs and sat in the Lounge. Uncle Michael ordered chicken wings, pizza, sausage, samosas, corned beef sandwiches, club sandwiches, and satay. It was all good. The challenging thing was keeping Ana occupied and quiet as there were no high chairs. They had a bouncy castle out. She and Joshua went out for a while, but found it to be too hot!! Matt went out to a student council party, but Ana and I stayed home and watched Fiddler on the Roof--you should see her dance!!

Saturday, May 30, 2009

YEAH!!

Our long awaited US immigration paper arrived Friday. This is such a blessing because Matt leaves for China for three weeks on June 8th. We have one week to get all our paperwork notarized that he has to be present for. Isn't God's timing perfect? Just the other day I was all depressed because many of my friends are leaving AND almost everyone else from the school is going back to the States for the summer. God knows when we need a little pick me up!! Also my parents arrive for two weeks in exactly six days! This should be a busy week with graduation and other end of the year activities!

Monday, May 25, 2009

Silly

Laughter is good medicine! She sat there like this for quite a while. You wonder what they're thinking!!

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A Very Real Part of Life in Singapore

So, this is not the most uplifting post!! When I got Ana up this morning I noticed huge red spots on the back of her legs, one on her hand, and one on her arm. We have a mosquito net on her bed, but sometimes they still manage to sneak in!! Tropical bites are a bit worse than American ones! After putting some itching stuff on it which didn't work, I looked it up on the internet. One site suggested using deoderant. I tried and she hasn't itched since!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Sit 'n Spin

We bought this from a family that is leaving Singapore. Ana really likes it because of the music (which gets annoying after about two minutes!) Today she took a friend for a ride. I didn't suggest it--this was not a posed shot! Maybe she'll have more fun when she can put a brother on the other side. Anyway, they've altered these from when I was a kid and made them safer and much, much slower. Shhh--don't tell Ana!

PS Megan--there's one of the shirts you bought!!

The Indian Dance

I FINALLY got this to upload--Matt's in the middle in white--enjoy and don't laugh too hard!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Flu (from school)

Here's Ana sacked out on the bean bag chair!!

Ana is a little dynamo. She NEVER sits still unless she's forced to or is sick. Today she sat with me or Matt for hours. It's nice not to have to chase her, BUT I miss the spunky, glimmer in her eyes! Pray for our recovery. Matt had it too, but is getting over it!