The Autumn Festival

Mooncakes and lanterns were the coveted items under the full moon at the Chinese Garden. Sharon, Anna, Sophia and mom went for a night out while Kristina slept and Dad was flying around the world. Sophia set the record with 5 mooncakes consumed in under 10 minutes. I think the rest of us were dropping them by 'accident' so we wouldn't have to finish them!

Sophia and the lilly pads!

Aaaaall the Girls

Biker Chicks

The Singapore Zoo

The zoo here is great and breakfast with the Orangutans--they are literally right beside the dining tables--is someting I'm sure we will do over, and over, and over. Sophia couldn't take her eyes off the primates for a picture, but Kurt and Anna are posing nervously!

The animals are beauiful, well cared for and in great variety. The ice cream is good, too!

The Bindi Girls

We love to go to Tekka Market and buy bindis and bangles. Here are the bindis...

First Day of School

I didn't get a shot of Anna and Sophia getting on the bus on their first day--we had no time! Their bus leaves for school at 6:48AM. On The Dot. I did get to take some photos once Sophia had arrived on campus to play before their day officially started at 8:00. Can you believe they must leave the house over an hour early for class? Yikes! Thankfully they go together, otherwise I think we would have had struggle getting them on (Sophia is about the size of one of the steps she needs to scale when boarding!). It's a long day for Anna in particular since she doesn't reach home until just before 4pm, but they are having a great time even though they don't always want to wear the uniform. Navy is not their favorite color. ;0)

Sunday Dinner on the Singapre River

From negotiations ,to goofy, to giggles we have one of our first Sunday dinners out on the town. Sophia was a little frightening in her clip so I opted not to post her bearing her teeth and acting like a ferocious tiger. The acting was a little too good!
Note: this will probably be the only time that Kurt will be documented wearing 'earrings'!

To London, to London

...we went before Singapore...

Unfortunately Buckingham Palace didn't quite fit the image the girls had of a 'castle' where real live princesses are to live! They did, however, love the double-decker buses, colorful taxis and Big Ben. Kristina spent most of the time sleeping on my chest.

Grandma Sherry, Anna & Sophia had a little break in the lovely, sunny weather we were lucky enough to bask in after the long, dark summer England had been having.

Anna's Birthday

We held Anna's 5th birthday party the day before our departure to Singapore, so you could say it was also a 'going away' party of sorts. After opening everything and removing all the packaging we were even able to get most of the gifts into our luggage! Much thanks to those of you who were able to participate as we all had a very good time.