What day is it?

I am constantly thinking about the time & day in the states, so I find myself continuously forgetting what day it is here. It's normal for me to do this in the summer anyway, but add in two time zones and it's b.a.d.

Today started with a trip to Holland Village with my new friend and teaching partner, Liz. I feel like I'm back in college meeting all these "new friends" and living in this "new place." Holland Village is a cute little area with a lot of local shops. I bought some decorative things for our place and love them. On our top book shelf I now have peacock feathers (from Little India) in a colorful vase (from Holland Village). Cool. Peacock feathers are supposed to keep geckos out; apparently the "eyes" scare them. Even if it's a total myth, I'm going with it because I would prefer to look at the geckos from outside our home.

While Liz and I were out shopping, Adam took the boys to a water/play area on the roof of a 4 story mall just down the road. Malls are ALL over the place here (I think there's over 60 on the island) and they are not your typical malls. They have ice skating rinks, movie theaters, huge grocery stores, small grocery stores, multiple food courts, shops, shops, and more shops, and water parks. Crazy right? Luke loved it - Drew took awhile to figure it out.

We spent the afternoon by the pool (yes, again) and Adam finished up all we needed for our paperwork/orientation to get our helper. We HOPE she can move in on August 8th. The only thing left that we must do this week is open bank accounts. Once that's done we can really play! As if we haven't done enough of that already. :) Man this work thing is going to be tough come Monday!

We are loving our time in Singapore, navigating a new country and trying to get life all figured out over here. It's easily the most welcoming place I've ever been in my life. Everyone we meet jumps at the chance to tell us all of the great things this place has to offer. I don't know that I've ever encountered so many genuinely nice people; as far as "strangers" go. We miss our family and friends a lot...and the hardest part of this whole move is knowing we can't share all of this with them. I guess that's why I enjoy doing this blog so much. I feel like it's our small way of keeping us all connected.

My little baller

Drew playing football (I'm trying to connect to their language over here)

Luke loving the water area

This place is pretty cool

Doesn't every kid stop to do push-ups? 

LOVE my boys :) - this pic is at the water park when we visited the other night just to check it out. Behind them is a small dog park. Yep, on the roof of the 4 story mall. They've thought of everything.