A must before we left...

A just before we left Singapore... setting our pets free... yes we have two turtles that we have grown quite fond to.  Tita brought these things home from the market one day and there were actually more than 2 but only "David and Goliath" survived all the months.  We have grown to really care about these things... they even had play dates on Saturday where they were set free on the balcony and could have a good time out of their bowl.  We asked friends if anyone wanted them but we had zero takers... so we set them free... into a big body of water... I was not even sure if they could swim but we did not know what else to do.

So here we are taking them to their new home...  Gillian was the photographer and she did a great job catching the moment (which was kindof sad for me).


We found the perfect spot... somewhere wet but a place they could climb out if needed...

The handoff... Pierce wanted to be the one to set them free...

First was Goliath and he dove straight down and I could see him sitting on the bottom... swimming a little but I am sure he was a bit in shock.  Now David was a different story (lives up to his name)... we dumped him into the big body of water and he was a swimming fool and just skimmed the surface and checked everything out.

 

Once the turtles were good we feed them some more... and then we went for a walk to feed the other turtles (with the left over food we had)... a great last fun in Singapore.

Check out these two... so cute... 

Now that is one big turtle...

 

 

 

Gillian and I were commenting afterwards that if these two get married (which we would love) we will have some great photos of them...

Not a great pic of me... but what do you do... I wanted to share this photo bc you can see Pierce's nervous twitch that he has picked up recently... he does it all the time... no not touching the belly (I love that)... the chewing on the shirt... He picked this up when Daddy started traveling and has not stopped since... hoping that this will go away soon.

After the park and goodbyes... back at the Unruhs for some drawing and fun.

 

4th Celebrations...

Playing catch up... so here is our 4th of July this year.

The Saturday before July 4th we headed to our traditional celebration place... Sembawang Terror Club to join a couple of hundred people to celebrate our freedom.  Always a great day having so much fun, eating lots of food, getting some face painting, listening to great music and fireworks.

Here we are all dressed in red, white and blue...


First things first... jumpy castles... and Pierce waiting so patiently for his turn...

Sweet Violet..

and Marek...





More festivities... to come... this was just a sneak peak...

Halloween Friday Monster Bash!

The Friday before Halloween we went to the Monster Bash at Rochester Park. We joined Violet and her gang for a day full of Halloween fun. Here Pierce all dressed up and sweet Violet a little bumble bee.

There were tons of activities for the kids to do... here Pierce is fishing. They would pick up goodies along the way and some of the activities were educational which was a nice touch.

There was trick or treating upstairs... which was a bit scary bc you had to knock on the door and this scary hand came out and you had to shake his hand to get candy... what happened to the rule "they are not allowed to touch you"... that is the only way I survived going to haunted houses... not sure about them now.

We even got to pick out what we wanted made out of balloons.. Pierce wanted an airplane and the sweet lady put a skeleton as the driver...

Face Painting... here he requested a race car... I think this was the first time she ever did a race car. I was so impressed how still Pierce was during this process.

Playing anyone???

Just could eat up this little race car driver....

Sweet Violet with her Unicorn.

Marek the Cowboy...

Just another pic of the cool race car driver.

More activities outside... have I told you yet how hot it was... it had just rained so it was muggy and humid.... yuck but with all the fun who could tell.

More fun... Here Pierce is learning fractions by placing bears in and out of circles. He was so excited to do this with the teacher. I think the teacher was enjoying having him there bc this was not a popular station if you know what I mean. But Pierce was happy to please.

They even had a jump castle... wow... so much fun... and no one got hurt... yippeee.

Then last stop up stairs for some dancing and puppet show.

Got to check out Pierce dancing.... we had never met the guy teacher in this video but it only took 5 min for him to figure out Pierce's name... so don't be confused we don't know this person but he knew Pierce if you know what I mean.

Puppet Show

He had something to say...

One last tackle on the ground with Violet... they are best buds.

Another great day with great friends... Happy Halloween.

More pumpkins... and more of the patch!

We had another wonderful HOT morning at the SAS pumpkin patch... these pumpkins come from the states on a boat... and not sure how they arrive in such good condition but if you decide to carve the pumpkin or if it does accidentally get a hole in it... it is a matter of days before it is covered in mold and starts to leak... yucky stuff... but it worth it.... no where else on the island will you find a little taste of fall.

Here is Pierce with his friends Violet, Caleb and Levi...

I have given up on trying to get the "sweet" smile from Pierce... this is what we get but at least we get him to sit still long enough for this... so I will take it.

I just love this boy...

Yes his shirt does say "Pierce Rocks"...

Sweet kisses for Sweet Violet... Happy Fall!