Here's how spring break has played out so far:
Sunday night - Dinner at the MacArthur's (Lydia's family) - YUMMY crepes!
Monday - Took Jack to the dr.; trip downtown to Orchard Road; visited Mike at his office; kids watched Enchanted in the conference room at Mike's office while Becky & Mike made a visit to the local bank to get Bec a checking account, lunch at Subway and haircuts.
Becky in charge of dinner - hamburger helper; Lydia stays for dinner
Family night - pray for Jack!
Monday night movie - Camp Rock
Tuesday - Sam, Bails & Carson go to Jurong Waterpark with Lydia's family; Bec & Jack stay home/Jack still sick.
Bailey in charge of dinner - homemade pizza crust & homemade pizza sauce, BBQ chicken chopped salad; Lydia stays for dinner
Tuesday night movie - Night at the Museum; Lydia sleeps over
Wednesday - Took Jack downtown to a "real" doctor, paid $200 for all of his asthma meds, Jack's back on the nebulizer again; Jack takes a nap while Bec takes Sammy, Bailey & Carson to see movie "Hotel For Dogs" (soooo cute!)
Sammy in charge of dinner - sloppy Joe's and green beans; Lydia stays for dinner
Sammy & Bailey go to achievement days at the church; Lydia's family drives them both ways
Wednesday night movie for Jack & Carson - 101 Dalmatians
Thursday - Took Sammy, Bailey, Carson & Lydia hiking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; hiked to the highest point in Singapore (don't be too impressed it's only 163 metres high! maybe 600 feet?); saw squirrels, monkeys and a big ol' spider! Lunch at McDonald's drive thru, ice cream from the gas station, then home and a swim in our pool. Jack stayed home to rest, still sick.
Thursday night dinner - leftovers
Thursday night t-ball game out in the street - Becky vs. Sammy, Bailey, Carson & Jack
Thursday night movie - Cars for Carson & Jack; sleepover at Lydia's for Sammy & Bailey
Friday - Crisis at the house where Sammy was "fish sitting' for our friends while they're in Egypt. Their power went out so had to figure out how to get it back on; long story.
Wild, Wild Wet with the MacArthur's (Lydia's family, of course!). This was our first time to this water park. It is a fun one b/c there are tons of water slides that Carson and Jack can go on! Everyone had a blast.
Friday night dinner - Subway/McDonald's.
Friday night movie (in car on ride home from water park): Racing Stripes
Lydia sleeps over
Saturday - Easter Egg hunt in the morning for Carson & Jack
Forest Adventure - Mike, Sammy, Bailey & Carson went with the MacArthurs to swing from the trees on ziplines. Check out the photos! I stayed home with Jack and some other friends who came over after the egg hunt.
Lydia in charge of dinner - Minestrone Soup
Saturday night ultimate frisbee games up at S.A.S. - kid's game on one field and adults vs. youth game on another field. 2 guys on the "adult team" (mine & Mike's team) collided going after the frisbee and both had to be taken to the hospital - stitches and reconstructive surgery on both guy's faces! It was nasty - the game ended after that...Mike took both guys to the hospital. We do have photos of the guys in the hospital but they're too gruesome to show!
Saturday night swim back in our pool in the DARK for some of the kids - we turned out all the lights for "Earth Hour" in celebration of Earth Day!
Sunday - Last Day of Spring Break! We went to church and went on a "last walk" with our neighbor's (MacArthurs) dog. Our kids had to say goodbye to their dog who was leaving the next morning on a plane to move back to the U.S. Can you believe how many times a month my kids say goodbye to their friends and friends' pets? It's pretty sad! When Lydia moves back to Texas in June we are really going to be in trouble. She has become a member of our family and we are not looking forward to it one bit!
RECAP - What a fun week! We had lots of family time and enjoyed the extra free time to work on things like memorizing articles of faith and playing board games. It was quiet because most of the neighborhood kids were on trips with their families to exotic Asian destinations but we had Lydia so what else did we need?! The kids all thought that Wild, Wild, Wet and the Forest Adventure were the 2 biggest highlights of the week. I'll miss Sammy, Bailey & Carson when they head back to school tomorrow!
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