The Halloween Reveal...

The Big Halloween Reveal... Here is Pierce's costume for 2011... can you imagine what he would be... here is a hint... they are all over the US and SINGAPORE... usually big and strong people and definitely hero's.... an Army Man... Pierce wanted to represent both the USA and Singapore so one one sleeve he is wearing both flags...

Here is our little Army man... Thanks to ViVi and Grandad we have the perfect costume... with his name and everything.

Pierce will take his play guns for his army men and shoot them off the balcony...





This video is for Grandad (and who ever else wants to see Pierce open his Halloween package from Vivi and GD)... he is a little shy in this video and is acting really cool... but as soon as Skype and the camera was turned off he was bouncing all over the house with excitement... There are days where we can not get him out of this costume.  Thank you... thank you we love you both.
 

Love from Nana...

More love from family... and lots of fun... notice Pierce is still wearing his shirt from his Aunt and Uncle.. and opening more love from Nana... 



We love to build Legos and play with them for hours and hours... thank you Nana... we love you and miss you...

Love from JuJu and Uncle KW...

We just love being loved through the miles from family... we are blessed with an amazing family and Pierce is definitely being raised knowing that although he does not get to see his aunts/uncles and grand parents on a regular basis but they sure do think of him often and love him so... Everyday we put on a shirt that came from someone, play with a toy that came from someone, eat something (including gum) that came from someone, someone that means a lot to us.. and we are so thankful for.

We got a package over a month ago from Aunt JuJu and Uncle Keith... full of fun, food and favorites...
We love you and are so thankful for all the time you put into this gift of love... Pierce was in hog heaven with the homemade military coloring books...
 
So happy to make his own scrapbook pages/coloring pages with all these great things...

Some were pre-made... and they had a picture of Pierce's favorite dog... Grace...


Here is Pierce digging in... and making his own...

Modeling his new camo shirt... and badges...



Here are some of the finished products of his coloring books... we will cherish these for a long time... thank you Aunt JuJu and Uncle KW... we love and appreciate you...

ICS/PTF Excursions...

Since Pierce attends ICS here in Singapore... I am an automatic member of the PTF (Parent Teacher Fellowship) group... and wow do these women have some talent... they are all really great at being moms and being involved and shopping (just a side perk).  Tess (the lady in blue below) puts together these excursions for us about once a month... the last one we went on we learned a little more about the colonial style buildings in Singapore and their history.. it was a great day and here are some pics of our tour together..

St. Peters Cathedral... breath taking...



Kneeling cushions that have been donated in honor of someone or family... sweet.


Next stop Raffles hotel...

And there was a lot more... like the old and new court room, the Fullerton hotel, some shops, etc... but our last stop was lunch at "Food for Thought"... amazing place and great food... you can see the picture below that they have scriptures on the wall and the glasses that are hanging on the ceiling started it all... a group of people went to serve food to the needy and they served spaghetti and these jars are the first ones that helped them serve people... so they are now as a reminder of why this all started... They still give a portion of proceeds back and more... great environment, lovely story and good food... what more could you ask for...

Underwater World is for big boys...

Pierce and mommy get to play on Mondays (Pierce only goes to school from Tu - Fri) so one of the past Mondays we went to Underwater World on Sentosa... the last time we went was 2 years ago so we thought it was time to check it out again.  Not a lot has changed but since Pierce did not remember going when he was a 'baby' he was happy to go as a 'big boy'... and we did have a good time.

There are some pics of Pierce and some pics of amazing creatures...


Not sure if you can see these... but there are 2 eels... one was still with his mouth open and the other one was swimming like mad...

There were lots of exhibits where Pierce could reach in and touch the fish... he is one of them... they came to his hand like he had food...


Not a great picture of this awesome octopus but you get the idea of how big he was and see his eye... a little creepy.

This crab is so big (you can't really tell here) but when stretched he is taller than I...





You could see through this sharks nose... wow...


The next picture was probably my favorite exhibit... they had several gestational periods labeled for a shark baby... and they were alive... and look really close but a small shark is inside the 7 - 9 weeks and after 1 weeks sac and they were swimming around... it was really cool to see and then the shark in the bottom is a new baby (outside the sac)... really cool...

The last thing we did before heading to the dolphin show was to feed the sting ray... Pierce was so excited and not scared at all.. I think I did more screaming than he... these huge fish would slide out of the water and would come up all the way to this elbow and take the food that was in between his fingers...

I had brought my underwater camera and this was the first opportunity I got to take a shot under water... beautiful creature...


ready for the dolphin show... it was hot and sunny but we were excited to see it...


A great Monday together... the only thing that would have made it better is if Daddy would have been with us...