The AirForce Show and good bye party with the McMahons

On Saturday, Papa took the boys to the AirForce Show here in Singapore where they got to see the Dreamliner take off! We had seen the building of this incredible, new plane in an IMAX movie last year. So to actually see it in real life as it flex above the Singaporean clouds for the first time was pretty special. It was a wonderful day out for the boys. What did momm-a do? Well, I caught The Iron Lady and window shopped. What's a girl to do?!

I also booked a massage for Monday morning, Papa's orders! On Sunday morning, Papa left for his ten day business trip to Washington D.C. The boys woke up asking, "where is Papa?!" They completely forgot our conversations about the trip from the days before...kids! Their memories can be like elephants when you promise them a McFlurry and yet they forget so many other pieces of information we give them. After I cheered them up with lots of snuggles, we headed to Karate. This is always a fun place to come even though no one seems to be in the mood to get there. First of all, there is Sensei Cindy who does an absolutely incredible job with the kids. She tussles their hair and steps on their feet and pokes them in the ribs but all with a huge smile on her face and the kids laugh and smile too. She commands respect the next minute but that tiny interchange makes Karate a joy for everyone. Frunty has always done very well. Pit now is starting to pick up the kata and was asked to yell out 1-10 yesterday. His tiny, baby voice yelled the numbers. I was very proud of him.

After Karate, we met the McMahons at the Kallang Leisure Park. I tried to get there by taking the MRT to Kallang and then the free shuttle bus but that no longer operates. The best way is just to go to the Stadium MRT on the yellow line, something the boys told me while we waiting for the free shuttle bus that never came and had to jump in the taxi instead. Thanks, boys! I had to remind them that everyone makes mistakes...even and especially grown-ups. Well, it's true and I am not afraid to admit it!

We were going to splash around at Wet Wet Wild with the McMahons but changed our plans due to rain/thunder/lightening. Instead, we made the spontaneous decision to enter the Karaoke Box and have our bentos delivered to us while singing Dancing Queen! Lee decided to take off and do some errands. The combination of no Papa and singing Adele songs did not appeal to them. The children did very well and at the end, Pit tried to sing Party Rock. It was about the 10th time we all sang and danced to that fun one. Keep on shuffling!!! Frunty could not get that song out of his for the rest of the day even after I put on our night time Mozart. Then again, neither could I!

After Karaoke, the fun did not stop as we all went bowling. Little Emma tried to beat her mom, my dear friend Chris, but in the end, Chris won two points ahead of her. We had doughnuts afterwards to celebrate our two year friendship and made speeches with the microphone in the karaoke box about the past and the future. It is so easy to keep in touch these days so we decided to say "see you later" instead of "good bye". If you know me, you'll know I need another good bye like I need my foot stepped on by Frankenstein.

We all headed home and embraced on the MRT. All the best to the McMahon family who return to their island and may their next chapter be filled with lots of fun adventures too!

The boys and I stopped at the Tampines 1 Mall as Frunty was in dire need of new school shoes which have to be pure white but must also be good running shoes as he runs every recess and plays floorball after school. Last year I let him get deck shoes but this is not proper and I insisted on good ones this year. I always bring out the Grampa card and talk to him about proper shoes. We settled on some pure, white Adidas. I am sure they will stay white for 0.5 seconds. How silly to make children wear white shoes...don't get me started. We also picked up some Adidas, quick dry shirts. We had been looking for some sleeveless ones for running but the boys don't actually want sleeveless, they say, and chose too bright orange ones. I thought about the high vis factor (Grampa!!!) and was happy they chose bright orange. It sure is easy to see them in the park now.

And of course, when you buy new shirts, you gotta "make" sports. So we got our water bottles at home and all our gear and the boys spent the following hour at the park doing skateboarding, cycling, basketball and floorball. A girl in Pit's year was happy to share the various games with us and we had such a nice early evening time. By 8pm, the boys were gobbling up their pasta and asking to go to bed! And fell asleep wo seconds, listening to Bedtime with Bach. We sent a big hug through the universe for Papa. I hope you felt it, Papa!

I will now attempt to add photos which has been hard recently with this laptop. Let's see what happens!