Christmas Around the World

My computer is deciding to give me a hard time...so yes some of these pictures look the same and I was unable to delete them....anyway, tonight the kid's school had a wonderful celebration about the different upcoming holidays in all of the different cultures. Each class sang a few songs. Grey's class sang a song in Vietnamese and then sang Jingle Bells and We wish you a Merry Christmas. Natalie's class sang Jingle Bells, but the Australian version they created. (that would explain the kangaroo ears she has on) All of the kids were awesome! One little guy in pre k 4 discovered he could hear his voice in the mic and had a good ole time singing at the top of his lungs!!!! Ihave a few videos I will try to post later....I am suppose to be making sure I have everything packed up and ready to go! Can not wait to see everyone!!!!

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!

Natalie decided yesterday that she wanted to celebrate her birthday at school so her friends could sing Happy Birthday to her. SO....our driver has a sister-in-law that makes cakes for birthdays and weddings. I paid about $8 and it was great! The kids sang in Vietnamese! What a great memory for her!!! (the first pic is of natalie's good friend from Korea...Soo Young)

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree....

As you can see, we got the biggest fake tree they had!!! Just kidding, they had bigger but since we were not going to be here for Christmas we chose to get something small to decorate. The lights are pretty fancy. They only worked 1 day. They still light up but we are no longer able to choose the blinking speed....so the top of the tree blinks 90mph and the bottom half blinks every few minutes. But at least we had a good time. Tis the season!!!

Happy Birthday Dad

Soccer Stars

Natalie and grey have been playing soccer every Saturday morning bright and early! It is more of a soccer clinic than an organized league with games. There are a lot of ex-pat kids playing and also some Vietnamese kids. The first time Grey went out on the field he was so ready! But as soon as the coach made the kids line up to warm up, he did not want to participate at all. So the following weekend we told him that santa was watching and if he did not play soccer he was going to bring back some of his toys....SO needless to say, he was on the field warming up and participating! Natalie's picture was in the local magazine (that we could never find) promoting the clinic.