Summer is for vacation! When family members have vacation here, it is a partEE!

i only know pikachu.

PIZZA!

Sometimes it's good to take a break from frozen pizza and go to the restaurant.  This local chain, Davanni's has the best crust.  This one is thin crust by mistake but it was still good.  Fewer calories, but I prefer traditional.

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It occurs to me that we put a toddler in driver seat often, on the idea that you have to learn to drive early in your life!

off to work!

when the toddler cannot really reach the wheel, have an adult sit in the same seat (oh, and holding a baby would help!)

hope it is a nice day out there!

uh, kid has grown so fast. 

cross stitch progress

cross stitch progress july 26

cross stitch progress july 17

books & beer happenings

july

Once a month we go to Books & Beer. Here, you can drop off any books you wish to pass on to others and pick up some new reads too. The event is usually in a bar and you can order a tasty burger and a beer to enjoy while you look through piles of books. I've been able to find some great reads. The first event we went to was in May where I picked up Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy. It turned out to be the third book in a trilogy, so I read All the Pretty Horses that month. In June I came away with a good stack, which included two Jane Austen novels. Today I found Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which is from the point of view of the mad wife from Jane Eyre. Ming brought back a nice stack too.

june

may

a visit to the national library

We checked out another library this morning. This one is much closer than Bishan Public Library, which we went to last Saturday, and far more impressive. It looks newer and it is very spacious. The Central Public Library is located in the basement of this huge structure, called the National Library. The National Library also houses the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library. Unfortunately it was raining today, so I could only get a partial view of the building. Today I read A Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin. After I finished, we went to our monthly Books & Beer event.