{Thankful Today} 2012 was...

... the year of exploration. Of flying half-way across the world to stay in a foreign land that spoke a foreign language.It was a year of learning how to live amidst the changing seasons. Of savouring the colours of fall and the scents of spring, and managing the chills of winter. It...

{Thankful Today} 19-28 Dec: Catching up

The year is drawing to a close, and this is just to play catch up for the remaining photos I've snapped but yet to blog about for Thankful Today: :: 19 Dec, Round: I am so thankful we got to make our rounds for the Christmas markets in town, which Germany is so famous for. I...

{Thankful Today} 23 & 27 Dec: Celebration, and someone

We are really really thankful for someone special. And that person is the hubby. So we had a little celebration for him the past Sunday, where we went all the way down to Dusseldorf for Japanese food (the hubs loves Asian food). Our favourite sushi place was closed, so we ended up...

{Thankful Today} 25-26 Dec: A Christmas journey

We spent Christmas eve and Christmas day on the road, travelling to Eastern Europe. It was quite an impromptu trip, as the hubby found out last Friday that his next working day was actually the 2nd of Jan. He came back, asked me "guess when is my next working day?", and suggested...

{Thankful Today} 18 Dec: Gift

Baby J trying to add his own Duplo blocks to decorate the tree. Our tree is finally up, and the gifts are finally wrapped. I am so thankful for gifts in all forms, the sudden news that the hubby is off work this week, the hugs and kisses from both boys, the gift of time with...

Festive Food: Christmas bentos

Hello hello! Am popping by to share two bentos that Junior J had over the past week, that were Christmas-themed. The first was a simple Christmas scene, with a large star:The sandwich was an omelette with a cheesy filling. I just sliced triangles off the top two corners to make a...

Little letters

Junior J loves receiving mail in the letterbox, and we have been sending postcards addressed to him and baby J when we travel. Recently, he's also starting "writing" to a couple of penpals (mostly back in SG). He's always been reluctant to learn how to write, but on certain days,...

Its a wrap!

We just managed to buy wrapping paper yesterday. Before that, all I had was brown paper to do all my gift wrapping (no time to go out when the kids were sick!), so I resorted to using washi tape to dressing up those plain packages for friends back home (more over here too): I...

{Thankful Today} 17 Dec: Bright

The lights are up all over Munster, and its feeling really Christmassy now. The Christmas markets are bustling and bright, and the air is full of the smell of gluhwein (mulled wine). I can't believe its less than a week to Christmas, and we've still got so much to do!Whatever the...

Monday Made: More Christmas cards

Junior J has more or less recovered (I wish I could say the same for his brother!), and we managed to make some Christmas cards the other day. I found these little stick-on felt trees at a sale, and thought we could use them in our cards. So we got down to tearing strips of white...