Thankful Hearts (December 26-31)

Our highlights from this past week (December 26-31)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Christmas parties galore!
• More free-flowing food & drink, love & laughter
• Christmas @ Khaws
• Christmas Talentime
• Audrey’s rendition of We Wish You A Merry Christmas with a twist
• Anthony’s Ninjago “performance”
• 4 logcakes & decorations for kids to work on!
• Drinks @ Duncan/Tyng’s
• Happy 3rd birthday, Anton!
• Thank you Alicia/John for wonderful beach party @ Tanjong Beach Sentosa
• Ex-BT Catch-up with VERY LONG DRINKS @ LinTon’s
• Grandma/pa back from Dubai
• Presents presents presents! Smiggles, legos, zoobs, moshi, levis, books….
• Last minute shopping
• Great weather
• Byebye longkang fish friends – thank you for staying with us for awhile!

 

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Thankful Hearts (December 19-25)

Our highlights from this past week (December 19-25)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Anthony’s Christmas performance at Wesley Sunday School
• Audrey’s first Sunday School excursion @ Fort Canning
• Running in the rain!
• Christmas parties kick into action!
• Free-flowing food & drink, love & laughter
• Eve of Christmas Eve @ Maplewoods with Betty, Jason, Yi Ting, Raymond
• Pictionary!!!
• Pictureka!
• Wagyu beef
• Two Hands
• Last minute shopping
• Presents, presents, presents!
• Christmas Day Family lunch gathering @ Mount Sinai
• Christmas Day Family dinner gathering @ Colin & Fin’s
• Fusion family Potluck extravaganza (with loads of salads!)
• BBQ for a warm grilly Christmas 
• Whack-a-Christmas-Pinata!
• Cheyenne’s lovely voice & solo performance

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Thankful Hearts (December 12-18)

Our highlights from this past week (December 12-18)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Getting things organised for the Christmas parties!
• Giant Christmas tree from the Khaws
• Starting to shop
• West Coast Park, Pasir Ris Park…
• The superhard obstacle course at West Coast Park
• The big round swing, perfect for relaxing
• A  new pump for our terrappin tank
• Rollerblades
• Climbing up the maze
• Seeing grandpa/ma off at Changi Airport
• Presents, presents, presents for the Dubai-ites!
• Visiting The Kids Kampong
• Longkang fishing is amazing
• Feeding the rabbits, fish, ducks, chicken….
• Shopping @ Tampines Ikea & Giant
• Home-styled Subway sandwiches
• Honey-baked ham
• Fresh lettuce
• Fresh tomatoes
• Mustard
• Rootbeer
• Beer
• Auntie Josie is back in Philippines for home leave
• Housework time!

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Thankful Hearts (December 5-11)

Our highlights from this past week (December 5-11)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• First-time ever…crystal mining!
• Elephant Parade… the gentle giants are everywhere!
• VivoCity Christmas Show – funny circus acts
• Audrey learning to play Christmas tunes on the piano
• Christmas carols
• Lots of reading time
• King Albert Island Creamery’s hopscotch corner
• Christmas lights along Orchard Road
• Sushi
• Ramen
• Udon
• Getting back in touch with old friends during the holidays

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Thankful Hearts (November 28-December 4)

A spoonful of heart-shaped lime sorbet – just perfect!

Our highlights from this past week (November 28-December 4)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Sizzling Science Camp (Audrey)
• Uncle Tim’s Science Trail (Anthony)
• Slime, electricity, gems, fossils…
• Preparing for Christmas parties with family & friends
• Making present lists
• Shopping!
• Christmas Smurfs’ Village
• Christmas Plants vs Zombies
• Christmas light-up @ Orchard
• 313 for Sunday lunch
• Moshi Monsters
• Sleeping in
• More rainy afternoons & cool nights
• Happy birthday, Auntie Mon & Uncle Nat

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Thankful Hearts (November 21-27)

A spoonful of heart-shaped lime sorbet – just perfect!

Our highlights from this past week (November 21-27)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam!
• Pho, Pho, Pho!
• Dong… millions & billions of it!
• All those ‘H’ places.. Ho Chi Minh, Hue, Hoi An
• Lovely hotels – La Residence, Victoria Hoi An, Hotel Intercontinental HCM
• Big winds, big waves
• Sea-facing villas
• Seaside pool @ Hoi An
• See-through pool at Intercon
• Seeing all those famous places
• Collecting pine cones
• Collecting marble.. and ‘gems’!
• Vietnamese food
• Vietnamese custom-made shoes(for Audrey, obviously)
• Local sweets & delicacies from the Ben Thanh Market 
• HSBC Premier.. great services everywhere!
• Uncle Hong
• Anthony’s Lost & found Di-Di Monkey
• The kids’ performance of Police & Robbers @ Intercon
• Buffet breakfasts
• Safe travels

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Thankful Hearts (November 14-20)

A spoonful of heart-shaped lime sorbet – just perfect!

Our highlights from this past week (November 14-20)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Audrey’s piano performance
• Teacher Eliza
• Fetching Anthony from school
• Cedele
• Mushroom soup
• Cool days
• Rainy nights
• Sunny afternoons (for swimming)
• New swimsuits
• Dimsum
• Art class – learning how to make a pond & clay ducks
• Perfect homemade pasta
• Planning Christmas parties!
• SQ Redemption tickets for Dubai… grandparents to visit soon!
• Start of Vietnam family holiday with The Lees!

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Thankful Hearts (November 7-13)

A spoonful of heart-shaped lime sorbet – just perfect!

Our highlights from this past week (November 7-13)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Audrey turned 8 this week… birthday blessings in abundance!
• More birthday cake!
• More ice cream!
• More playdates with Lizzie, Leia, Janae!
• Marche @ 313
• Smurfs
• Gargamel… especially Mama Gargamel!
• Sweet little brother Anthony
• Doting grandpa & indulgent grandmas
• Presents!
• Popcorn
• Preparing for our vacation

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Thankful Hearts (October 31-November 6)

Our highlights from this past week (October 31-November 6)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Halloween party @ Fulton!
• Treats… of chocolates & sweets galore!
• Pumpkins, masks, capes, hats, costumes!
• Funny little brothers!
• Steamboat.. hot & yummy!
• Anthony & classmates visit the Kids Kampong in Pasir Ris
• Sea urchins & spines
• Manta rays
• All types of farm animals
• Planning Audrey’s birthday party
• Audrey’s birthday celebration at home
• 2 Super-sized Peperoni pizzas – 4 different toppings!
• 2 Ice-cream cakes from Island Creamery
• Gifts from the heart

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Thankful Hearts (October 24-30)

Our highlights from this past week (October 24-30)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Deepavali…holiday again!
• St James post-concert holiday!
• Baking chocolate chip cookies on Deepavali!
• Eating the chocolate chip cookies we baked! 
• Sharing the chocolate chip cookies we baked!
• Energetic, enthusiastic Parent Volunteers
• Successful sneak-in to watch MGS Primary concert & Audrey’s Tap Dance
• Thoroughly enjoyable tap dance item!
• Crystal Jade…tim-sum, noodles
• The MGS Funfair!!
• Our funfair stall – PastaMania spaghetti & pizza
• All the Funfair rides
• Food… ice-cream, nachos, candy floss!!!
• Knick-knacks
• Meeting my “old” friends
• Running around with classmates new friends
• The dunking pool … wonderful sporting Secondary girls
• New carnivorous plants – Sundew & Pitcher plants!

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Thankful Hearts (October 17-23)

Our highlights from this past week (October 17-23)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Audrey’s one-week pure holiday bliss..thank you PSLE marking days!
• Super-long Tap dance rehearsal
• MacDonald’s with Rachel 
• Anthony’s St James concert
• Ant’s the BEST Snowflake ever!
• More funfair things are put in order…
• Wonderful dedicated & patient Parent Volunteers
• Great catch-up & dinner with our friends Auntie Carol & Cayden!
• Wiiiiiiii!
• Smurfs!!!
• Pizzas – this is appearing almosts every week, hahahaha!
• All types of Japanese food

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Thankful Hearts (October 10-16)

Our highlights from this past week (October 10-16)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• God’s help to prepare Audrey to sit for first ‘real’ exams!
• Mid-exam lunch with Lizzie at Haato
• Celebrate the end of P2 exams, yippee!
• Post-exam playtime in P2.4
• Fun-fair prep madness
• Breathers at the gym
• Library’s good stock of travel guides on Vietnam
• Playing at the Waterplace pool
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Geronimo Stilton is quite funny
• Happy 8th birthday, Jonathan!
• Zorb party!
• We love Pizzas!!!

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Thankful Hearts (October 3-9)

Our highlights from this past week (October 3-9)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Mushrooms for Anthony, especially wild ones in the park & by the roadside
• Teaching Nainai what to do with the iPad
• Ant is enjoying his concert rehearsals
• Eating Nainai’s curry with baguette
• Squeezing in time for last-minute test revisions
• Cool & calm days
• Sorting out all the things from four terms of school!
• Some more Subway – Cold Cut Trio is the best!
• Happy birthday, Joshua! BBQ yum yum! 
• Playground fun 
• Sweet potato 
• Satay

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Thankful Hearts (September 26-October 2)

Our highlights from this past week (September 26-October 2)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• GLEE 
• Sunday School teacher Joanna gave us homemade cookies !
• Children’s Day – so many presents from our teachers!
• Funny teachers & their performances
• Holiday so we can play all we want
• Welcoming Oktoberfest & lots of beer…
• And Root Beer for the kids!
• Anthony had a short bout of flu but recovered very quickly
• Happy birthday, Christian! Picotin & Horse City were perfect for your party!
• Little ponies we can ride on safely
• Feeding the donkey
• Playing swordfighting with big and small boys at the party (Anthony, obviously!)
• Pizzas

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Thankful Hearts (September 19-25)

Our highlights from this past week (September 19-25)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Audrey discovers Subway!
• Cold cut trio on Parmesan-Oregano – love it!
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Nacho chips
• The Central Sunday Jap lunch with the Khaws – super fun & delicious
• Playing by The Singapore River
• Badminton for PE (Audrey)
• Mushrooms sprouting all over Pandan Valley
• Saw a smail eat a mushroom (Ant)
• Staying dry one stormy morning - catching Mr Ong at the Mt Sinai bus-stop
• Lego’s – a toy the whole family can play!

Thankful Hearts (September 12-18)

Our highlights from this past week (September 12-18)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Happy 5th birthday, darling Anthony!
• Special Lego sets for the my birthday: Police Station AND Fire Station!
• Ninjago & more Ninjago
• Back to school – happy Term 3!
• Turtles are growing so big
• New pot for our thriving Venus Fly Trap
• Ice cream treats – Ben & Jerry’s!
• French fries
• Playground time
• Claywork @ Teachers Silas’ is really fun
• Making clay duckies & pond

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Thankful Hearts (September 5-11)

Our highlights from this past week (September 5-11)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• One-week Term Break – holiday, yippee!
• Birthday party prep week
• Daiso’s treasure trove 
• Sweets, yummmm 
• Boxes of all shapes & sizes 
• Wonderful world of Lego
• Nin…JA…GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Mamee Crunchy Noodle (even though we can’t eat too much!) 
• Tiong Bahru fishballs
• McNuggets
• Ant missed one day of school 
• All my family & friends who all came to celebrate my 5th birthday  
• My funny magician Parry Hotter (his real name is Jason Tan, same as Uncle Jason, hahaha!)
• Presents, presents, presents!

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Thankful Hearts (August 29-September 4)

Our highlights from this past week (August 29-September 4)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Grandmas
• Playdates to make the time whiz by!
• East Coast Park
• Swimming & dinner at Signature Park with our best friends!!
• San Francisco!
• Old friends 
• Skype – our family’s favourite technology!
• iPad2 (cos it has Skype)
• The Cheesecake Factory 
• The Ballgame @ AT&T Ballpark 
• Metallica – at least I can say I’ve been there, done that, tried to 'appreciate’ their music!
• Lovely summer weather
• SF shops & Shopping!
• USD1 = SGD1.24 – need I say more!
• Comfortable flights & airline lounges 

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Thankful Hearts (August 22-28)

Our highlights from this past week (August 22-28)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Italian food!
• Carbonara is my favourite (Audrey)
• Bolognese is my favourite (Anthony)
• Pizza-anything is my favourite (Me)
• All types of food are Daddy’s favourite
• Little Lambs Cell Group catch up over Sunday lunch
• Balance in all things
• Work is busy but really fun
• Teacher Silas’ Art class is really cool
• Anthony’s school friend’s birthday goodie-bag had an Angry Bird writing set
• Green Kaya cake to share with Aidan (Anthony)
• Champagne POP!

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Thankful Hearts (August 15-21)

Our highlights from this past week (August 15-21)… “So what are you thankful for today?”I

• Italian food!
• Carbonara is my favourite (Audrey)
• Bolognese is my favourite (Anthony)
• Pizza-anything is my favourite (Me)
• All types of food are Daddy’s favourite
• Cell group catch up!
• Balance in all things
• Work is busy but really fun
• Teacher Silas’ Art class is really cool
• Anthony’s school friend’s birthday goodie-bag had an Angry Bird writing set
• Green Kaya Cake (Anthony)
• Found a magician for Anthony’s birthday party
• Decided on Lego theme for Ant’s birthday

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