Dua Lipa

Two weeks ago Saba and Nadia were so excited to give me my Christmas gift.  I think they were a little disappointed when they saw my face.  I was like 'who????!'  I had not idea who she was, it actually made me feel like 100 years old.  Turns out everyone knows who she is.  The concert was last night, and turns out I did know some of her songs.  It was no nice to go with their family.  They are just so incredibly wonderful!

It did equally make me a bit sad that Sebastian has no sibling.  Those two were so sweet last night. Well and always.  He will be fine, but there is something special about a sibling.  Maybe we will have to get another dog eventually.. like in years.. but eventually.

Christmas Decorations and Baking

Sebastian is so into crafts and cooking these days.  He always wants to help me cook and looking for a new thing to make.  His Christmas list has no toys on it.  He just wants activity books and crafting stuff (besides a new scooter).  This week we made some Christmas decorations and we made a cake after school yesterday.  The cake was not very good, but he was so proud and somehow tricked his brain into thinking it tasted okay.

I have to think of more crafts!

 

Ninja Spartans

Today Sebastian competed in a ninja Spartan kids event (a little bit of a knock off of the real Spartan events). Sixty children participated, 11 in Sebastian’s agecategory.  He was very nervous to do it on his own and needed some extra encouragement this morning. I was so super proud that he competed the entire thing and he got really into it.  There were ten,ten minute mini events and they had to run laps 4 different times through the afternoon for ten minutes. It was a lot! I don’t think many adults I know could have done it.  We were all exhausted when it was done.  And Sebastian was so proud when he got called to the podium after winning a bronze medal.

FriendsGiving

Last night Janelle and family hosted Friendsgiving.  I love an event in our building and even the odd time I am happy when someone else is hosting it! Every year they hold a Friendsgiving dinner, this year was even bigger than last years. Loads of great people and food to share.  It was so big that the hosting spilled a little to me and we had the children watching a movie at ours after dinner.  It reminded me of the days when my parents would host a party and all the children hung out in the basement.  I feel like this year we have not spent a lot of time socializing with people outside of our building (besides Nadia).  The first half of the term I was a consumed with Lola and school gets busy. So it was super nice to see some faces that I haven’t seen properly for a while.

Erawan Falls

After our camping trip we moved to a nice resort to spend two more nights exploring the area. Today we went to Erawan Falls, somewhere I have wanted to go.  I hiked up to the top, passing seven different stages of the falls. They were beautiful but I would not race back again. A lot of people, I cannot imagine the weekends.  However, I am glad I got to check it off my list!

Thailand is such a beautiful place.  It is a place that has it all, fantastic food, beaches, mountains, people.  If only I could drag it to the other side of the world and then it would be perfect!