Matthew 58 weeks - Uh Oh

Matthew's favourite word this week has been 'Uh Oh'

Probably because Mum said 'Uh oh' when was told that the lovely 3 seater Italian leather lounge was not going to fit in the lift nor the stairwell and therefore sadly could not be brought up to our 8th floor apartment. Aside from that, the move has gone well. The relocation company sent a team of people to deliver and unpack all our belonging and take away all the boxes which made it relatively stress free. Having someone else unpack meant that I spent the first few days searching for things as I had no idea where things had been placed! The new place is lovely and spacious enough for the 3 of us. As I mentioned in the previous post, the walls were all freshly painted and I'd arranged for a handyman to help me mount our paintings and pictures to make the place feel more like home.

We live in a suburb called Ang Mo Kio (AMK), it's so large you can consider it a little town in itself. The train station (MRT) is a 15 min walk away for me with the pram or 9 min walk for Duncan with his much longer legs. On the way to the train station there is also a wet market (meat & fish) and another which sells local fruit and veg and also several cafes & hawker stalls selling local fare. The nearest shopping mall (AMK Hub) is located right next to the train station where you can get everything you need. The mall houses a very large grocery and department store and loads of smaller specialty stores. With so much variety available nearby,  you have a choice between a SGD$27 steak air flown from Australia or a SGD$3 bowl of noodles for dinner for example. The facilities at AMK is definitely catered toward families, after all this is Singapore's suburban heartland. We are geographically located in the centre of the country, but you've got to remember that Singapore is a small island so getting to anywhere from where we are is generally no more than 30 mins. To put things in perspective, it takes Duncan 30 mins to get to work on the train and the main shopping district Orchard Road is 6 short stops on the train which takes 13 mins.

We've already had our first visitor to the apartment, my sister Kim came to stay with us to help watch over Matthew while we attempted to tidy up a bit more. However, much of the weekend was spent lounging around the apartment or by the pool and dining out once or twice :)

Duncan and Matthew trying out the water slide at our condo complex

Just so Matthew and I could do something fun together and get out of the apartment for a while, we ventured to the Singapore Art Museum yesterday. Matthew had a fabulous time! He was completely enthralled with EVERYTHING he saw and was giggling and smiling and yelling and running around (when allowed to) the entire time. I highly recommend this for children and adults too of course!

To coincide with the art theme, Matthew completed his first piece of art work in crayon. I call it 'A Study in Blue, Green and Red' and hangs proudly on our fridge door. Later this week I plan on taking him to visit his Great Grand Aunt, one of the very few relatives we have in Singapore.