Our neighbors here have not only been a common face we see by the pool, or someone we borrow eggs from when we are out, or call in case of emergency... but they have made this place home and are now friends forever where ever we go...
We have many memories with these friends and hanging by the pool, or sitting on the bus or passing in the car park will be something we miss... they are really proof that it does not matter where you come from it matters where you end up (and we all ended up at Monterey Park Condos). America meets England... meets Thailand... meets Denmark.... America will never be the same.
This picture was made by Anne Sofie, one of the sweet girls next door that has been such a blessing to us... she posted this on facebook a couple of days ago and I had to save it...
During the summer alot of people travel and our neighbors are all about to (or already have) go see some family in their neck of the woods... so we had a little farewell party by the pool last week. I had the boot pinata left over from VBS and my in-laws had shipped us these lovely Texas plates... so i thought it only fitting that we have a Texas themed party with salad and pizza... it was such a great time... it was a bit sad at the end but we all know we will see each other again... hopefully sooner than later...
Some of these kids had never gotten to give a good whack at a pinata... so we had fun giving everyone a turn... the first round was blind folded but we soon learned this pinata was made for a double hitter...
Even the big boys got a turn (daddy could not be at the party bc he is working really hard on the rig these days.. but don't worry we saved him some candy).
This video shows all the little people taking a swing at the boot... and how they were all making sure the candy went in the middle for later... oh how I love these kids.
The boys patiently waiting... Lesley and I were so shocked they were so well behaved with candy flying all over the place...
Another turn... if you notice that there is candy on the floor... we had made a rule early on that all the candy had to fall out before we could eat any (to eliminate random runs for the candy and then get nailed in the head with the bat (made out of the broom handle)). They were all so patient.
Last hit...
OK... go for it.. make sure you share with the little ones :-).
Saved the best picture for the last... look at these cute boys... best friends...
2 comments:
We are going to miss you living in Singapore!!! What are we going to do for Christmas?
Looks like a great party! Last night I rented the movie Valentine's Day - have you seen it? The little boy in the movie (Edison) looks EXACTLY like Pierce. I kept thinking that's what he'll look like in a few years.
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