Sunday, December 24, 2006

Christmas Eve

We were all ready for Christmas.

The tree was decorated.



We took time to read Christmas stories.



So we drove to Banff to spend Christmas Eve in the mountains.



There was a candy Banff Springs Hotel...



and the girls were two sizes too small.



We skated on the pond




and then came home to leave cookies for Santa (and oats and carrots for the reindeer.)

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

In an exciting and busy day, Sarah got to wear her pyjamas to school for pyjama day, she brought in chocolate brownies for the class, Daddy picked her and Alison up for lunch at Nick's, and they did art projects all afternoon. After she got home and dressed for skating, Mom got home to take her to the rink, and we were surprised with 15 bonus ice minutes! Yay! Free skating time!

Once we got back home, we had a wonderful dinner - lamb chops with potatoes and as a special treat picked out by Alison, artichokes! Then there were presents, and plenty of them, followed by ice cream cake.

It was quite a day. Mom crashed while reading Alison's story and couldn't even post a blog about it until the next day.

Here's the birthday girl in all her present-opening glory:

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Birthday Party!



We celebrated Sarah's 9th birthday a bit early. We went to a rec centre where there was a skating rink, a wave pool and a party room. It was lots of fun. We'll see if turning 9 for real on Friday will be a bit of a let-down after the big party...



Friday, December 01, 2006

Soaring through the air

Sarah's skating coach strapped her into a harness at skating today to practice her waltz jump. Check this out!