Two down

This week two houses have been taken down.

You see here the hole it created. 

They started from the other end of the street, and slowly are making their way to us. 

And yes, it's getting noisy :(

School bus weird feeling

Oskar has been taking the bus to school for a week now. 

First day, Monday, I ended up in the bus with him. As much as he was excited to take the bus, the moment he realized I was not coming, there were tears.

Same story in day two and Wolfram rode the minivan with Oskar.

Wednesday, Wolfram was strong and put a crying Oskar in the bus alone. Teacher confirmed he had stopped crying by the time he reached school. We were relieved. 

Thursday and Friday, Oskar went in the bus without any drama. Just looking sad.

This morning, Oskar eagerly climbed in the van barely kissing me goodbye. While I'm proud that he takes the bus by himself and adjusted to it in less than a week, inside it breaks my heart. My baby is not a baby anymore. I was told that the first two years kids really depend on you and after two they need you less. In the stressful moments of the first months I was looking forward to having Oskar more independent. Now that it is happening, I understand why people say that you miss those first two years when they are over. Better enjoy the time with Thomas before it's over too.

What's this?

Maman's phone?

Better smile then?

Second day back to work

And a surprise was waiting for me at home. 

Thank you Wolfram!

First day back at work

And I did not do much work :)

I spent quality time reconnecting the computer to the printer and getting my access back to different systems. 

I nicely chatted with colleagues all asking about Thomas.

I did sit down with my boss to get an update and she offered me Kit Kat.

Tomorrow I will have to do some actual work. But for now I will enjoy the evening with my boys. 

Un train peut en cacher un autre

(A train can hide another one)

Today I took Oskar to the pediatrician as a follow up. Objective was to get the green light for returning to school.

Our plan was compromised by fever during the night. Apparently now Oskar has a sore throat and needs antibiotics. His lungs are clear but not the throat.

Will this ever end? 

I know that the first year at school is usually filled with child diseases. I heard the stories of others back in Europe going from one cold to the other when their child started day care especially in the winter. But with the warm weather in Singapore I was hoping we would escape from this. Apparently I was wrong. 

Destruction

A year after it was originally planned, the destruction of the houses on Marymount terrace has started. Today the digger arrived and started to take down the lower roofs of the houses.

The "quiet" days are over. Let's hope the noise level will stay acceptable with open windows.