The Thankfulness Project: 2014

Le Chocolat Haus

It was supposed to be "easy to fix" but a) everything was in Japanese and b) we were missing a packet of wafers?! So we just did what we do best... Wing it and eat it!!

PS yes the house is messy

PPS but it's filled with chocolatey faces and laughter for those 30 minutes so screw the mess

Thankful for improvisations!

Injuries and such

So the littler one has hurt himself (again)

Thankfully the impact was not on his eye (but everywhere around it! Leaving a world map shaped bruise on his nosebridge, forehead etc) but there was a lot of blood and oh a lot of screaming of course

Just thankful for my handy set of essential oils so his bruise can heal naturally and rather effectively...(coz there's no way i can put "Zambuk" on his face near the eye!)

And thankful for an otherwise fun and entertaining playdate w the bestie!

Treetop Trail

Thankful for good weather for our treetop trail expedition!

We were exhausted!!! Not kidding! But saw so many interesting things!

Amongst which, we were most thrilled to see :

The Wagler Pit Viper (sub adult female)

(Yes i know this only because a nature loving friend identified it for me)

😄😄😄

Happy Trails everyone!!

Merry Christmas!

Kids and their pressies

So blessed to have so many people doting on these jokers!

Thankful for the sumptuous feast at my inlaws... And thankful for family:)

20th Boxing Day Party

20 years and 20 kgs ago... We started a "tradition" of gathering on Boxing Day (or thereabouts) at 1 person's house and have a Magnificent Feast via potluck..

Oh how we have upgraded from pringles and doritos to homemade beef briskets and other gourmet things!

Thankful for an afternoon of laughter and catching up! 😄

A Year

It's been one full year since we moved... I remember worrying prior to the move that we might not be able to survive so many changes..

But here we are... Alive, quite well, and (hopefully) all the better and stronger from the changes :)

Looking back, i might have done certain things differently...

1. WORRY LESS

2. RELAX MORE

3. WORRY EVEN LESS THAN point no. 1

Really. Life will throw you curveballs whether you worry or not. Seems like that this year, at least! And worrying doesnt make the problems vanish. You still have to face them head on and take the crap.

This year, i find that i have to, with extreme difficulty, wrap my mind around the concept that my parents, my primary caregivers for the longest time, are aging and facing aging problems. I have to also brace myself for the heartbreaking but inevitable finality of life for some of my loved ones and friends.

(Remember the show 4 Weddings and a Funeral? Well i had 4 Funerals and a Wedding. And NO hugh grant. How's that for shits)

And through all this i worried and stressed myself out with the what-ifs and oh-nos. Naturally. When none of that mattered. Somewhere out there, Someone has bigger plans for the people around me, and no amount of cogitation or worrying was going to change these plans.

So why worry?

Have a good end to the year, everyone!!

Captain doofuses

We made Captain America Shields out of cardboard! Yes it's even better than Vibranium!

#winning

Dickhead

Haven't seen this A-hole in 2 years and he's still the same

FULL OF SHIT!

Thankful for an afternoon of catching up with old friends! 😄

Fidgety Kids

A long overdue playdate finally realized after a YEAR of planning-procrastinating-planning-procrastinating

Haha! So glad we could meet up at last! And the kids went NUTS at Fidgets!

thankful for our catch up! 😘

Last coffee with a BFF before she flies to Melbourne! Thankfully only for 2 months :)

Thankful for friends who accomodate to my school-holiday meeting up requirements (ie Kids tagging along!!) and agreeing to meet at places where the boys were well entertained while we still could enjoy our conversations :)

What Boys Find When Adventuring

ALSO Thankful for mommy's little helper! :) YY's been very sweet lately... Helping to make his bed, MY bed, and cleaning up without (as much) complaint (when not tired) :D

Really happy to see this new development :)

Thankful for December Holidaying Adventures!