it snowed.....

there was so much snow overnight that mom was a bit worried about driving up the steep hill to school, and we weren't sure the teachers would be able to get there either. we decided that we'd all go together.

only one other person was there when we arrived, and no teachers, so we decided to go into the park and build a snowman as big as ollie. we didn't have a hockey stick for him though - unlike the one we built in our garden.


when jasmina and caroline arrived they had great idea. jasmina emptied out the water table, and dad filled it with snow. jasmina filled some pipettes with food colouring and we were already ready to paint snow - it was great. later on we used snowballs to do painting, too.

School photograph day

My very first school photo was kind of a success. Unlike some of the kids i did at least have it taken. In the class photo i'm almost looking in the right direction, even if i didn't manage a smile.

I'm sure dad would have done a better job on my hair if he hadn't been away in Calgary (at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Roundtable for Leaders in Youth and Young Adult Ministries (or something like that with the addition of the words: emerging and forum 2008)), and mom didn't even think to use make up to cover the scar on my forehead. Ah well.......i guess it's a true representation of the real me

Robot

Painting a robot is a somewhat messy experience - and no the paint doesn't really wash out

Soccer classes

Finally, after weeks of waiting the big day eventually came. i've been looking forward to starting soocer classes for SO long. first of all i had to wait until school finished, then it was time to go on an aeroplane to england to visit granny, then it was christmas, then it was back on the aeroplane again, then i had three days of school , then i had just one more day to wait until FINALLY it was soccer time.
Mom and dad and ollie all came with me to the big gym at the community centre. The coach got out a big net of soccer balls and lots of goals. But........there were so many kids and they all seemed so big and so good at soccer it was all a bit overwhelming. i cried.
mom came and stayed with me for a bit, and then dad had a go too. i did try and kick the ball from time to time, but there was always someone else trying to kick it too. coach did lots of skills and tricks but it all happened a bit too quick for me. the best bit was at the end when dad was the goalie and i got to score some goals. i don't think ollie will be coming next week, because he kept trying to join in and cried every time mom stopped him from playing with the big boys.


we went out to lunch afterwards too - that was pretty good, although i could do with a bit more practise at using chopsticks