Man of the House!

Kim had to go back to Austin to get us a new house and have her quarterly offisite for business. I stayed in Singapore and held down the fort with the three amigos (Ainsley, Jack, and Kara).  The week was actually very good and we really got to know each other better. Tears were plentiful (missing Mommy and not liking the Dad's way of running the house) but a ton of fun.  I took several photos this week with my phone (as there was not time to use the normal camera).  Please don't hold my update to Kim's standard as it won't muster...

The first one is of my mother Barb as a 1.5 year old (well Kara but i really see barb in her :)  Especially with the bare feet and attitude.  Kara was sick the entire week, except for the weekend kim was gone.  We went to the hostpital on Thurs and had to get her some antibiotics to correct some blood she had in her "motion" as they call it here.  She is all good now.

I had a long conversation with Ainsley about "helping daddy" when we were going out.  We went to the Zoo on Sat and took a couple outings and she rode her buggy board and helped tremendously all weekend.    She was a GREAT big sister.  Kara said "me" for the first time this weekend (that i have heard) and it seemed significant although i don't really know what it means.  I think it indicates some self awareness that she didn't have before.

Ainsley really like the cat (leopard) for some reason when we went to the Zoo on Saturday.  Jack and Kara weren't allowed to get out of the stroller much but they also enjoyed the sights and sounds.  All were VERY distressed that the baboons weren't sighted :)

Ainsley "rescuing" Jack after a tumble in the stones.

The kids eating grapes after they woke up from nap on Sunday.  The calm before the storm.

We played in the stones for an hour one day.  Was the weirdest thing.  Jack wandered over there and we chased him then all three of them threw stones around for an hour and dug holes. 

Overall the week was the good, but we missed Kim tremendously and there were many tear filled sessions asking for Mommy when Dad was laying down the law.  Kim will get home in a couple hours and we will start a new week :)