Time is flying!! I can't believe it's already September. How did that happen?! I was recently reflecting on how we've been living in an endless summer since about April 2011. It's been about 18 months of summer! It's strange have time pass and to have the weather remain constant. In some ways, time seems a more abstract.
We've been busy with normal life these days. The kids just finished week 7 of term 3. There are 10 weeks per term, so we've got 3 weeks left of this term and then a 2 week holiday and then 10 weeks of term 4. We'll be in Austin and Arizona this year for the Christmas holidays. I hope to be able to see a lot of our friends and of course family while we are there!!
In August, Singapore celebrated National Day. The kids were invited to wear red and white to school and they had a Singapore National Day assembly.
We celebrated Book Week at school. On the last day, the kids dressed up as their favorite character from their favorite book. Lily dressed up as Silky The Fairy from The Faraway Trees by Enid Blyton. Madeline dressed up as Fancy Nancy. Wyatt didn't have school on the day the kids dressed up. To my surprise, Lily kept her wig on ALL day!
I celebrated my birthday this month. My kids made me this beautiful cake and sang to me. Scott took me out to dinner. My girlfriends surprised me with a lunch this week too. I felt very loved and very spoiled!
I've been running. I signed up for a 1/2 Marathon that is in November. I'm really looking forward to it. I've been running with a few different friends and I'm feeling great. I'm especially enjoying my trail run on Wednesdays. There is a beautiful nature preserve in Singapore that has an 11 Km trail. I've been doing it on Wednesdays while the kids are at school. It's shady and peaceful and sometimes I get to see monkeys!
You may have noticed the scab on Wyatt's nose... I have to document his big fall this week! Just after school on Monday, it was raining and he took off running away from me and into the rain. Moments later, his friend comes running up to me to tell me that Wyatt was hurt. Wyatt tripped at full speed and caught himself with his face. He had scratches above his eye, below his eye, across his nose, on his lips and chin and shoulder! Lots of blood. His mouth was full of black tar from the pavement. BIG LOUD CRIES. We went straight to the nurse. I wanted her to check to see that his teeth we alright. He was fine, the scratches weren't deep. He sure is a tough kid! I have to say that if my face was scratched up like that, I probably wouldn't have been as tough.
That's us for now...
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