We are allowed out of the house with our household now. Of course, we still have nowhere to go, because businesses are still closed.

Our "Circuit Breaker" (Lockdown) ended on June 1. I was hoping they would announce that we were allowed to go out with our families, but I didn't see anything. However, as I was seeing a lot more families on the Boardwalk, I wondered if I was missing something, so I went looking for the policy on the government website.

Buried in the Sports and Rec information, I finally found the spot. "They may exercise with members living in the same household." Until recently that said, something like, Exercise alone.

We are still encouraged to stay home as much as possible currently, and are not allowed to gather with others, but the government is now saying they are expecting to restart almost the entire Singapore economy before the end of June. They will likely announce the date of Phase 2 mid June (just a few more days), so there's probably less than 2 weeks left in our current state.

The same night I found the new rule, I dragged Jonathan out for a short walk: his first in weeks. He made me turn back at the same spot the kids do. The next day, we went for a long walk to the local community centre to pick up our government issued masks.

MsI came and walked all the way there; It took about an hour to get 1.5 km. It was pretty impressive for a kid who hasn't been getting out much. By then MsI was so tired though that as we passed through a market, she walked in to a pillar and bruised up her forehead. After that she asked to go in my "Backpack" which is what she calls the Baby Carrier. She almost fell asleep in the lunchtime heat on the way back home.

Mask collection was from vending machines. We had to scan our ID cards. There were child sized ones too, but we couldn't get the kids' ID cards to scan. We noticed the sign on the machine saying Work Permit and Long Term Pass Holders (a.k.a. our family) may have scanning problems. We talked to the person at the desk and they were able to unlock the machine and hand us the kids ones. In terms of size they fit MsC, but were too small for me and too large for MsE and MsI. The kids ones do seem easier to breath through, which is good because that is MsC's biggest complaint.

Now that Singapore kids (not ours) are back in school, kids are now allowed to wear face screens without masks. I picked some up at the grocery store. MsC is technically an adult one. She is worried that she looks weird, but she says at least she can breathe. It sits on clear glasses - we should be able to change it out for her sunglasses if she wants. MsI doesn't like the new face shields at all.