Christmas

Christmas seems like a lifetime ago.  Although it was only a month ago so much has happened in that month getting ready for our move in less than a month now.  Here are  a few pictures from our last Christmas in Alberta.  

 Our annual gingerbread house decorating.  This year we opted for one house and it went very well.  Our neighbours Roger and Michelle and their kids came over and decorated one too.  Bryan is hard at work on the tree- totally focused.

 Kassie's 10th Birthday surprise breakfast at Smitty's on Christmas Eve!

 Mount Edmonton- in our backyard.

 Christmas Eve log cake- yummy!

 Christmas Eve snacks and our little cuties!

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care... Summer was very hard to photograph- it reminded me of the Christmas when she was 3 and Bry held her upside down for a picture!  She wouldn't keep still.  Aunt Nat will remember that one.

The reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Story Time

A little reading time and the most tolerant cat in the world.

 

School Christmas parties

The kids had Christmas parties with their classes before school let out for the break.  Summer's class put on a little in class concert to a packed audience of parents and grandparents in the classroom.  Too cute.  

 Yes she's taller than everyone else just about- but she is standing next to the smallest girl in her class as well.

 Playing cards with Jessica.

 Skylar and her group of friends- from the left- Jonah, Matthew, Brett and Nolan.  She fits right in with these silly posers.

A little clip from Summer's concert-

A little snow in Alberta

Well we finally got a big amount of snow here.  Of course it's -20something with the lovely windchill but the kids still had some fun sledding.  Skylar is getting older though.  She kept asking if we could go somewhere else to a big hill.  Gone are the days of endless hours of fun on the little hills from shoveling the lane.  
And not so much fun for me who can't get out of our cul-de-sac today.  They don't plow the side roads here.  Arrgh!!  I guess I'll 'have' to bake...

Christmas concert

Here are a few videos from the concert.

Skylar's in the back row- in white(haha).

This is a dance performance followed by the grade 6's black light performance.

Christmas Excitement

A few pictures from the last week.  The girls ready for the  St. Albert's Children's Theatre.  This year they put on High School Musical.  The girls really enjoyed it.

The kids Christmas concert- which was about Christmas (Noel) being stolen and finding out it really resides in our hearts.  The concert was so good- one big thing we will miss from their school is the music program.

 Summer getting ready for the big night at Millennium Place.

Skylar with her hair down- yes I paid her 5$ to wear her hair down and I can't believe this is the only photo I took of her!  First time her hair has been down in over a year- she won't even sleep with it down.  

 Summer (in the green dress) during the grade ones song.

Decorating the Christmas tree- they did the whole tree on their own as I was still making fragunes and there wasn't any room on this little tree for my decorations and theirs!  Soon they will need to have their own tree.

A Little Home Reading

Skylar has been reading to Summer lately- I love it.  Summer really likes this book of Skylar's called Smile- it's a graphic novel about a girl in grade 7- and all that goes along with that wonderful age.  They are on their 2nd time through the book and probably Skylar's 4th.  Of course Little Boo gets to join in on story time.  He is well practiced at playing dead and just hanging out in someone's arms.

Pyjama Day at school

Love the leg warmers.

The week was finished off with very good report cards that the kids were really proud of.  Mom and Dad were even more proud of the girls after speaking with their teachers who couldn't say enough kind words about both Skylar and Summer.