R in 2014

I spent most of last year either being or recovering from being mentally ill. Among other, more important, things, this meant blogging took a serious hit. I didn't blog at all for long periods (like nearly the entire first half of 2014) and only wrote 38 posts for the entire year. This means a lot of things didn't get blogged, including our trips to Myanmar, Phuket, and Vietnam; R's third birthday; most things about R's three-year-old self, etc.

I plan to blog about the trips separately, but for the rest here's a photo dump about R in 2014.

She loved pretending to go on trips in the mountains to find the Yeti: her obsession for a while was rescuing Chang (from Tintin in Tibet). All set here with snow boots, jacket and "noculars" (binoculars)

 Her third birthday party was at her preschool on a weekend

Everyone singing Happy Birthday to R: we had around 17 kids there plus their parents

Three Year Old R

With her birthday cake, a Hello Kitty one 

Blowing out the candles

She did it!

R at the SEA Aquarium: we got memberships here and visited many times

Swimming on Sentosa

At the zoo pretending to be a baby elephant: she loves elephants, maybe because Ami is one

Decorating a present for Father's Day: R chose this egg and spent a long time painting it

Visiting the fire station and getting to use the hose was fun

But pretending to drive the truck was her favorite part

We visited the offshore island of Pulau Ubin several times. Here's R with a coconut she found.

It's one of the few places she can experience nature in Singapore 

Running amok at the children's section of Singapore Botanic Gardens

Hugging one of her little friends: R has a large acquaintance because we are out so much 

At 3.5 years old

She loves swimming in the pool, which we can do almost every day thanks to the climate here

Me and R swimming

She became good at climbing this year and enjoys doing it at every opportunity

Playing at Labrador Park