Team work

When it's time to go to the pool and it takes to long to inflate the rubber ring, Oskar immediately jumped in to help his father.

This is the beginning of the father and son team :)

Time

I had asked for time for my birthday and among all the time gifts I received from Wolfram was a massage vouncher.

Today I finally found the time to go.

I might have fallen asleep at some point.

I surely have sore muscles in the shoulders.

I definitely enjoyed the break.

Thanks Wolfram! (on track for best husband ever)

Mariah Carey still has it

PAfter J-Lo concert at the formula one, I was in the mood for concert and I convinced Wolfram to go to the one of Mariah Carey in the brand new National Stadium. Not that I am a big fan of her but opportunities to see international artists are limited in Singapore so better grab what we can.

It started bad when we realized that the set up of the stage and sitting was not as showed on the website. We had picked seats in category 2 with a decent view on the stage. When we arrived we realized that the stage was much closer than shown and consequently we could barely see anything.

Luckily there were empty seats here and there so when spent the first 20min of the show hoping around until we had better seats and no one claiming them.

We were still far away but close enough to see her on the stage. 

And she was surprisingly good. Maybe we had particularly low expectations after J-Lo, maybe we had no idea how Mariah Carey is live but we were both positively surprised.

True she gained weight and does not do much dancing on stage. She never was really a good dancer anyway. But she still has her voice and she can really sing high. When she does it live it's really impressive.

It was also great to see all the fans going nuts at the first notes of her big hits. I only knew the old ones I have to confess.

Fundamentally she and her musicians had fun on stage and as a consequence the audience had a great show.

So well done Mariah and thank you for making our Friday night out memorable.

Milestone follow-up

It seems that Oskar is getting used to going to sleep by himself. 

Three nights and two rounds of naps later, it takes him about 30min of turning around in the bed until he falls asleep. That's way more than we could have dreamed. We were ready for tears and hours of drama. Our little boy surprised his parents by making it super easy.

Our son is great! 

Totally unbiased assessment obviously :)

Milestone

After one year and a bit more of walking / bouncing / rocking Oskar to sleep, tonight I put him down, sat next to the cot and waited.

There was heart breaking crying and two little hands reaching out to be carried but I hold strong. Surprisingly this lasted only 10 minutes or so.

It was followed by Oskar playing in his bed, talking, turning around, trying to find a good position, putting his feet through the bars, etc. 

After 45 minutes, Wolfram took over and patiently waited.

It took an hour and a half, but Oskar eventually fell asleep by himself!

Yes, our little boy is growing and is now learning to fall asleep by himself.

Soon he will leave for university, I can already feel it :)

Is this spring cleaning?

Is this spring cleaning? Asked Tess as we started to empty our wardrobe to clean it and sort all the clothes.

Obviously not because we are in October :)

To some extent yes because we have decide to clean the whole house to eliminate all the black dust that comes from the outside (thank you pollution and haze) and to sort our belongings as we need space for all the new toys that Oskar received at his birthday.

We will go slow: one room every weekend starting with our bedroom.

Hopefully by the time we are ready to go on vacation, the house will be sparkling clean making it harder for mould to grow and we will have some space in our cabinets so we can store all the toys and maybe some left for the upcoming Christmas gifts.

Catch me if you can