As we start to get settled in to our new apartment in Singapore, we’re able to start sifting through hundreds of pictures and videos from the last couple of months – many of which will show up in this humble blog in coming days and weeks. For the moment, it seems fitting to share this one, from our final days in London. It’s Nyan ‘packing’ – and bidding farewell to London – as Mommy and Daddy sort through their stuff ahead of the movers coming to take it all away.
Bonus video: from the same day, Nyan looking out the window as Daddy sneaks a video of him through the wall mirror. Then he sees Daddy, giggles, runs around. Nyan being Nyan.
Another flashback, this one from early April as we packed up for our move: Nyan Thomas, chatting on the ‘phone’ (actually some sort of cleaning tool, I believe). He’s ‘talking’ to his friend Elizabeth, telling her about Dr Brown Bear and other highlights of his day.
We know, we know, we’ve been quite remiss in posting new pics and videos as of late, we realize. Apologies. Still living out of suitcases, which is causing all sorts of havoc with trying to do things like make blog posts on a regular basis. All good, don’t get us wrong – we’re just a little off kilter. Expect fresh stories, photos and videos to resume in the very near future.
Meantime, let’s go back in time a couple months – early spring, Daddy’s hometown. It was a cool but sunny afternoon, and Nyan and Daddy headed to the neighborhood park, a place called Willow Creek Park, for some fresh air and general fun.
He really wanted to commandeer this soccer ball, but instead he decided to just go for a jog.
And here he is riding a plastic seahorse. I’m not sure what sound a seahorse makes, but I betcha it sounds a lot like whatever it is Nyan is saying in this video:
Similarly, riding a plastic fish.
And of course it’s not a trip to the park without playing on a slide:
Come back soon for photos and videos from the Singapore Zoo, from a dance-off between Nyan and a 19-month-old boy at an Orchard Road mall food court, from Nyan running down the hall of our hotel, and much more.
In the weeks leading up to our move to Singapore, we would tell Nyan about all the things we’d be doing, such as going to the beach and visiting lots of swimming pools. He was always less than enthused, usually saying that he’d be making a sand castle while he watched Daddy or Mommy swimming.
On one of our first days here, Mommy and Daddy were swimming in the rather large pool at the hotel we’re staying at, and predictably enough, Nyan decided he would get in the pool after all. Of course, Nyan being Nyan, he had to do it on his terms – which is to say, by riding Daddy’s shoulders. Not that Daddy minded.
Later, young Nyan Thomas got brave enough to go in the pool by himself. Well, it was just the kiddie pool. But that still counts:
“Swimming,” Nyan style. He also found time to strut around the pool.
Sad to say, we haven’t been able to get back to the pool too many times since then, as our days have been filled up with apartment viewings, school visits, trips to government offices to get our visas squared away, and the like. But we’ll get back in there soon, and we fully expect him to be swimming laps in no time.
This blog has been a little quiet of late as we try to get settled in to our new home in Singapore. But suffice it to say, things are going fine, and there will be lots and lots of pictures, videos, stories etc. soon to come.
Here’s one: it dumped rain on us most of the day, ending around 4. We were all stir crazy by then, so we headed to Chinatown for some food and sight-seeing. We came across a public plaza that had several dozen locals doing synchronized dance moves to Western songs. It was quite strange, but cool. And guess who joined right in?
Yes, the boy loves to dance, and he’s got some killer moves. (Did we mention that he’d been cooped up in the hotel room most of the day and had buckets of energy to spare?)
He even got Mommy to get into it too:
A strange but fun find, that’s for sure. Here’s a bit of an overview of the scene, showing the people he was watching dance, as well as some of the scenery around Chinatown:
Yep, so far so good in Singapore. Stay tuned for more.
What’s a boy to do when he has to choose between tractors and space rockets?
This is the dilemma that our hero had to face a couple weeks back when we visited Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. This was one of Daddy’s favorite places to visit growing up, and he was happy to share it with Nyan. It’s a fantastic place with trains (model trains and real life trains), airplanes, a coal mine, a German U-boat, dozens of hands-on displays about physics and the weather and history and you name it.
Oh and there are also huge exhibits devoted to farming and to space exploration. Guess where we spent most of our time?
The farm exhibit had, among other things, several tractors that a young man could climb into and drive. Or he could just climb into the wheels:
But his favorite was definitely getting behind the wheel and pretending to plow up dirt. Or harvest corn. Or something.
There were also video displays showing all sorts of farming things, which pretty much transfixed the boy:
Finally we got away from the farm and found the space section. It included scale models of many many rocket ships, which pleased him to no end:
And there was a display where you had to “fuel up” a rocket ship by pushing a button, and then hit the launch button to send it to the sky:
Then it was off the gift shop. Somehow we managed to get out of there without buying a space helmet or toy space shuttle…
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We didn’t manage to visit the submarine, or the coal mine, or several of the trains, and lots and lots of other exhibits. We’ll definitely have to return some day.
A quick and fun little video of Nyan playing at the dining table, and having a drink of orange juice. Doesn’t sound that exciting, we know, but it’s not too bad, really. Just watch.
We had a big family dinner at a local restaurant this evening – Grandma, Grandpa, Uncles Scott and Mike, Aunts Maggie and Sarah, and cousins Mia and Kennedy. Oh, plus Nyan and Daddy of course.
After some good food, the cousins were running around the joint, dancing to the music, and generally being kids. Here’s Nyan showing off his dance moves, while little Kennedy (who’s a bit over a year old) tries to give him a cuddle. Poor Kennedy though; Nyan was only interested in dancing.
And here’s Nyan with Mia. “Make silly faces!” was Mia’s command.
The other day, Mommy and Nyan were shopping on the High Street when Nyan decided he wanted to ride the toy horse outside one of the stores. Mommy didn’t have any money to make it actually go, but that was no obstacle to our hero.
Note how he’s putting “coins” in the slot himself. And feeling the horse an “apple.” And also giving the evil eye to the little girl (off camera) who wanted to ride the horse herself. Sorry, girl, Nyan seems to say – I was here first.
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