After an afternoon celebrating with my family, it was time to get down with our little family’s Christmas tradition, the First gifts of Christmas. Every year the kids know that they get to open one present on Christmas eve. They know that they’ll be PJs, but they look forward to it every year.
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POD: Her Happy Place
Tonight we have a picture of Violet in her happy place. In front of the net with her stick on the ice.
POD: Jacob’s Guitar Recital
Today Jacob took to the stage with his guitar for the first time. He was nervous, and to compound that he broke a string on his guitar while tuning it before the show. After a quick talk with his music teach he’d arranged to use one of his guitars and was all set. He performed great, …
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POD: World Cup Fan Village
Today we headed down to the World Cup Fan Village so that Violet and her DS team could play some hockey and pose with both the World Cup and even the Stanley Cup.
POD: Violet’s Me Bag
Today Violet brought home her first home work. She’s supposed to bring in different things that represents her and present them to the class. So this evening we watched as she put it all together, and I just had to capture it for today’s picture of the day. Of course there was to many things …
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POD: Another School Year Begins
Today the kids headed off to their first day of school. They both had a great day, seeing there friends and meeting there new teachers. I can’t believe that Jacob is in grade 5 and Violet is in 2nd. Where did the time go. This could also be the last first day of school at …
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POD: The EX 2016
Today was our annual trip to the Canadian National Exhibition. It was a beautiful day for it. Not a cloud in the sky , but it was never too hot. We spent most of the day waiting in lines so that the kids could go on the different rides. It was an amazing day.
September First: The real new year begins
Today is the first day of September, and though the calendar says there are three more weeks of summer, everyone knows that it’s really only five more days. Ever since I started school Labour Day has marked the true end of summer and the beginning of the new year. As much as we celebrate January …
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POD: Birthday Dinner
The ninth is Jacob’s birthday, but he’s going to a Blue jays game with his Nan so we celebrated the night before at his favourite restaurant.
POD: Sunday Lacrosse
Sunday’s has become Field Lacrosse day for Violet so you can expect to see many more Lacrosse pictures over the summer.