Mango monster

Ripe mangoes every day of the year - another one of our perks of living in the tropics.

Oscar is a huge fan..."a mango a day keeps the"...wonder if that applies

Speaking of doctors, we took a trip to the dentist the other afternoon. Kids were definitely not happy, but that was before they knew that this dentist had a TV playing "Kung Fu Panda" just above the patient's chair. One movie later, clean teeth & no cavities,  and never once did they complain. Ahh, technology. 

Crocodiles in the garden

No, not in my garden, but just a 2 minute drive away from my house is a crocodile farm housed in someone's backyard, formerly Mr. Tan's house to be precise. Unusual to see these crocodiles in this residential area lying around in half filled pools of water with brand new condos overlooking the garden. Not sure I would feel very reassured. Inside the farm is a gift store selling their handmade crocodile purses & belts should you be looking for the very odd Christmas present. 
http://www.singaporecrocfarm.com/

Happy Thanksgiving

Usually around this time of the day, Bonbon & I would be basting our turkey, baking apple pies, washing salads, screaming at the kids and not agreeing on turkey cooking time & oven temperature...well none of all that this year and I'm missing it this afternoon on Thanksgiving. I know that we have to create new traditions here in Singapore, but today all I long for is the familiar.

Happy Turkey to all of you. Gobble, gobble 

Rainy Season is here

These days it rains at least once a day, never the entire day, but when the rain arrives it's impressive & somewhat scary. My favorite part of these storms are the black skies just before the torrential downfalls. Took this photo this afternoon as I was picking up Zoe from her piano lesson and needless to say I was happy to be heading home.   

Meet Kiwi and Magic

We had promised the kids that upon moving to Singapore they would finally receive rabbits that they had wanted for so long. However, that promise was made way before we realized that it's always so hot here and that the rabbits would have to live within the comforts of our air-contioned house, so after much discussion the children settled for a pair of hanging parrots. 

Kiwi and Magic in their new home and my children, for now, are completely in awe of these birds that sleep hanging upside down. Thus after barely 3 months here, we house 2 turtles, countless fish, Zoe's geckos and 2 parrots...if we keep it up we could soon open our very own zoo.

Moma & Appa in Singapore

Moma and Appa came to visit and check up on us on their way back from their cruise. The kids love showing off their new favorite Singapore destinations and it was Zoe that wanted them to try our hawker center in Serangoon Garden. She had them taste her favorite fried dumplings and since Moma was sitting under a fan she didn't even complain too much about the heat!
Later on the same day, Oscar had his grandparents running all around the zoo to check out his favorite animals. Appa even had to go on an elephant ride. Then, our artist Rosie took them the next day to the Affordable Art Fair. No purchases were made, but did manage to get a couple of galleries contact details and hopefully soon we'll have something hanging on our bare walls. Anyway, we loved having Moma & Appa visit and hope they rest up before we all head out together on the ski slopes this Christmas.
www.affordableartfair.sg

After school hangout

My kids love to cool off after school with a frozen yogurt from Frolick. Oscar's favorite flavor is passion fruit topped with gummy bears. I think it gives him his share of sugar to keep on going strong for the rest of the afternoon - not sure that's a good thing. 

www.frolick.com.sg