Lazy Sunday?

It seems that there is always something to do in life, we really work hard at making a day for our family to just hang out together each week.  The "hang out day" is usually on a Sunday.

Caleb was the first one out the door this Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m., he has been learning to operate the big sound board, camera equipment, and lights at our church.  It is a big deal, he has had four six hour classes plus more "on the job training".  Today he was operating the sound board in the secondary position for both services.  He loves it.

It is a family tradition now that Sunday after church we head to a Hawker Center for lunch, usually we go to Empress Road Hawker Center but we have not been to our Adam Road Center for so long so we decided to go there.  First a stop at the ATM to get out our weekly cash followed by a nice hot walk to lunch.

The boys have made friends with some of the Hawkers.  Today, Caleb's friend Stuart let us take his picture, Stuart makes fresh pressed juice and Caleb always gets "The Stuart Special".  One time Scott and I went to the hawker center with out the boys and Stuart asked us where his friend was.

It is really nice to be connecting to the community some.

One of our violin bows broke last week leaving us in a dilemma so we also had to go downtown today to get either a new bow or this one fixed.  This is frustrating when you want to have a day to just hang out but with having only one car we need to get as many errands done on the weekend as possible.

We are learning that some things can take a really long time in Singapore, but we are also learning some tricks to avoid frustration.  Take today for example.  The sign by the mall we needed to take the bow to said the car park was full, this means there is not one parking space.

 People seriously wait in line in their car for someone to come out so they can go in, this can take forever and you have no way of knowing how long you will wait in line.  So, today Caleb and I just got out of the car and went into the mall to get the bow taken care of while Scott and Keegan drove around and picked us back up when we called.  Don't you love cell phones.

Upon arriving home we were hot so we had a family swim, well, I floated on my raft and worked on my tan while Scott and the boys held a wrestling meet of sorts in the pool.

It would be really easy to live here and never come out of our "American" bubble.  I am glad that we are being a bit adventurous and interacting with the community.  We tried a new food tonight for dinner.
DUCK.  The boys and I have never eaten duck before and I had no idea how to cook it but it is everywhere in Singapore and it is cheap so I figured it was time to dive in.

We used this recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks to make some Red Thai Duck Curry.  Keegan has been a great help in my kitchen this year, he loves to cook and really is getting good at it.

  Here are the meat and vegetables

and then we added it to the curry sauce in the wok there is a lot of garlic, ginger, and basil from our herb garden.

It was good, we all enjoyed it.  Keegan commented at dinner "look at this here we are four Americans eating duck with chop sticks for dinner".  How fun.

Tonight we will watch a movie and eat the last of our microwave popcorn as our lazy Sunday comes to a close.