It's time to embrace the new....

I've spent the last 5 days trying to make life feel 'normal' for our whole family.   I think it has helped to have many of the familiar favorites from home...spiderman sheets, cuddly blankets, Peets coffee, & scrambled eggs in the morning.   We've had Prego pasta for lunch (Charlie's favorite) & Nando's for dinner (Jeff & my London fast food favorite).  We've shopped at Ikea & ToysRUs.  We've watched some of our favorite movies on our new tv & the iPad.  But after 5 days of trying to make this life feel like that life...I'm realizing it doesn't taste or feel the same.  And trying to make it feel familiar isn't working anymore (at least for the lone female in this story:)

It's time to embrace this new life.  We need to find our new favorite yogurt (Yakult drinks here we come!)...since yoplait costs $20...even Max laughed at that one in the grocery store!!  Sadly for me, a tiny container of hummus also costs about $10.  My daily staple just became a luxury for special occasions:(

So to embrace the new and good....here are a few of my very first favorite things about our Singapore life....

Our new travel game (or small space living game)...Rush Hour Jr...Charlie is my 'game lover' so it's been a fun past time for him...and me too:)

 Of course Oscar is one of my favorite things but this gorgeous 'Baby Einstein' view of the city is going to be such fun for this crawling, toddling little boy over the next year.

 Here's one view...of a quiet little neighborhood tucked amongst the high rises...so fun to see kids playing in their backyards, adults doing tai chi in the mornings, trucks, cars, bikes riding along...

 View outside Charlie's window...the building of a 33 story high rise.  (Although loud in Jeff & my opinion) the boys LOVE it.  What could be better than a real life construction site outside their window.

 This little silver beauty of a door is my absolute favorite thing so far.  

It's a trash chute for the building. 

LOVE being able to toss the trash (& smelly diapers)
 several times a day and only have to take a few steps to do it! 

 Our new 'backyard' is the swimming pool.  We've been there at least once a day...sometimes twice a day.  It's the social hub for our three high rise complex as we've already met several neighbors and new friends.  (even a family from Iowa!)

and to keep it real I should add our days have also been full of tantrums, hitting, kicking, fighting, screaming ( and that's just me:)  j/k....seriously we're a bit in the trenches right now but doing our best to adjust and find the positive at the end and beginning of each new day.  Thanks for coming along with us.  Love to hear from you if you're reading along:)