A Little More Singapore

X-Mas 2011

It has been an exciting Christmas around here. On Christmas Eve, Kaia, mommy and Grandma went to a play, so Skyelar stayed home with daddy and Grandpa watching football. It was very exciting so she just entertained herself by playing and reading.

We had never seen a fireplace, so it was pretty exciting and cozy to turn it on and hang out on Christmas Eve.

But alas, it was time to go to sleep and wait for the big man. We left him some cookies and a note I left for him, thanking him for his gifts.

Next day bright and early (but not obscenely early) we got up and opened presents!

One of our favorite gifts were the binoculars!

We even took them to the zoo later that day, where we spent time enjoying the crips weather and fallen leaves.

Later we came home and played with some toys:

And Skyped with Grandma Mahin to open her gifts. Thanks for the beautiful hat!

We had a great Christmas and now looking forward to the new year.

Last Day in NYC

By the last day in NYC, we had all become New Yorkers. No more complaining and lots of walking about. We even walked to Central Park and went on a carriage ride.

After the ride we went to a playground and rode a tire swing for the first time. Skye loved it.

My daddy carried me on his shoulders when I was too tired to walk .

Finally, here we are relaxing before getting on the airplane to go back to Milwaukee.
Watching Yo Gaba Gaba.

We had such a great time in New York. Looking forward to coming back soon.

New York City

Arrived in New York City! Here is Skye swinging to the stars.

I had a great time playing in Central Park.

We were off to see Santa! The line was super long, but it moved quickly.


But it was definitely worth it...he was so nice.

It has been great to walk around the streets of NYC with Grandma and Grandpa. (I do complain a lot...it is cold, I am tired etc...but we are having fun)

We had fun at FAO Swchartz.

Here I am talking to Santa one last time.

Snow Bear

We arrived in Chicago to a little snow, but it was pretty cool for our tropical blood! We bundled up and went to Uncle Liam's house

Daddy and I headed out to play with some snow. It started off with smiles and excitement....

but I won't lie. I was not a huge fan. May take some getting used to.

Long Way Home

Our trip back to the USA stared the night before with haircuts!

Then a long thirty hour flight home... 

Mommy and daddy were pretty tired but they made it. We were pretty good for the most part...

When we slept everyone was happy. The only problem was that Skye woke up every few hours, screamed, and kept mommy awake.

B-O-W-L-I-N-G!

I am having a great time on our holiday, but a few days ago, I got a bad ear infection. It's OK now, because we went to the doctor, but he said that I couldn't swim for a few days. So, what is there to do when you are staying in a beach town, besides swim? Well, we found out the answer to that question when we went to a mall and discovered that there is a bowing alley!

They had bumper bowling for me, as well as a ramp to help me roll the ball (it was pretty heavy!), so I had a really fun and easy time!

Skye can't bowl, so she sat and colored while we played. I helped her when it wasn't my turn.

She wasn't too impressed with my bowling skills, but once I got a strike, and she was pretty excited for me!

We also discovered that another fun thing to do instead of swimming is to have a dance party! Skye and I had Mommy play some music on her computer, and then we danced and danced and DANCED!

Mommy has some great video of our dance party that she will include once she has the chance to edit all of it! We're keeping her pretty busy...