No Words...

Life is getting ahead of me these days.  

The 'adventure' of it all is clashing with the daily life of 3 boys, a traveling dad and a mom who isn't sure yet 'what' she's all about here in Singapore.  It makes for some unsettling days.  

We took advantage of one of Charlie's school breaks
to head to Bali for a long weekend.
Bali is usually a destination spot of at least a week to ten days.
We were there and back in four.
Although we wished for 'one more day'...
the 5:30am wake up calls by our littlest Oscar
wore us all out.
A little vacation goes a long way with a toddler in tow.

Jeff showed his true colors
by taking Oscar on two different
mornings for sunrise walks.  

And Jeff even came back with photos and stories 

about how special the time was for he and Oscar.
Can I just brag on Jeff for a second about that?:)
Makes all the difference in all of us
feeling ready for the day to
get an extra hour of sleep each morning.
Up at 6:30am...not 5:30am:)

So aside from the Bali get away....

I've been trying to find the words to say

 what is our daily life like?
I've felt pretty quiet about it all

 But here's an attempt at what's been going on....

Charlie is loving school, struggling and succeeding at the same time...making horrendous choices and amazing choices all in the same week. And how is it that 7 year olds need to have man to man talks with Daddy every night?!  How did we get to this stage so quickly???   So very thankful that Daddy is tender at heart and ready for these talks....good thing as a Dad of 3 boys...

Max is finding his way at school.  Coming home with more stories of adventures and 'missions' on the playground.  Makes my heart happy to hear.  He's finally shared his goodbye song in Mandarin with me...and is more willing to share the Mandarin words he's learning every day.  Max is a slow one to change....hanging on to what he loves (still asking about his blue house and Bing school) but trying to move ahead with the changes in life of rice & veggies for dinner and school that has so many limits. 

Oscar just wants to be doing what the big boys are doing.  One of the biggest challenges I'm finding with this new lifestyle is to slow down and spend time with Oscar.  So many demands from every direction. Its hard to slow down and just let Oscar stack the blocks over and over for 20 minutes without handing him over to someone else who's ready and waiting to help.     

We're two months in and that feels really great ( and feels much longer than 2 months!)
The routines are established and the first & second stage of settling in is finished.
We can start to live real life here in Singapore.