One more dawn… One more day… One day more! Here we are at the brink of 2019. We closed out 2018 with a family soiree in Legoland—our big birthday surprise for Nathan and Christmas present for both the kids. Will they remember every single detail of this epic holiday for always? Probably not. In a few years, the crystal clear mental images and vivid memories would have faded away to fleeting glimpses of pictures associated with pleasant feelings. What’s left behind, hopefully, and deeply embedded in their psyche, is the love and connection we shared as a family through this experience. View this post on Instagram Everything is AWESOME... When You're Living Out A Dream {holidaythrowback@legolandmalaysia} A post shared by Serenely (@livingserenely) on Dec 28, 2018 at 8:25pm PST “Everything is awesome, Everything is cool when your part of a team, Everything is awesome, When you're living out a dream.” Ready… Set… and let’s GO for another awesome year in 2019!

And now we come to December. At our household, December is not only about Christmas and year end festivities, but it’s also all about this little man… a.k.a. Mister Christmas Baby This space of seven has been an interesting time with subtle shifts and ebbing away of childhood plays, giving way to newer ‘sophisticated’ interests, yet not being quite ready to let go of many of those childhood playgrounds just yet. The sparkly appeal of Ninjago and Transformers characters and toys have started fading away ever so slightly around the edges. New obsessions entering the scene include Dan Pilkey books (like the ‘Captain Underpants’ and ‘Dogman’ series); Harry Potter characters, movies and books; and Taekwondo. Whatever new obsessions are taking over for the moment, our boy has still been the same steady chap. On the dot at 4.30pm every weekday, the tinkling sounds of piano practice will come floating out of the media room. Every morning after breakfast, the dishes in the dishwasher will be em...