Santa Update

If anyone out there is curious, Alison sat down with Santa for a little Q & A session today.  She had wondered if he had any peanut allergies and if we could offer apples to the reindeer instead of carrots.  Santa confirmed that peanuts are okay, and the reindeer do enjoy fruit.

He also told her to clean up her room.  I like this guy.

Band Concert

Sarah, seen here as 1st clarinet in the grade 7 band, performed at a large church in northwest Calgary on December 10. They performed a couple of numbers, including a selection from The Nutcracker. It was lovely (except for those squeaky oboe players!)


Here's our girl:


The critics loved it!



I'll add video later.

Alison's birthday party

I know these are almost a month overdue, but they are funny. Just like Alison.

For her 9th birthday, Alison and 9 of her friends went to see Fantastic Mr. Fox, and then to a party room for food, presents and ... cake.

The cake eating was a highly creative event.

Handbell Concert

Alison performed 5 songs in the Banff Trail Christmas Concert tonight. She did a lovely job.

If it will let me, here's grainy video of Silent Night (sadly, the batteries were dead in my good video camera, so the trusty still camera had to make do).

Okay, Blogger uploading is still problematic. Here it is from YouTube: