The weather has been nice here in Hanoi, though a little warm at times. Brittanywentto a homeschool fun group this past week. It was like a 4 day after school camp. They played basketball, card games, ran, went swimming and other fun activities. Brittany also continues to enjoy her ballet.
Today, Joseph, celebrated his 17th birthday. Can you believe it? With some friends we went to a Japanese restaurant not too far from our house. Joseph had sushi, tempura and all the side dishes that are included in the set menu. He loved it! Ann was going to make "Chocolate Bottom Cupcakes" for his birthday (learned it from a friend on facebook), but we discovered that we no longer had the cupcake pans we had been keeping for a friend (I think we forgot that they had collected them), so we had the recipe in cake form - it was great!
In our neighborhood there has been lots of construction. In the picture is the scaffolding they used to put cement over the bricks. I took this picture when it was at its lowest level. It doesn't look to secure, but it seems to stay up.