Budding Artist

Audrey says she wants to be an artist when she grows up. She is always creating things. Mommy is not sure what to do with all of Audrey's art.

There is a tree branch with yarn hanging from it. There is a box with pieces of scrap fabric and painted macaroni glued to it. Mommy has drawings and mosaics all over the walls. The creative juices just keep flowing!

Audrey's latest interest is painting. She asked Mommy to buy her paints and a canvas. Last night she made a sketch and then proceeded to paint. It turned out pretty well for her first painting.

Audrey's Yeh-Yeh (grandfather) is an artist. He would be proud to know there is a budding artist in the family.

UN Day

The kids had UN Day celebrations at school recently. Mommy loves how the International School celebrates diversity. In the weeks leading up to UN Day, the kids learn about many of the countries that their classmates are from.

In the school cafeteria, the parents set up country booths that the kids visit. They get souvenirs or food. Mommy helped make chocolate chip cookies for the American booth.

There was also a concert and parade. My kids represented the U.S. although Joseph said he wanted to walk with the Taiwan flag. Audrey insisted that she is half Indonesian. I guess there is some confusion in her mind about her ethnicity...lol.

Mommy enjoyed UN Day very much. The kids wore Patriotic clothes, and it was so sweet to hear the kids singing "Light a candle for peace." If only world peace were as simple as lighting a candle. It was a lovely song and brought tears to Mommy's eyes.

Time has passed so quickly. Mommy can't believe that a whole year has passed since last UN Day.

 

 

 

4th Birthday

 

Katelyn turned 4 the day we headed back to Jakarta.  She was just the sweetest baby ever.  Mommy is sad that she is growing up so quickly.  Katelyn can be super stubborn and feisty, but she is also very sweet and cuddly too.  We all adore our little Nu nu.

 

 

 

 

We had a joint birthday party for Katelyn and her friend the second weekend in November.  It was a little on the late side, but still lots of fun.

October

October was a busy month.  Mommy decided pretty much last minute that she would take the kids back to Texas to attend Uncle M’s wedding.  The kids are super travelers and did really well as usual.  We arrived in Houston mid October and made the most of our roughly 10.5 days in Texas.  It turned out that Daddy had to spend 2 weeks in Sumatra around the same time as our Texas trip so the timing worked out well.  Also, the kids had a little over a week off for fall break so they only missed 4 days of school.  It was a fast and furious trip, but we are glad that we went.

 

Spent lots of time waiting in airports

 

The connecting flight in Singapore leaves at 2:30am…not the best time for sleepy kids.

 

Finally…at the Houston airport.

 

Took a quick but fun trip to the ranch

 

Had fun with cousins

 

Attended the wedding

 

Headed home…at the Singapore airport waiting for the flight to Jakarta

 

Finally back in Jakarta…3 tired kids on the way back to the apartment.