January. Oh January.
This month always seems so long but it's almost over now!
We actually did a lot of fun things lately. It all began with Ryan going to the dentist! Yay!
He and I also saw a fun comedy show by Demetri Martin at the Winspear Centre. It was very fun.
Here's a clip of another show by him: (the visual quality isn't great, but you get the idea)
We danced the night away at a family dance that Rob's band played at.
It was a lot of fun and they did very well.
Although exhausted, Madeline managed to make it to the very end of the dance.
A very rare, almost unheard of, photo of Ryan and I dancing.
You can check out my brother's band here:
Or here:
This video of Claire and Madeline just makes my day.
The fun one can have with bubble wrap, indeed.
The Patterson gang got together for a fun night at an Oil Kings game. Here are a few pictures that represent the debut of "THE NEW CAMERA." The Oil Kings won, we ate some yummy treats, had fun cheering and it was a lovely night for all.
When one has such a prolific artist in the family (Madeline), one often wonders what one should do with all of the excessively creative and excessively large works of art that are churned out on a daily basis. Our new technique is to display some, but preserve most via our digital camera.
Some daily faces:
Claire has a special, cozy bathtub chair.
As you can see, she'll often get a little too comfortable while bathing.
Claire's grade 1 teacher features a Star Student each week. This student gets to be first in line for everything, can bring in special toys to share with the class and other privileges. They're also featured on a special wall in the classroom and last week it was Claire's turn.
Here is the wall of fame, including her interview questions.
Each child in the class will write her a special letter to keep in a memory book.
She also got to wear the special Star Student vest all week! (It took quite a beating, as you can see)
While Claire is busy learning and growing at school, Madeline and I have to keep ourselves busy. So...
we catch butterflies
we build forts
we make obstacle courses
and we construct beautiful play dough delicacies.
Ryan discovered a bag of marbles while cleaning out some old memory items. He introduced the girls to the wonderful world of steelies, cat eyes and rootbeers and it was a lot of fun.
I was the parent helper on a day when Madeline and her class explored the music room, so I was able to sneak this photo of her having fun.
Aside from the activities that have pictures to go along with them, we've had other things on the go. Over the holidays we saw The Muppet Movie with Val and Justin and celebrated Noah and Greg's birthdays with a party at their place. Ryan took his track team to a meet and they did very well. Madeline and I had a fun visit with Kathy and Christopher. I'm back in the swing of things for committee meetings. Ryan took Claire to a nutrition appointment at the Stollery and things are going well. Claire also invited Madeline and I to attend her special pizza lunch day at school. The girls started a special yoga class called Yogabees, put on by the CPAA and our first class last week was very enjoyable. Madeline continues to do well in gymnastics but we'll take a short break while we're in yoga and ballet, which started this weekend.
We're looking ahead to many more busy days to come!
