Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Marble Madness

Not sure who has more fun with this... Ethan or me :-)



Emily's Last Day at Turner St

Emily's 4 year old kindergarten has been such a great experience for her. She made some great friends there and so have we. Ruth is an extraordinary teacher, and Emily has missed her a lot since school finished.

The school did a great job putting together a special last day of school. They held a Christmas Concert to finish the year, and then Santa Claus brought them a cup with all the kids names on it. Afterward, Emily gave us a gift as well: a book of all the work she did throughout the year. It was a really nice ending to a great year. We will miss you Turner St!

Here's a few selected pictures from the full set:

Christmas Concert



Our Gift from Emily



Inside the gift



Saying goodbye to her teachers



Related posts:
Birthday at Kindergarden
Class Pictures

Christmas at Parliament - 2009

Over the Christmas holidays, we were lucky enough to be invited by a friend to the Parliament Christmas Family Fun Day. The event was held in the private Parliament Gardens, which was special and absolutely beautiful. They had so many things for the kids: jumping castles, fire engines & police cars they could sit in, face painting, a visit from Santa Claus and his sleigh, and they even crashed the neighboring lawn bowls party.

Here's a few selected pictures from the full set:

With Santa Claus (who gave them presents too!)



Inside the fire engine (and got to meet the local firefighters)



Emily's favorite was the jumping castle. We had to drag her away to go home :-)

Monday, February 22, 2010

Kids Christmas Picture 2009

Several others on flickr too

Little Artists

Emily and Ethan both love doing any sort of art. Here's some action shots :-)

Their face paintings were done by Sue!



Decorating the Tree - Christmas 2009

Some (late) pictures from the family decorating the Christmas tree last year:

Sarah's friend Alex is helping us, too.



The kids



Sarah



Ethan



Emily

Emily the Belly Dancer

A few months ago, Emily got a belly dancing outfit as a gift from Sue's mom. It was great timing because Emily is loving to dress up now!

The Pose



The Dance