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Maddie Writes Thai

I found this video today from our July trip to Krabi Thailand. Maddie thinks she can write Thai. Love it!

Short Cut Through the HDBs

Today I took a short cut through the HDBs. A HDB is a housing development building where most of the Singaporeans live. They are eleven stories tall in our neighborhood and we live way out of the city so you can imagine most are much taller. The ground level usually has an open air cement plaza under the building and breezeways at the stair cases. Today the breezeway I walked through made me laugh. There I found something fantastic. A vending machine that sells loafs of bread. I love this country!

I Broken

Jacob has decided that a totally legitimate excuse for not working around our house is to simply say, "I bwoken." The kid is two and a half. I therefore expect certain things of him. He can take his stinky diapers the twelve steps to he front door trash but he is starting to refuse. It's totally time to wrap up this potty training. Today we had about five successes. I think we are getting close.

Tooth Fairy Oops

Warning: Brian don’t read this one to the kids.

The tooth fairy fell asleep on duty last night.  We had a wildly fun kiddie party last night with make your own pizzas, juice and watermelon.  Then marshmallows and freezie lollies for the Aussies, otter pops for the American crowd and I can’t remember what the Swiss kids called them – some kind of lollies though.

Brian cleared the kitchen, I had the kids literally shove the toys against the wall out of the stairway path so it was safe to walk in the night and I got pj duty and teeth brushing.  Brian read scriptures and we said nighttime prayers then I popped Ben’s tooth out.  He and I laid down at 9 o’clock for bed and I was out cold.  Didn’t even brush my teeth or wash my face.

There is a reason I usually set an alarm on my cell phone to remind the tooth fairy of her duties but it was ALL THE WAY DOWNSTAIRS and I was way too tired to go get it.  Good thing he’s not too heart broken.  He figures she’ll come tonight.  Good sport. Now I’ll go set that alarm right now for 10pm.

It was pretty much just a regular one

Ben lost another tooth tonight.  He asked me if I would check his remaining top front tooth to see if it was ready to come out.  This tooth didn't just wiggle forward and back, it twisted almost a complete turn.  It was definitely ready to go.  I gave it a quick tug and POP out came the tooth.  No blood this time. Ben said it was pretty much just a regular one-no blood in the spit.

Insubordinate Maddie Mae

Ben read aloud a book for his daily reading this morning.  It was about two kids who’s dad was late picking them up from school.  A stranger tried to pick them up in a setup that was obvious to an adult to be a kidnapping but the kids were brave and told her, “No.” Then they ran inside. They told the principal that it was hard to tell a grown up “no”.

Maddie then offered her unsolicited two sense, “Yeah, but it’s NEVER hard to say “no” to your mom or dad! See, watch.  ‘NO Mom!!’ See, it’s easy.”  Great.  The stellar parenting we are doing around here is obviously not working on her.  To be clear, she says no all the time.  It’s an issue we’re working through. Glad to know where she officially stands on the issue and that she’s so secure in the fact that open rebellion is a-okay.  Not sure what to do about it, but at least I’ve been given notice now.