Saturday morning was Maddy's last day of ballet class. It's been so much fun to take Maddy to ballet this term. She really enjoyed going each time and was excited to see Miss Maddy (her teacher). In the new year we will be taking a break from ballet because we are all going to start Mandarin lessons. Maddy has already expressed an interest in taking more ballet lessons, but we'll have to wait until we can get into a weekday class that works with our schedule.
****Sorry, the videos are a little off because YouTube didn't frame them like I did. I'm really not filming other people's kid and cutting my own off.
On Saturday evening we went to Ed and Liezel's place for a Christmas dinner. Now that all the kids are older, I can happily report that the adults got a good amount of 'real conversation' in while the kids played. It's probably the first time in 4 years that we've been this relaxed. The kids did a gift exchange and with the promise of getting to open the presents soon, they even posed nicely for a group shot. It was a great evening with the Lefebvres, Lows and Van Dops. Thank you to the Lows for hosting!
Sunday was a low key day spent at home. It was nice to get caught up with laundry, cleaning and groceries. In the afternoon the kids decorated our first gingerbread house. It was hilarious watching Ethan lick his fingers every time he put a new candy onto the house. They were pretty good about not eating the candy, but I'm sure Ethan ate as much sugar in the icing. They were super proud to show their gingerbread house to Gong Gong and Po Po later that night.
Sunday evening was an adults only dinner with the same crew from the day before. The idea of going out 'sans kids' came about when other plans fell through, but I think that we have started a new tradition. We went to Boneta Restaurant in Gastown and the food was delicious. We joked and said that we were not allowed to talk about the kids during the evening. It was actually pretty easy to follow that rule. I guess we had four years to catch up on!
Today we had a picnic lunch beside our tree. The kids loved it and I loved that clean up only meant taking the blanket and shaking off the crumbs outside. Yay!
The holiday events are now in full swing. The days seem to be going by quickly and feels like Christmas will be over before we know it. We're having a great time so far and look forward to even more fun with family and friends.
3 comments:
So cute Maddy! Congrats on your concert!
I loved all the pictures, and what a great concert Maddy( maybe next year we will be able to be there, to see you singing in your concert.)It is amazing what you have learned so far in ballet, great job Maddy. What a nice video of you. Aunty Evelyn had her ballet recital yesterday, and Opa and Oma got to see it. You and Aunty Evelyn should dance together some times, she would love that. We are looking forward to have you all here for Christmas. We miss you guys.
Opa loves the video's and all the pictures as well. He says: I am doing a snow dance, so there will be lots of snow for Maddy and Ethan when they come.
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