Back From The Sing Sing

Been a busy week! Started way back last Thursday, when we had Student-Led-Conferences.

Then my daddy and I played around in the band room. I had a blast pounding the drum set. I might need one of my own soon.

Here is Skye demanding that she peel her own orange. "I do it myself!" is her new mantra.

Finally we were off to Singapore to see some old friends.

As you can see I loved it and cannot wait to move there!

Here are some pics as to why. Loved our time in the sun with friends and water.

Finally, back home to a very grateful Zoe.

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.

A Little More Shanghai

We all made it back home and are settled again. Grandma Mary Jo sent my mom these pictures of the three days that we spent with her and Grandpa Patrick, and they really show the great time that we had with them!

On the first day, we went to the aquarium. I really liked the jellyfish, and the SCUBA divers who were feeding the fish while we were there:

Then, of course, the exit went through a gift shop and arcade, so Grandma and Grandpa let us have a few rides before heading back to the hotel:

The next day, we went to Century Park, which was super fun! There were more rides to go on:

Some bubbles...we really love bubbles!

And a fountain to run through! We got very, very wet, but it was worth it, because we had an amazing time:

Luckily, it was a very hot day!

And on our last day, we went to Peoples' Square, where we saw some things that we don't see in Indonesia- pigeons! We had a lot of fun chasing them:

Then, we decided to do a little bit of singing and dancing. The Chinese people thought that we were pretty great:

I also got to have some sleepovers with Grandma and Grandpa in their room. Mom and Dad forgot to warn them about some of my sleeping habits, but they soon found out:

So, as you can see, Skye and I had a fantastic time in Shanghai, hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa during the day, and then going out with Mom and Dad at night after their conference. We're really lucky!

Shanghai 2011

Looks like our photos from Shanghai have posted backwards, so try to follow the story backwards. Oh, and we hope to get a lot more picture from Grandma and Grandpa, because we spent the days with them while mommy and daddy were at work.

Here I am boarding the plane to Hong Kong on our way home. I have become a very good flyer and I carry my own bag everywhere in the airport.

Sometimes when it gets heavy we find a cart, and today Skyelar was learning to help too.

Here we are waiting to board the plane. Mommy and daddy couldn't stop saying how proud of us they were. We had a great travel day. Not too much screaming and we behaved.

Now here are some picture from Shanghai. Skyelar is brave when it comes to new food and she loved noodles.

Here I am in Yu Gardens playing with my new sling-shot toy.

Family on The Bund. You wouldn't believe how many buildings, lights and people there are down there.

Yu Gardens again.

Here I am bargaining with the lady for a new dress and some slippers. I had to sing Happy Birthday in Chinese as part of our deal, and she loved it.

By The Pearl Tower.

Cool lights by The Bund.

Look at how cool!

From our hotel room. So many people.

Me and my daddy.

Mommy and Skyelar.

Skye reading before bed.

Fun in a cab on the way home.

Cool statue I saw one night, while out and about.

Getting set to go to Shanghai. Remember these photos were backwards.

Our Summer

We are having a fabulous summer! In fact, it's so fabulous that Mommy and Daddy are having a hard time keeping with the blog posts! So, they finally decided to make a movie about our summer, and hopefully some of the things that they weren't able to include are in it.

Enjoy!

Happy 5th Birthday, Kaia!

OK, well, I know that I've had a few practice birthdays before today, but this is it! My REAL birthday, and I am actually five years old now!

I had a great day! This morning, we went to the beach, and the water was perfect! Mommy said that the ocean knew it was my birthday and was helping me have a great day. The water was so calm that we all had a super fun time swimming, even Skyelar.

Then, we went out for dinner. I got to choose, and I chose my favorite place, Nikita's Beach Bar. I really like their pizza and pineapple juice!

THEN, we went to an overlook to watch the sun go down. It's a really pretty view. I hurt my ear on the way, though, so I didn't get my picture taken with the sunset.

 

Finally, on the way home we stopped and got a piece of cake so that I could have ONE last candle to blow out. It has been a fantastic birthday!

Thanks, everyone, for all of the birthday wishes! I miss all of you!