Matthew 57 weeks

Bit of a scheduling hiccup today meant that Matthew and I are staying at the serviced apartment rather than at our new home supervising the crew of people delivering our furniture, 3 painters and a handyman that I'd organise to come mount our TV and paintings. Just as well really, as I woke at 3:30am this morning in a bit of a panic wondering how I was going to manage them all and look after Matthew at the same time. So instead of utter pandemonium and chaos created by boxes and packing material, leather lounges and open tins of paint plus a 1 year old (imagine the disasterous possibilities!!) the painters are left to their own devices to get on with sprucing up the apartment ready for Mr.Grubby fingers to put chocolate and cheese on the walls. 

This weekly post is late because we've just been SO busy. Saturday morning was spent avoiding the torrential rain that buckets Singapore without notice at Loewen Gardens Farmer's Market. The market was small and cosy. We managed to find all the lovely gourmet treats that we are so used to in Sydney there.We arrived armed with cash :) and made a beeline, past the free range eggs and the home brewed beers, straight for the olives. We bought some lovely bright green Sicilian and marinated kalamatas olive, which were promptly consumed 10mins after we got home. Other yummy things on offer were baked goods, French spreads and oils and of course organic fruit, veg and flowers. Matthew enjoyed sampling everything on offer.

After a short rest (and wait for the rain to subside), we made our way to Universal Studios Singapore at Sentosa Resort. It's exactly what you'd expect from a theme park, crowds (queues), rides, fast food, entertainers, shows and lots of outlets to purchase park merchandise. Surprisingly Duncan and I had a good time. The park layout was well thought out, with good selection of food available, facilities for babies and stroller hire if you hadn't brought your own. There is a daily quota of entry tickets available so you need to purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. However that being said, due to the fact that we'd purchased our tickets in advance we had to go on the day selected even if it turned out that the weather was crappy. Fortunately by the time we got there the rain stayed away. Majority of the rides aren't suitable for little ones so Matthew was limited to only a handful. He had a busy day just soaking in his surroundings, including sitting quietly on my lap eating his sultanas while we watched the Shrek 4D movie. He even endured wearing the 3D glasses for 2 whole minutes! He didnt mind terribly queuing up for rides and waiting for shows to start and was very patient the whole day not fussing once. A word of advice though for families thinking about going with really young children (under 2). Littlies dont have a clue what's going on and most of the shows and performances have really loud sound effects which meant that we spent most of time covering Matthew's ears to protect his precious eardrums. I personally would recommend waiting till children are a little older to make a visit to the park.

 

A very confused Matthew with some of the characters from Madagascar.

Sunday was brunch with a girl friend for me and a little Matthew and Daddy time for the boys. We met up at our new apartment to pick up our keys and to conduct an inventory after lunch. After that was a mad dash to the shops to pick out a present for little newborn Jake who is 10 days old today and then to drop off his gift in the evening. That pretty much in a nutshell sums up our weekend. The next few days will be spent busily unpacking and settling in to the new apartment and I will blog again when we get up and running.