Gramma's birthday: our NA highlight!

We arrived back in Singapore after an amazing month in North America. Two side trips to Washington DC and Hong Kong were fascinating but the main highlight was celebrating Gramma's birthday together at the cottage. Honestly. It was so restful. The air was hot, the water was cool but not cold, and the swim across the lake on Gramma's 70th was truly fun and memorable. Gramma swam to the tiny lighthouse across the bay and back and we were all impressed as were neighbours who were watching with binoculars. Bravo, Gramma! You are an inspiration to us all!

Spending time with the Nonni and Uncle Andrew and Daniel in was also very fun and it was great the boys had a day out at the SkyDome. Yes, I know it is no longer called that but I like the old name. They saw Daniel's favourite soccer team, Liverpool, tie with Toronto's team. Good job, Toronto! Nonno bought the boys Blue Jays hats which they proudly wore the rest of the trip.

We now have an exciting month in Singapore full of HS activities. The boys, without asking, get their math done before breakfast so they have time for all their other activities. Besides working on Scout badges, playing badminton, karate and bike riding, we are preparing for our three day camping birthday trip next week and expecting our friends from Hong Kong to arrive as well. Never a dull moment with the bello boys! We do have many rest days in between though to enjoy playing with Lego, fear not!

It's great to be home for a bit and like my Kiwi friend says, how lucky we are to enjoy our lives on several different continents throughout the year. How grateful to have family and friends in different places and to be able to have adventures with them. With HS, we can now participate in very special days like Gramma's 70th and have the flexibility to start training for next year's Skyline hike with Nonno. Very lucky indeed!

Happy birthday, Gramma! Thanks for being so special!