On the last weekend of November, we started decorating the house for Christmas. Andrea volunteered to help Daddy put up the outside decorations and lights while Kevin had his nap. She had to come in a few times to warm up, but she enjoyed being a helper.
The kids are enjoying the seasonal specials that are constantly on TV. Here, you can see them sitting nicely together (with some of our Christmas decorations in the background) watching a Christmas cartoon.
The lights always look so much better at night. :))
CHRISTMAS PHOTO SESSION
In the first week of December, we went to the portrait studio and got the kids' annual Christmas photos. It went surprisingly well! Kevin only fussed a little bit, and we got some really cute pictures. The problem this time was the opposite of other times: the kids were having such a good time that we couldn't get them to settle down and look at the camera together at the same time. The photographer was tossing these fuzzy snowball props at the kids, and they thought it was a great joke!
ANDREA'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Andrea's daycare Christmas concert took place on the night of December 3. It was a little crazy because between the morning and afternoon kindergarten classes there were about 30 kids, and they never really had a chance to practice together. Still, all that mattered was that Andrea was SO excited, and of course, it's fun seeing her and her little friends up on stage. Here are a few videos from their performance:
KEVIN'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Kevin's daycare Christmas concert took place on the night of December 8. He and his toddler friends were too funny to watch on stage. We were curious to see how Kevin would react this year, as last year, he cried through the whole thing. However, this year, he was great! He was singing a bit, and doing some of the actions. The audience didn't bother him at all. His speech and physiotherapist both had seen him during practice, and had reported he was the one toddler who was really focused during practice, and knew all the words and actions! Well, he got a bit distracted on stage, but we were just happy that he was having fun up there this year. Here are a few videos from Kevin's performance:
After the show, the kids' favourite part (both nights) was the juice and cookies in the community room.
ANDREA'S JK SING-A-LONG AND CRAFT DAYOn Friday, December 11, Andrea had a special afternoon with her JK class at school. Gram and Papa Gagnon got to go to school with her for a special Christmas sing-a-long and craft day! The kids performed some Christmas carols for their visitors, and then they got to make a craft featuring the Three Wise Men with their visitors. Andrea's teacher told Gram and Papa that Andrea is her best singer, and leads the class when they sing! [Gram and Papa agreed that yes, Andrea's voice carries over the others. ;-)]
For her special day, Andrea wanted to wear Christmas colours, and her teacher requested a Christmas-themed hat. Well, Mommy just happened to have an elf hat from the dollar store on hand, and put together with a red and white outfit, it was quite festive!
(Andrea is into taking funny pictures right now. It's impossible to get a nice smile.)
(She also loves being on video.)
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Here is the finished project she brought home from her craft day with Gram and Papa. Andrea wanted the Wise Men to be girls, so she could make them pretty! She also told me that only one is a Wise Man, and the others are Joseph and Mary. ;-)
"ELF YOURSELF"
Gram made a video on a website that takes pictures of her four grandchildren and makes them into break dancing elves. The kids LOVE it. We have to watch it a few times each day. Their reaction is so funny! I had to get a video of that, too.
COMING SOON . . .
Our "official" holiday season starts on Saturday, with our first family get-together here. I don't have the time to list the many activities we have coming up in the next two and a half weeks . . . I'll probably be on maternity leave before I get a chance to blog about it all!
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