Singing

Something wonderful is happening in our home. Both boys but in particular Frunty, walk around humming and singing throughout the day. Frunty even wakes up smiling and laughing and yesterday, Pit was full of bubbles first thing in the morning! And they take giggling showers together and get stuck in the bucket. Their Play Mobil toys are in our bathroom (the one where you can wash yourself and the entire space as well!) and they have a ball.

Everyone seems more relaxed since we have left TPS. Yesterday our family rode our bikes 15 km! We rode to the Scouts HQ and have locked them up there for a few nights. Let's hope we find them on Saturday when we do our Wheel-A-Thon to raise money for the Rainbow Children and our Scout camp in June. Thanks to everyone especially the grandparents for sponsoring.

We just have more time for learning opportunities that are enjoyable, relevant and age appropriate. Today for example, we'll get through Math and Mandarin with Melissa in the morning and then in the afternoon, we will go to a Thermomix cooking class nearby. In other words, simple chemistry and the opportunity to stuff our faces with delectable dishes too. It is a win-win and this class is a private "free from" one for allergy sufferers.

Yesterday we played Badminton with our HS group and you can imagine that we were a bit burnt out from the bike ride. It's a good tired though! The gym we play in though is very hot. No air-con and we cannot use fans as the birdie would then fly off! Hopefully our muscles recover for tomorrow's rock climbing adventure with the same group.

There is art festival now in Singapore and because Melissa works there part-time, she has brought us all the information. Tomorrow night there is a horse spectacle from France and because we are doing HS, we can consider going! The boys don't have to be up at 7 am anymore. They seem to naturally wake up by 8am or so which is a lot easier. We can have a slower breakfast as well and get started with our work in a relaxed way.

I was looking through some of their school work the other day. I am much happier with what they are learning today in terms of English. For one thing, they are now surrounded by native English speakers on a more regular basis so they have both made great strides in the spoken language. In Belgium, I was their only constant native speaker and the same was true in Singapore until we joined Scouts and then moved into the HS world. So I see a big difference already in all areas that count. And yes, they are still doing math!

Must get the recipes emailed to our cooking instructor and make sure we have all the ingredients. Normally the boys put together the recipes and I will get them to read through them before we leave so we can talk about measurements etc. But I will let them sleep a bit longer today so their muscles can continue to repair. Poor Frunty, hobbling home. Boy, does he play hard!

Life in Singapore is so much fun now compared to the last few years and it is because we can compare! Lucky for us we had the option to change!