ups & downs and all arounds

(Warning: Lots of my short falls as a parent are discussed in this post, please judge me gently ha!)
Well friends, we are still here in Singapore. Boo hoo. We were planning on leaving bright and early this morning so I could have some snuggly time with Evie and Sawyer by this afternoon but Finn's tummy had other plans. The Doctors believe his root problem is an allergy to UHT milk combined with all the fun buggies in the water (how oh how do you stop kids from drinking bath water?) and trying to digest the Malarone which is preventing him from contracting malaria. Poor little guy. When you put it that way I feel pretty bad for all his little body has been battling and that I "ignored" it for this long. They say he is really no worse for wear though and will have righted himself in no time after returning to the states in two months. So the upside is that we know what is wrong and can address it. The down side is we are here for three more days, which is actually a really silly downside since our room looks like this:

And I have been watching American Idol while in the bathtub:

Hotel arrangements are stipulated by the embassy and I just have to say, they treat us medivaced families pretty darn great! The thing is, being with one cutie non-stop for seven days can make one pretty homesick for adult conversation and the humor of their other children. It has been fabulous spending some one on one with our middle child who, I truly feel, often gets over looked (partially due to his incredibly easy going personality) but oh my goodness I don't know if I can hear much more Star Wars talk without going bonkers :) Usually Finn is jabbering away to Sawyer who is equally engrossed in the conversation. Last night while he was swimming I actually had to put my head in my lap and count to ten before reengaging in a conversation about whether General Grievous (the bad guy in the Star Wars cartoon) was actually a robot or a human. 

Thankfully we have been all around the city and seen some amazing sites. I cannot wait to share some of the pictures. Last night we headed to the mall and went to the top floor (the malls here are crazy huge). I stepped off the escalator and when I looked up from making sure Finn wasn't getting sucked under I was looking directly at an amazing fabric boutique. Hilariously enough I almost started crying. It has been 18 months since I have seen a fabric store like this. From floor to ceiling it was stocked with every Amy Butler, Anne Marie Horner and Cath Kidston print known to man, even those they have long since stopped printing. The lady welcomed me by saying: "Welcome to our lovely store" I seriously almost hugged her. I had just purchased Finn a General Grievous light saber so he was great and sat while I perused for a good half hour. When I finally pulled a bolt out and flipped it on its end I again almost cried: $28 dollars a meter!!!!!!! Aw man! I was so bummed. I had literally come up with a huge long list of things I was going to make in that half hour and  bam! They all went out the window. I'm not crazy right? $28 dollars is just way to much to pay for a meter of fabric that isn't some awesome vintage lace from France or something ha! Anywhoo, I am toying with the idea of going back and getting a fat quarter of a out of print Amy Butler for a special project I am working on for Lil' Blue Boo. I can't wait to share it with you! Hope you are having a fabulous week hopefully free from Star Wars conversations!