Pierce loves school...

During this time of year... we are all thinking about all the things that we are thankful for... and a dear friend of mine wrote on her blog 100 things that she is thankful for (God is so good)... so she inspired me to write here about what I am thankful for.... but instead of doing 100 I want to share one of them... I am thankful that Pierce loves school... he loves it.. it is the first thing that comes out of his mouth when he wakes up... "mommy I go to school today".. and 3 days out of the week I get to say yes but the other days I usually have to say "No but we are going to do XYZ..."... He loves school... he gets dressed in the morning in his uniform and puts it on gladly, we get close to this school (whether we are walking, taking the bus or taxi) and he says... "there's my school"... he can even tell a taxi driver how to get there.... so cute.

He walks in to the house where the school is... and takes off his shoes in the driveway and then heads inside... he is so happy to be there that he almost always forgets to tell me bye.... then his teacher stops him and says "say bye bye to your mama"... and then I get a kiss... I am so thankful that Pierce loves his school and his classmates...

Below is Pierce school picture... these are the only ones that we got (not like the states where you can get more to pass out) but this one will be in his memory book for a lifetime... a total keeper... none of the kids are smiling but they are all sitting still (hands in laps) and looking at the camera (or a close proximity to).... wow... they even changed his clothes for the close up picture.... Thank you Kid's Corner for being a safe place for my children to learn, grow and make new friends... I am thankful!

P.S. check out how big Pierce is compared to all the other children.

National Day at School!

Last Friday Pierce went to school to celebrate Singapore's 44th birthday... we were asked to dress him in a red shirt and white shorts... so we went to the store and bought him the outfit for this years theme... COME TOGETHER... Happy 44th Birthday Singapore.

When we got to school I asked his teachers to take some pics... but they really did not know how to use the camera so alot of the pics are out of focus and blurry... but I am thankful they captured the moment since I could not be there...

This is Pierce's best bud Alex, not sure what they were doing but probably putting on a show.

Look at that sweet girl sitting next to Pierce... so cute.

All the parents brought food... the teachers took a pic of the spread so I thought it was worth of putting on the blog.

He was so proud of the tattoos he came home with... his first tattoo's... and they took days to come off...but he was so proud of them... he would say "Singapore on this side and Singapore Flag on this side..."

Pierce's new school!

Pierce is going to a different school now... really close to his old one but we have a friend (in the condo) that goes to this one and now Pierce has a school mate that he can play with at school and at home... you will see more of this friend later... his name is ALEX. Our first day at school Alex was not there but I got to stay the whole day and interact with the other students and meet all the teachers. We went to the park all morning... it was loads of fun but really hot.

They got to play in the sand.

And the big kids were playing on the gym... and Pierce really wanted to get up high.

This is about as high as he got...

Pierce and his new buddies... if you are wondering Pierce will wear a uniform after his 2 weeks of trial.

Sitting and having a drink... I can't believe he actually sat there to have his water.

Then he wanted to sit with the big kids in the big circle.... so cute. We had so much fun meeting our new friends.