PE: School in Singapore

PE's teachers are He Laoshi (Mandarin teacher)and Miss Lisa (English teacher). Baby Girl loves to go to school to drop PE off and then later to pick her up! She likes to carry PE's bookbag around the house and pretend that she is going to school too!

PE: School in Singapore

PE started pre-school on August 3, 2009 at Schoolhouse by the Bay. The school is a big yellow and white building nestled in with tall lush palm trees. PE rides her bike to school every day while I walk with her. She is in school from 8-12. One day she has the Mandarin teacher (who does not speak any English) and the next day she has the English teacher (from Australia!). What an adventure!! Every morning she gets up excited about putting on her school uniform and riding her bike to school! It takes us about 15 minutes to get to school from our house via bike or walking.

Summer in the Good Ole USA!!

Aunt Jen and Cousin visited us for six great weeks of fun and adventure in Singapore! We flew HOME to the USA together. We had a wonderful summer back in North Carolina visiting friends and family!!!! It was really a breath of fresh air. Words can not even explain how wonderful it was to be back in AMERICA. We visited family from the mountains to the coast and treasured every minute of it! PE learned to boogie board in the ocean and also learned how to swim!! Baby Girl tried to do every thing that her big sissy did! What a fun summer! We really do miss NC!!

Singapore: Pictures of the City

These are just a few pictures of the city of Singapore. It is a beautiful place.

Chinese and Japanese Gardens

It was another hot hot day in Singapore when we ventured out to the gardens. The architecture was breath-taking and the flowering bushes were gorgeous! The girls had fun climbing on the bridges and the different statues that were around the gardens. They were all dressed in Asian attire for the occasion! Lots of people stopped us to get their picture made with the girls.

Bird Park

The hi-lite of the day at the Bird Park was feeding the birds!! PE and Cousin had fun doing this......until the birds began jumping on their heads!! Baby Girl did not get a chance to feed the birds by herself, but maybe next time!! The girls had fun climbing around in the giant bird cage (for kids of course!!).

Children's Garden at the Botanic Gardens

What a fun day we had with Cousin at the Children's Garden! The girls went across a swinging bridge, enjoyed the sights and sounds of the waterfall, climbed up in an enormous treehouse, and enjoyed watching turtles in a creek. Before we left, the girls played in the small water park and then had a snack while sitting on a tree trunk! It was a fun day but a very hot and humid day in Singapore!!

Thailand: City of Patong

The next several entries recap our vacation to an island off of Thailand, Phuket. We hired a driver to take us to Patong for some shopping and eating since Patong was about an hour from the Mariott Resort. The city was busy with cars and motorcycles buzzing by. Most of the Thai people travel by motorcycle. Sometimes we even saw a whole family piled onto one motorcycle!! We shopped and shopped~we bought knock off brands of the latest styles of pocket books, Tiffany jewelry, American movie DVD's, wooden vases made in Thailand and clothes! With some barganing tips from Robbie and Perry, Jen and I were able to get some good deals (especially Aunt Jen with all of her big name pocket books!!). We had a nice dinner right on the beach with our feet in the sand! The girls had a great time running all around on the beach after we ate dinner. Aunt Jen took the girls to use the restroom, which she had to pay $$$$ for them to use~~not only was the money issue a shocker, but the restroom facilities were!!