Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Back online

Well, our computer is finally in a working order again. We ended up taking it into the computer shop and finding that the hard drive was faulty, we purchased a new hard drive and now Danny is slowly getting all the programs and settings reinstalled. We are still having some issues with getting our email addresses set into our address book again, but most other things are running well. It is incredible how much quicker the computer is running with this new hard drive and with so many fewer programs installed!

So here is a quick synopsis of what we did this past month and a half:

Betsy's mom returned to the US in mid-March.

March 26th-30th was spring break. We didn't go anywhere, but enjoyed a nice time of relaxing at home. (Until the computer stopped functioning midway through the week!)

On April 6th we had a Good Friday service with our church, then had friends over for games in the evening.

April 10th-13th we had achievement testing at the school, this is a nice week as a teacher because there are less classes to plan for. Our principal also came around to talk about plans for next year. My tentative schedule has me teaching Algebra 2 (2 sections), Calculus, and a couple of computers courses. This may change though as we are still trying to hire a full-time computer teacher to cover elementary, middle, and high school classes. We are looking forward to continued growth at the school and really working to make the changes necessary for a bigger school. Pray for wisdom for the administration in bringing in the proper staff, there are still a few positions left to be filled.

Of course there was also much growth in Aaron, you will see from the pictures that he is now walking just about everywhere and enjoying life. He loves his 'ba' (ball, this is his first word.)

Enjoy the pics, and hopefully we'll see you again in just a little bit!

A few of my favorite things

We thought you would enjoy a little glimpse at the joys our son is enjoying over the past month.

March 18:
BalloonsFood (Look, no hands!)
April 6: Pillows on the couch
April 9: Reading with Mommy
April 11: My crown
April 13: Walking and ballsApril 13: My crown and balls
April 15: My ball
My other ball
April 16: Drinking by myself and food.

Pool Renovation

We got a notice a few weeks ago that the pool would be closed from mid-April through the end of May for renovations. While we don't like being without the pool, we are looking forward to watching the progress and seeing the great changes. . . We decided to take pictures to chronicle the event for you:
Day 0: A quiet poolDay 1: The water being pumped away.
Day 2: A big tent to cover the pool, so much for watching the progress!
Day 5 or 6: Tiles broken up. Will probably do some more pictures later, as major changes occur.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Computer Troubles

I wanted to put up a quick post here from school. Our computer is having issues, so we have been unable to post this week.

Aaron is doing great, he is now walking all around the house.

We are enjoying spring break immensely. Danny has been able to get a lot of rest.

Please pray that Danny will be able to take care of our computer issues quickly and cheaply!

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

A visitor to ICS

This is a post from Betsy's Mom about her visit to the school last Friday:

Hello there!
I spent last Friday, March 2nd, at the school all day. I went to the elementary
chapel right after school started. I waited until all the kids and staff had
left the music room where they hold chapel. I gathered my things and was just
kind of moving slow, when the door opened and 3 high school boys bolted into the
room and shut the door quickly. They went over to a window and were looking
out. I thought to myself "they are watching for a cute girl or waiting for the
music teacher or ??" Didn’t pay too much attention to them and headed out the
door. Denise, one of the teachers, and her 2nd grade class who were on the
other side of the campus started pointing past me and yelling “look out, look
out”.

“Look out for what?” I asked.

“THE MONKEY”, they answered!

I did not see a monkey, so started down the stairs (I was on the 2nd floor) and
as I walked onto the parking lot, they started pointing again and there he was…
the monkey. He was just two classroom doors down from where I was at the music
room. And fortunately he was heading away from me and down the open hallway
when I was up there!!!!

They can be quite mean and can bite! So I was glad he was going the other way
from me as I was so unaware of the pending “danger”.

The monkey catcher (yes, the monkey catcher) was called. He set a trap with
bananas for bait. I guess this little guy has harassed the school before. So
he will be caught and sent to the wild… the wild???? In Singapore? So they
tell me!

ONLY IN SINGAPORE!

Aaron the Explorer

Aaron is crawling and exploring all over the place now, here are a few pictures of the places he has gotten himself into:New shoes






Friday, March 02, 2007

Chinese New Year

This year our condo (Mount Faber Lodge) put on a New Year's party for the residents. It was a lot of fun mingling with fellow residents and partaking in a bit of the traditional New Year's activities.




Walking, Teething, and Reading

'K' is for kiss, Aaron's favorite letter!Aaron playing with his treehouse
Showing off the teeth:

Yes, that first picture shows a molar at the back of Aaron's mouth. He now has three top center teeth, two teeth on the bottom center, and three molars in back (two top, one bottom). He seems to be real close to a couple other teeth coming in as well, he's constantly chewing on things.

Reading with Mommy.

Swimming at the Beach

Hiding under the table.So cute!
A day at the beach

Helping Aaron with his dinner.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

A Day at the Bird Park

Aaron's first French FryPretty birds!
Check out the flamingos!
Even the Bald Eagle.
Enjoying the swimming puffins.

Aaron really enjoyed watching all of the birds.

A Birthday, A Fence, and A Harbour

Betsy's BirthdayPoppa and Daddy build a fence to keep Aaron safe!
The Singapore harbour
Check out the double-decker container truck! (Only in the harbour)

Fun with Aaron

Aaron's first car!
Something is wrong. . . Wake up little ducky!
Look Mommie, I sorted the laundry for you!
Swimming!!!
Ummm Gigi???