Gifts #30-35

#30 Goofy kids doing goofy things at unexpected times

#31 Small group Christmas gathering

#32 The cutest wrinkly feet after the fun time in the tub

#33 Impromptu pizza lunch

#34 Impromptu make-believe game: Pilot, copilot in the cockpit

#35 And of course, someone else who want to play along!

Gifts #28-29

#28 Making Custard Baozi

#29 Lovely Tea with the kids

Gifts #24-27

#24 home-cooked lunch by Auntie M

#25 I cannot believe how many gifts our children are blessed every Christmas, they are so loved!

#26 We bought this gift LAST year for the kids and in the end we gave them the kitchen set instead. So this gift sat in the closet for ONE YEAR. The kids had SUCH A BLAST playing it!!!

#27 Christmas breakfast (we had Christmas early, cos tomorrow's Sunday and we're off to church!)

Gifts #22-23

#22 Making the gingerbread train and house with the kids

#23 "Su" in JESUS

Gifts #19-21

#19 The ability to go downstairs for bike and playground time today during winter because it warmed up a bit

#20 After us ringing the bells of our neighbors and giving them the pumpkin bread, our Polish neighbor dropped back by with these amazing gifts, along with the real pine. So blessed.

#21 The lady drew her dad. And this drawing is for ME. =)

Gifts #13-18

#13 A great movie with hubby "Friends with kids" by Jennifer Westfeldt. The movie poster does not look right, so I'm using this movie still.

#14 Baking Christmas gifts for our neighbors

#15 A taste of home

#16 a chimpy funny girl who turned her cutting practice for school into her hat

#17 The HUGE pear we got from the fruit shop yesterday

#18 Christmas lights. OOOH, how we love them!

Gifts #8-12

#8 Sharing with Little Lady (my 2nd girl) on the need of faith in Jesus and hear her affirm that she does believe

#9 A hot cup of tea on a cold rainy day

#10 Playing pretend play with the kids, Sir Knight (my oldest) is Mr Fix-it

#11 The littlest finally able to do the "yeh" sign for photos

#12 Hubby bringing my Christmas present home and Sir Knight HUSHING him, making sure he does NOT tell what is inside

Gifts #1-7

I read the first chapter of One Thousand Gifts and I am so touched by the prolific writing of Ann Voskamp. I'll love to be reading this book in the new year.


Here's to counting and journaling of my one thousand gifts

#1 A surprise gift from B that lit up our kids' eyes

#2 Much generosity and love endowed upon us as seen by the gifts under the tree

#3 Invitation to tea by my littlest and her friends (hidden on the highchair)

#4 Cranberry Coffee Cake for tea

#5 A great deal from Land's End

#6 A warm apt, even if it means sometimes to heat it up with our oven (at no extra charge, no less) - not to worry, we now know it's dangerous. The heat is better in the apt...but baking something always helped more. =)

#7 Mrs Field's cookies, presented by the sweetest hubby on earth