Ansley's Going Away Party

Since we just had Ansley's fifth birthday we had a small going away party for her and her CLOSE friends at Build A Bear. If you know Ansley well, you KNOW she LOVES any type of fuzzy.stuffed.animal, so Build A Bear is RIGHT up her ally. She had a FANTASTIC time with her 4 best buddies here - Alexis Green, Mia Ambarchi (and sister Tara), Maya Cohen and Milan (Mili) Reiter. I couldn't have asked for Ansley to have better buddies than these girls - they are truly good kids!!

Our 1st friend we ever met when we moved to Singapore - and boy is she a keeper!!

Filling up the bears with thoughts and lots of LOVE!

The girls from L to R: Mili, Alexis, Ansley, Mia and Maya

The finished bear clan:

Ansley had a fantastic time and will TRULY miss these girls!!!

Hannah's ALMOST 8 Party/Going Away Party

Last weekend we celebrated Hannah - both almost 8 as well as us moving back to the USA on June 24, 2014. Since moving to Singapore, we have always celebrated early since this country gets left behind by all the expats during the summer. So we join in and celebrate MULTIPLE times! Here are some pictures from her party that we had at Timezone Arcade at Great World City.

Hannah had a blast at her party and is REALLY going to miss all her friends here!

A WHOLE Hand - Ansley turns 5!

Where has the time gone that our BABY turned 5?! Wasn't it just yesterday that we were bringing her home?! Well - you got it - she is 5!! She is a whole hand!! She had all her friends from school over to a joint birthday party at a gym she takes gymnastics at called JWT Gym. Our joint party was with her friend, Joshua Pozniak, who is from Sydney, Australia. After all, there are 2 classes of K1 (which includes 24 kids) and 24 individual parties is a LOT to attend - so since parties are EXPENSIVE here in Singapore, we joined forces with Natalie and Guy, Joshua's parents and then it was one less party everyone needed to attend!
Ansley and her whole hand:

Ansley and her buddy Josh:

Everyone having a grand time! Here are some pictures throughout the party!!

Here are the kids with their WONDERFULLY patient instructor - Mon.

More pictures of Ansley and all her buddies:

Ansley and her besties here in Singapore (Mia Ambarchi and Alexis Green)

Cake time:

Her cake by Yonit Mills who does FABULOUS cakes that are Parve:

Me and my BIG 5 year old ANSLEY!: