Hey my lovely readers,
Just letting you know that my something new for today was watching the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 with my siblings :)
I also would like to let you know that I'll be on holiday to Thailand and Vietnam over Christmas and New Year. Although I would have loved to finish off the blog at home, I guess sometimes life takes you in different directions. None the less, I'm looking forward to my holiday because I'll be going to places that I haven't been before, and for the first time ever I'll be spending Christmas in Vietnam with my Grandpa.
I hope that I'll have access to the Internet so that I can write in my blog posts, but if not, then I will write up everything when I return.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!
Hope you all feel and spread the love over the festive season.
Thank you so very very much for all your support over the year!
Love,
Theresa :)
Doing something new each day and making the most of my gap year
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Monday, December 23, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Babysitting
I had the pleasure of babysitting my adorable 11 month old first cousin today! He isn't just any baby. He is the happiest baby I've ever met, with the cutest meatball shaped head. Sometimes it takes a while for babies to warm up to people the first time they meet them, especially if the person is all up in their face smiling like crazy and speaking baby talk; but this little cutie will just smile right back at you. He'll even smile if you pinch his cheeks (I pinch them gently of course).
Spending time with young kids can be so great. It's nice to capture that memory of them at such a young age. They're so innocent and cute. So cute. Much emphasis on the cute part. I couldn't help but take mass amounts of photos. I like that we can just whip out our phones and take photos any place at anytime. There are many people out there in the world who probably don't have any baby photos of themselves. It's a shame that those people won't ever get the chance to stumble across old baby photos and smile when they see them, but I'm glad that kids like my little cousin have so many people who want to, and are able to capture such a priceless memory.
Spending time with young kids can be so great. It's nice to capture that memory of them at such a young age. They're so innocent and cute. So cute. Much emphasis on the cute part. I couldn't help but take mass amounts of photos. I like that we can just whip out our phones and take photos any place at anytime. There are many people out there in the world who probably don't have any baby photos of themselves. It's a shame that those people won't ever get the chance to stumble across old baby photos and smile when they see them, but I'm glad that kids like my little cousin have so many people who want to, and are able to capture such a priceless memory.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Family photo
Tonight the whole family got together to celebrate my great Aunt's (on my mother's side) 70th birthday. We ate out at the Atrium in Crown Casino. Dining at the Atrium is not something new for me, but at the end of the night we all took a family photo. We've never done this before, so it's something new for all of us. This photo is very special because it shows that we all took the time to come together and celebrate the life of a family member. Family is so important to me and so I love nothing more when we spend time together :)
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| I'm looking forward to looking at this photo again in 10 years time and see how much everyone has grown :) |
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Heads Up!
I have always thought that my Great Aunt's children were my second cousins. However, after a bit of research into kinship terminology, I've discovered that they are actually my first cousin's once removed.
Assuming that I haven't confused you with all this terminology, today was the baptism of my second cousin; that is, the child of my first cousin once removed. Take a minute to get your head around that. If you're anything like me and you need a visual, refer to the figure below:
My second cousin Aidan was so cute in his little white Christening jumpsuit. He was so well behaved and smiled lots for the camera. He's such a precious little human being.
After the baptism, family and friends all gathered for lunch. One of the highlights of the day was playing the Ellen Degeneres iPad game Heads Up!. It's pretty much a game of charades/Celebrity Heads. I played the game with some of the children there, my siblings, a few of my other second cousins and their dads (who are my in-laws. i.e. they're married to two of my other first cousins once removed). I'm sorry if I've lost you trying to explain my family tree. Anyways, I've never played this game before and it turned out to be so much fun!
To be honest, I've never really spent time with my second cousin's dads. This is mainly due to the fact that I don't speak Vietnamese very well, and I've just never been close to them. But playing this game was so lovely because I was able to see a side to them I have never seen before. They're really fun dads...who surprisingly know a lot of English. Some of the words that we had to try and act out/guess were famous songs and actors and the two dads knew a lot of them which took me by surprise. I think that all these years since they first married into the family, I assumed that because they weren't born in Australia that they must not be familiar with Western culture and media. I was wrong though.
I loved one moment in particular where one of the songs that came up was "Ring my bell" by Anita Ward and one of the dads started singing it. Very cute. I really enjoyed spending time with family members that I don't usually hang out with. It is now a very special memory to me.
This moment has taught me that although doing wild and extravagant new things like sky diving or visiting new countries can be great fun, sometimes it's the little things that can have a lot of meaning. It's all individual and depends on how the new experience makes YOU feel. People may think that playing a game of charades with the family is not exciting, but for me it was about getting to know the people who have always been in the picture but who I have never taken the time to get to know.
So please, go out and search for all those little things because you might find that they make the greatest impression on you.
Also, check out the game. It's so much fun to play with a large group :)
Assuming that I haven't confused you with all this terminology, today was the baptism of my second cousin; that is, the child of my first cousin once removed. Take a minute to get your head around that. If you're anything like me and you need a visual, refer to the figure below:
My second cousin Aidan was so cute in his little white Christening jumpsuit. He was so well behaved and smiled lots for the camera. He's such a precious little human being.
After the baptism, family and friends all gathered for lunch. One of the highlights of the day was playing the Ellen Degeneres iPad game Heads Up!. It's pretty much a game of charades/Celebrity Heads. I played the game with some of the children there, my siblings, a few of my other second cousins and their dads (who are my in-laws. i.e. they're married to two of my other first cousins once removed). I'm sorry if I've lost you trying to explain my family tree. Anyways, I've never played this game before and it turned out to be so much fun!
To be honest, I've never really spent time with my second cousin's dads. This is mainly due to the fact that I don't speak Vietnamese very well, and I've just never been close to them. But playing this game was so lovely because I was able to see a side to them I have never seen before. They're really fun dads...who surprisingly know a lot of English. Some of the words that we had to try and act out/guess were famous songs and actors and the two dads knew a lot of them which took me by surprise. I think that all these years since they first married into the family, I assumed that because they weren't born in Australia that they must not be familiar with Western culture and media. I was wrong though.
I loved one moment in particular where one of the songs that came up was "Ring my bell" by Anita Ward and one of the dads started singing it. Very cute. I really enjoyed spending time with family members that I don't usually hang out with. It is now a very special memory to me.
This moment has taught me that although doing wild and extravagant new things like sky diving or visiting new countries can be great fun, sometimes it's the little things that can have a lot of meaning. It's all individual and depends on how the new experience makes YOU feel. People may think that playing a game of charades with the family is not exciting, but for me it was about getting to know the people who have always been in the picture but who I have never taken the time to get to know.
So please, go out and search for all those little things because you might find that they make the greatest impression on you.
Also, check out the game. It's so much fun to play with a large group :)
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