Kids' School Christmas Parites (12.21.2006)

Talk about trying to be in two places at once... Both kids had Christmas parties on the same day, and I shuffled back and forth on opposite ends of the school attending and helping at both. It was a lot of fun!

Yummers is aiming glitter glue at the cameraperson ... me! ;O)


Capturing Yum in serious concentration mode with her friend, Kaitlyn.


Minnie made another ornament for the Christmas tree!


Instead of paying attention to Mrs. F, Minnie strikes a pose. Geez. ;O)


After the party was over, Minnie and his class went out for recess. He is in the sandpit with his friends making a volcano.

The prodigal daughter comes home. (12.20.2006)

Tien and Fai stopped at the house to see us after her arrival at DTW. It was awesome to see Fai (and Tien, of course!). She looked fantastic down to the braids that she had been sporting for a while. We spent an hour talking in the upstairs bathroom (the end of the house tour ~ LOL) 'cos it was still not completed earlier in February of this year when she left for Guinea and the Peace Corps.

Apologies, Fai, that your eyes are closed in this picture. I had chocolate in my teeth, and you look better with your eyes closed than I do with chocolate in my teeth. LOL. Here are the Foen kids and my kids in front of our Christmas tree.

Batman (12.17.2006)

We left some windows open in the house to provide more ventilation while Michael was blasting the foam into the attic. Apparently, a little bat flew into the house. We have had a couple bats now and them come in to our house, so it was not too surprising. Michael caught the little bugger and sent him on his merry way outside. Here is a picture of him on the wall. To the right of him, you can see a wee scrap of original wallpaper that is still on the plaster. Cool beans. :O)

O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree (12.16.2006)

We picked up our Christmas tree on Saturday from a small farm (same place from last year). We discovered that the aunt had previously owned the land across the street which is now a subdivision of 800+ homes and a new school. Indeed. Here's some pics from the farm to our house and fully decorated!

On the toppermost of the van ...


Now, the kids are clipping the webbing off the tree ...


Here are the kids with are fine balsam fir tree ... (Note Yummers "skirt")


and here is our beautiful tree!

Farrand Movie Night (12.15.2006)

We went to see "Shaggy Dog" at the school on Friday night. It was actually better than I thought. The kids had fun, too, which was the most important thing!

Farrand Multi-Age Christmas Recital (12.12.2006)

The multi-age classes had a Christmas recital last night which had an Asian-inspired theme. It was really cute and even Minnie sang loudly from the audience when he recognised some of the songs.

Yummer and her gang of friends (Apologies for the glare from the program!)


One of the songs that were performed.

Farrand Pancake Dinner (12.07.2006)

Yesterday, the family went to school to attend the annual pancake dinner. We saw a lot of our school friends and parents. It was fun! :O) The kids gobbled down their pancakes and spoke more to their friends then with us (typical). Anyhow, enjoy the pictures!

The kids are first in line for the pancakes and sausages.


Getting ready to eat!


Good lord ...


Another extreme Yummer picture!