Monday, July 11th we went to the boys' school, Brent School Manila (http://www.brent.edu.ph/) or their interview and admissions tests. I got to meet the lady who is the admissions director that Greg met when he visited the school in May. We walked around a little bit, got to meet the swimming coach and see the pool which is covered due to rain and heat and found out that both boys are old enough to participate in the swim team program if they want to. We bought their uniforms for regular school days and PE days-twice a week and their "house" shirts. The school is divided into 3 houses (like in Harry Potter) but this is a British school thing-not just from the movie. The boys will be in the gold house for as long as they are at Brent and through the school year the houses compete against each other in various activities, and points are totalled and the winner is announced at the end of the year.
Then we went to our house to wait for some of our furniture to be delivered. All the kids were happy to see their beds delivered and put together and Scott got a desk for his room and a red swivel chair that is great fun on our hardwood floors. Ryan's bunk bed has a desk that is part of it and we found him a blue swivel chair for it.
Tuesday, July12th-We went to the mall today and the kids and I had pictures made for our neighborhood id cards and had another house key made (there is a True Value hardware store in the mall-I felt right at home-my first job as a teenager was working at the hardware store owned by a family at our church in Norcross) and then we went to the house to wait for the rest of the furniture to be delivered and for the water bottles to go on our water dispenser. We were at the house until about 7pm but it was all delivered eventually. We saved the big boxes that the sofas came in and the kids are having great fun with their "box fort".
Wednesday, July 13th-All 5 of us ate breakfast at the hotel and then brought a load of our bags over to the house. Greg stayed at the house with the kids and our driver, Chris, took me to the grocery store so that we would actually have something to eat here. Then we took Greg to work and went back to the hotel to get the rest of the bags. We got our neighborhood id cards made, had to exchange one of our clocks that didn't work and then the kids and I got a Dippin' Dots ice cream to share. Then we spent our last night at the Bellevue Hotel.
Thurs, July 14th-We enjoyed a last great breakfast buffet at the hotel and brought the last of our things to our new home for the next 3 years.
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