We all went up to breakfast this morning and then Craig went to his first day of work (meetings--I honestly don't know how he stayed awake because I was falling asleep walking around outside!) and the kids & I went to SAS for Anna's orientation.
We decided to take the subway up to Woodlands today. It was a little over 30 minutes on the train but it is still novel to the kids so they loved it--especially when it went above ground (I liked that part, too, because I got to see a bit more of the country!). We walked to SAS from the Marsiling stop (I didn't time any of this but we had Henry as our pacer so we went pretty slow!) and checked in then found the lady we were to meet with. Anna got her photo taken for her card (for lunch & snack purchases), then we went to her classroom and met her teacher (the students were at language class--Anna is signed up for Mandarin). Her teacher seems really nice and like she'll be a good fit for Anna's personality. Anna will be paired up with another little girl tomorrow so she can learn the ropes from her.
After that we walked down to the PTA store to purchase her uniforms but I only had enough cash to get one shirt. After some discussion, we learned that there is an ATM in the high school building and I decided we should walk down there so we could take care of the uniform purchases today rather than dragging Henry & Sarah back tomorrow if I didn't have to. They were not pleased with my decision but that made me really not want to bring them back tomorrow! Thankfully the ATM was near the high school cafeteria and we stopped there for a snack to revive our jet-lagged bodies a bit.
We requested a spot for Anna on the bus from our temporary apartment and they are able to pick her up tomorrow & Friday but not bring her home until next week. So, I am going to pick her up on Thursday & Friday from school and she'll be on the regular schedule starting next week. (So I have to drag Sarah & Henry back tomorrow & Friday anyway!)
We decided to take a taxi home from SAS which was a bit nicer/faster than the subway but Anna looked like she was getting motion sickness (I've tucked a spare airplane motion sickness bag in my purse for emergencies now!) so she voted that we take the subway home tomorrow & Friday. I'll take Henry & Sarah there by taxi, probably.
We got back to the apartment to have lunch before we met with Craig to go to the Employment Pass Service Center to get our fingerprints taken and forms filled out so he can work here and we can be with him while he does that. This was a much nicer experience than we had in Doha for sure!
The kids & I went back home and Craig went back to work. My 3 AM start began to show early on in the day but I really was fading fast at this point! The kids went to bed tonight at almost normal bedtimes (Anna woke at 4:30 but the girls came out of their room around 6:30, I woke Henry at 7 today after he had a few fitful minutes around 4 AM). It is almost 8:30 at night now and I am going to sign out!
I just wanted to note that I have been taking pictures but I am way too tired to get them up on the blog at the moment. I'll have to go back and add them later and I'll re-tag these posts with the "catch-up" tag when I do.
