Disney ... Day #5 - Downtown Disney

The last full day was our less busy day.  Downtown Disney to find souveniers and to pack our suitcases.

Several pictures from our resort, Port Orleans - Riverside.

 Anna and her Potato Duck

 Lego land ... and a big sea dragon.

 Eating at the T-Rex Cafe for lunch.

Water fun.

 Friends with Uncle Joe

 Aunt Suzi reading us books at night

Disney ... Day #4 - Magic Kingdom

Back to Magic Kingdom we go for the day.  Beautiful weather (although, coats were needed). 



Off to the Pooh ride, with a wonderful play area while we waited.  Tug of war with a ....

Gopher, and I think the girls won since he had to come out of his hole.

 The castle in the background

 And this is what happens when you don't behave ... although Anna was pretty good.

 On a Wild Safari ride ... and luckily, those aren't real elephants.

 But Uncle Joe was there in case it got too scary.

 A lovely camel, on the Aladdin Magic Carpet Ride.

 And Captain Jack, after the Pirates of the Carribean ride, one of dad's favorites.

 Off to the race track, and Emily decides she wants to drive.

 and she was pretty good (and serious).

 Anna and Aunt Suzi are way out in front of us.

 Anna pretty serious as well.

Jenna and mommy waited to see Jenna's favorite princess, Rapunzel.  It was a long line.

 and still waiting in line.

 And finally, her favorite princess.

well worth the wait.

Disney ... Day #3 - Animal Kingdom

On day 3, we headed off for Animal Kingdom.  A great day with the animals.  This picture was first thing, so we still looked good.

Train ride to see Rafiki

 Petting a snake.  Emily also enjoyed the snake, but not Anna.

And everyone loves Rafiki.  We had a picture with Rafiki the last time we went to Disney.

We had a great time with a Lion King show.  Really cool.

Uncle Joe and Aunt Suzi ... are great co-hosts.

The chaufeur ... what a great help.

Singapore - Week Three

This happens to be my third Saturday in Singapore, and thankfully, my last until we move. I'm missing three little girls. It has been great to have Kristin here this week as we get to know the city. We have had lots of good food experiences (which I'm sure Kristin will give a great account of soon), several adventures and lots of fun.

The good news is that we have a house. 38 King's Drive will be our home here in Singapore. It has 3 levels, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and a beautiful "yard". The first picture below is an outside picture of the house. There is a family currently living in it, so we weren't able to take any good inside pictures. We hope we will have some soon. We also found out this week that Addlea accepted a teacher job at International Community School (a christian private school in Singapore), and will be living with us here. The bottom floor of our house will be hers, as it has it's own private entrance, in case she gets sick of us.

We looked at lots of houses Tuesday thru Thursday, and made the offer on Friday. House hunting wasn't always very fun, but we are very pleased with the final outcome. We are convenient to lots of cool things in central Singapore, so Kristin is excited about that. We will also have space for riding bikes, roller blading, scootering, etc for the girls inside the gate, and a little room right outside the gate. We are also just a few blocks from the closest train (MRT - mass rapid transit system for Singapore), so moving around Singapore will be pretty easy. We also checked out the local car lot and have a good idea of what we may get when we return to Singapore in May.

Our biggest set-back (which may turn out to be a blessing, of course), was the school. We met with the large Singapore American School on Tuesday to find out that Emily probably had a spot, but that Anna might be on a long waiting list and may not have a spot for this school year. Therefore, we quickly made some changes to our plans, and also visited the school where Addlea will teach. It was really nice, and may be a better fit for the girls. The Singapore American School has almost 4,000 kids, where as the International Community School has less than 500. Much more personal feeling at ICS.

For fun, we attended the broadway musical Wicked on Thursday night. It was great. It is also in the very modern part of the city, with 100 story buildings, casinos, etc. Pretty amazing part of the city, but definitely the feel of a big city with 5 million people. We like the quiet nature of whee we decided to live.

Well, we come home on Monday, and we are excited to come home. We now have a lot of work to do to get ready to move. Take care everyone, and we will see you or talk to you soon.

Picture 1 - our new home at 38 King's Drive
Picture 2 - the downtown skyscraper with a ship on top ... amazing building.
Picture 3 - a quick drive thru Chinatown.
Picture 4 & 5 - International Community School
Picture 6 - we never did see the zebra though


















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