Culture Day at School!

At school this week they had "Culture Day" for the kids and had asked the parents to bring their kid dressed in the clothes that they would wear from their home land... well the good parents that we are we had no boots... not hat... no spurs... and no horse.... so we put him in his "All America" shirt that he wore on the 4th.
During culture day that visited different little towns around the school (i.e. China Town, India Town, Malaysia Town... there was no America Town but remember Pierce is the only American at the school) and got to learn about how they cook, what they eat, what they wear, and their language.

I wanted to share with you these photos taken by his teacher's assistant bc I think it is such a blessing that he is surrounded by all of these different cultures and learning amazing things.

Here he is learning to write in Chinese... forget English... right?

He must have been proud and was bringing to show off.

Here is Pierce's teacher... Mrs. Lee feeding his some food from another country (not sure which one).

You can take a girl out of Texas but you can't take Texas out of the girl!

Well it is no secret that most people can sleep better in the dark...this goes for Pierce as well. When we moved into our condo we realized his room gets alot of sunlight in the morning which might be the reason that he was waking up early (before 9am... he he he). I told a friend here that I thought I needed to get some black out curtains to see if he would sleep in a little bit and if it would help him take his naps...

I started doing some research on the curtains and since I had to have them made they were going to be a little pricey... I was telling a friend here that I did not want to spend that much money to find out that it had nothing to do with the sunlight but that it was just a natural progression for Pierce. She then told me "do like we use to do when I was younger.... put foil in the window"... not a bad idea and way cheaper for the experimentation.

I will let the pictures speak for themselves:

I even got to use masking tape to put it up with... nice job.

I decided after a couple of weeks to take the plunge... I started to get rid of the foil... we definitely did not make an impression from the road.

Here are the new curtains.... much better and they block most of the sunshine in the morning.

Pierce seems to like them too.

Bubbles!

Our friends Frank and Wendi (you have seen them alot on the blog) gave Pierce this bubble toy... and he can now say BUBBLES... we save this awesome game for when Blake comes home and Pierce now knows that when Dad walks in the door all he has to say to Daddy is Bubbles and they go outside for the best time ever. These pictures are not that good of him but I wanted you to know that he loves BUBBLES.


I think he might have been break dancing here with JOY.



It is hard to tell but this is right when Pierce was learning how to say Bubbles... Daddy was teaching him a new word... now it is clear as day... enjoy the show.

True Friendship!

Many of you reading this post (excluding the random people that stumbled on my blog) I have always cherished but through the miles and time these past couple of months I have really grown to love each of you and treasure our friendship. A friend of mine sent me this video through email and I thought immediately of all of you... My family and I have gone far far away for a short time but when we return our reunion will look something like this.

Love knows no limits and true friendship last a lifetime.

Thank you Great Grandma Croy!

I call her "Great G" when I am pointing her out to Pierce in their picture together from last Christmas (located on the refrigerator). She has always been an amazing Grandma to me (my mom's mom) and now I get to see her as a wonderful Great Grandma. She sent us a care package and it was loaded with goodies... take a look.
Thank you "Great G"... we love you and miss you more than you will ever know. We will see you in January (if you don't come see us sooner :-)).

Pierce could hardly wait to start reading the book (over and over again)... so he made it in the shot. The diapers are already in use (perfect timing), the crackers have been eaten and Blake has already dove into the mentos (gum... didn't know they made gum).

Thanks a million "Great G".... we love you!

Another night on the town!

We were invited to a comedy show with some of the guys that Blake works with... it was so funny and we had the best time. Blake and I got there early to get good seats and of course we picked seats right in the front so we got picked on. We learned early as soon as they found out Blake and I were Americans.. that Americans are easy to pick on especially right now during the elections. They also labeled us as Democrats (I guess they thought that Republicans do not have a self of humor)... but we were very quick to correct them and prove them wrong. They called me Camilla with the handcuff earrings.


The gang... I was already starting to laugh and the show had not started yet.

After the show we decided to go dancing... we had to get a taxi and when we got to the taxi que (line) it was to long so we decided to grab a bike... these guys ride on the wrong side of the road (against traffic) and have b-box music playing... it was hilarious but a little scary.

Can you tell I am scared?

Our friends Wendi and Frank (we usually go out with them on Saturday).

We made it safe and sound...

Our Last Days with Julie!

Julie is gone... and we miss her already... She left on Saturday and yes I am little slow in getting this blog up but I wanted to make sure I got everything of her trip blogged first... :-)

Here are Julies last couple of days with us.
On Thursday night Blake wanted to take Julie to the place where he lived in 2003 and for her to eat the great steak across the street (another place he would of called home in 2003... the restaurant) at Hoo Ha's Cafe. They do serve a really good steak but it is a hole in the wall.

Here is Pierce enjoying his steak (chicken and tomatoes).

Julie was missed from home.... Her man sent her flowers... and Pierce wanted to smell them.



The last night we wanted to take Julie to Clark Que and Boat Que (sort of like the river at San Antonio)... on our way to get some appetizers at Clark Que I had to get a picture of them sitting at the CLINIC Bar... so funny. You can either sit in wheel chairs or behind hospital sheet dividers and drink from an ivy.

We had to take Julie for her last night in Singapore to Boat Que to try the famous Chili Crab.

Of course Blake was not up for the crab so he got chili beef.



Well here is our crab... we split this monstrous thing... I think I ate 75% and Julie 25%.

Dig in and enjoy!

That is a big pierce of meat.

Here is Jimmy the owner... he is famous around these parts and even has commercials (or at least he told us so).

Here is a pic of Boat Que from the opposite side... all the colorful lights are different restaurants that line the river.


We miss you Julie! (This picture was before bed time and Pierce was not feeling well...)