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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