Lil' Dean Fam

The day after Thanksgiving we got together at Linda's house for a crafting session.  We all made Christmas wreaths.  This was a lot of fun!   Ryan and Kambrea

We've been getting ready for Christmas around here.  We've set up our tree, we've wrapped gifts, we built a train, and we've mailed out Christmas cards.  It's beginning to look a little like Christmas!  Nana and Grandpa Bruce sent us a package of goodies for Christmas this year.  There was this cute foam train set and the kids and I had a fun time building it.  It turned out pretty cute too.  She also sent a candy Advent calendar and the boys have enjoyed taking turns eating the chocolates. Ryan working on the train Evan working on the train The completed train The coolest part is it actually rolls.  The kids were excited to learn that.  Although I must say that they've been quite good about leaving it alone for the most part.   Ryan decorating the tree Evan decorating the tree It makes me happy that the boys like decorating the tree as much as I did when I was little.  They love to look at all of the ornaments, remember where

Ryan and I had to run an errand in the city so we checked out a few Christmas things while we were there.  This is him at Tanglin Mall.   Orchard Road  Takashimaya  This is the tree in the lobby of Colin's office  A sweet neighbor of mine brought over a gingerbread house and all the candies and frosting to decorate it with.  The kids had a grand time decorating it.  The ants had a hay day eating it.

Halloween in Singapore.  Well, it was a lot like Halloween in the United States, but there were definitely some differences.  For one thing, I didn't know where on earth to get a good costume.  So, naturally, I turned to Pintrest and saved some of the million (okay, that's an exaggeration; four hundred and two) moving boxes that I had and decided to MAKE my kids' costumes.   I started looking around for ideas and came up with a few possibilities. Because I'm a great mother, I let my kids decide.  I try to let them have choice in things like this.  I really wanted Ryan to be a Tardis but he wanted to be Steve from Minecraft LAST year so I relented and made him that this year.  Evan decided on a robot.   At the beginning.  2 ordinary moving boxes. All finished! The boys were so excited, they wanted to show off their costumes. The Saturday before Halloween, we attended a party.  I only took one picture.  Oops!  This is Evan digging through the "