Singapore sign posts

One thing I have come to love in Singapore are the road signs! There is nothing more frustrating when you are on the highway cruising along, at the speed limit ofcoarse, and all of a sudden traffic comes to a halt. The once happy attitude in the car turns sour at the possibility of sitting in an hour of traffic. Somehow it all seems better when you reach the sign ahead alerting you of what went wrong. You see, they have these signs that are elctronic and change according to the situation, telling of coming events in the area, or accidents or car jams. Today on the way home from our Drs. appt. Ethan and I encountered one of these traffic jams. It was bad enough already that it decided to down pour on us, so we were already feeling a bit cranky. But we somehow felt a little better when we saw that familiar sign ahead that said "vehicle breakdown lane 2 rochor rd. exit". There was a light at the end of the tunnel, a break in traffic ahead! We were not far from that exit so knew the traffic would clear soon. Gotta love those signs. We should adopt this system in the states.

"Mom, watch this!"

As I am loving the quiet house now that the older boys are in school, I seem to have a parrot in my house. One of the biggest reasons to send Aaron to school was so that I could have concentrated time with Ethan to work on some things with his character. This is great, but he has lost his playmates that he has never known life without. So I have gladly become his playmate. The most common thing I have heard is "mom, watch this". I love to see what he thinks is cool and has discovered to do, but it is about 100 times each day! And most often it's the same thing over and over again. He has essentially become an only child during the day. I have totally forgotten what this entails. Alot of affirming with comments like "wow!" or "you are so good!" or "great job!" or "cool", all with genuine interest. Need I go on? So, I feel like a parrot being cued to say things on command based on certain things he does/says. BUT......... Having said this, I wouldn't change it for a minute! The children are the light of my life and I am so blessed to be able to spend my days teaching and training them! I get to peek in on him during quiet playtime and hear his conversations with his self and his toys, this is a precious gift.

Electrified!

It's a good thing she doesn't know about good and bad hair days yet. So, would I be a really bad mom if I saved this for leverage some day?

Caitlyn smiles

In the last two weeks we have been rewarded with beautiful smiles from Caitlyn. Her first month nand a half were so difficult we wondered if this day would ever come. There were many times where she would be screaming so hard while riding in the car we had to climb in the back to pick her up. She was completely hysterical, and totally beside herself. It got to the point I never wanted to go anywhere. Now it is more common for her to be content than hysterical, this is a great relief. She has now been happy and content for a good 2 weeks, for which we are so greatful. Steve and I fall in love with her more and more each day. Her smiles are like God's little blessing on a difficult day, sunshine in the midst of the rain, a reminder that He is still there and His beauty can be wrapped in the tiniest of packages. It looks as if an angel comes down and tickles her belly. It's priceless. Children truly are a blessing from The Lord!

Climbing the walls, litterally

The rainy season in Singapore can get pretty bad. This week it rained every single day, leaving us with very little to do. As you can imagine, we were needing activity with 3 boys running around the house. On this day they actually resorted to climbing the walls for fun. I think I need ot work harder at finding activities for them to do!