T'was the Night Before Christmas...

Cale called us over to his whiteboard to read us a poem.  And what to our wondering eyes should appear, but the Night Before Christmas as retold by Cale.

Church Pageant and Piano Recital

 Mrs. Hagan and Cale at the winter recital.

 Cale as a Wise Man at the Bread of Life pageant.

Anna, Luke and Cale at the winter MYC recital.

Video of the group performance -"Deck the Halls"

Video of Cale's solo - "Christmas Bells"

Perry Concert

 

Grade 1 classes performing together at Sheldon Williams Collegiate.

Cale is in the middle of the front row.

"Snow"

"Snowflakes of Love" - link

Catching Up - Aug, Sept and Oct

It has been a while since we posted... sorry!

Here are some cute highlights from the end of summer and the beginning of fall!

Grade 1 is going very well and Mrs. DuMont is a great teacher! Cale is loving learning to read using the Daily 5 and he especially loves Explore +4 math since his mom created it and all!  Cale also likes the talking circle at the beginning of each day and is really enjoying learning French.

Kira's birthday was a highlight last week along with Thanksgiving with both the Kaisers and Fladagers. Kira had an 'under the sea' birthday complete with Red Lobster meal, carnival fish tank and Little Mermaid movie.

Cale has been working hard on making movies!  His first film is called "The Lost Pilot'.  A sequel will be available soon with new 'green screen' techniques!

Panorama - 2013 Edition

There is so much to do sky high in Panorama that we just had to come back for a second time.  I loved the EuroBungy where I did double and triple flips!  Mom and I both climbed to the top of the rock wall and rang the bell!  We had a picnic by the Toby River, we played mini-golf, went on the bouncers, went for a hike to find fort Hide & Seek again, rode the gondola and chair lifts, played giant checkers and lots of other games, plus we swam everyday! I brought my bike this time too and fit in with the dare-devil BMXers up there this time of year.   It was a great trip again with pretty good weather.  There is still more to do up there though, so maybe we will go back again sometime.

Soccer

Congratulations Team Germany on a great season!  Thanks to Coach Al too! Thanks also to all of my fans who came to watch me play.  I always had a huge cheering section, sometimes all the way from Australia and Iowa! I think I will play indoor soccer next.

Spring Recital

Congratulations Cale on a fantastic spring recital!  Many thanks to your amazing teacher, Mrs. Hagan!  Click on the links below to watch videos of Cale's rhythm instrument, singing and solo piano performances.

Rainbows to Play
The Race
Salt and Pepper

We're so proud of you Cale!!!

I've got it now!

Where is Spring?

"Brrr," said the Robin,
"I thought it was spring!
It's April 7 and I'm ready to sing.
My beak is still frozen,
My feet cannot move.
If this is spring,
Then I DO NOT approve!"
-A poem from Cale's Kindergarten Class

Star Wars - New Family Portrait

Telus World of Science in Edmonton - Star Wars Identities

 Click the below links to read about our new identities:
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51586b7979ea4
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51586b797874d
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51586b797b778
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51587239e23db
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51587239e5608
http://www.starwarsidentities.com/hero/en-ca/51587239e3ac2

Easter Egg Hunt

Thank you Easter Bunny for coming early this year so we can go on our trip! 
I'm loving my Super Mario Bros Wii game and the Star Wars chocolate!

Pirate Party for Dad's Birthday

Thanks for planning me a pirate plunder birthday Cale!  I loved the pirate photo booth / props, the pirate themed games, and especially the treasure map you drew to help me find my presents! 

Cale's 6th Birthday

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Happy Birthday Cale!  Click the SmileBox above for a slideshow of his 6th birthday.  Three parties in all. One with the Kaisers and a joint birthday celebration with his uncle Kris, a second with the Fladagers and a joint birthday with his aunty Lisa, and the Jedi Training Academy with 9 of his friends. What a week!  So happy that you could all celebrate with us!


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EPIC Christmas!!

We're back from an AMAZING time aboard the Norwegian Epic!  Highlights included the Blue Man group, Cirque "Dinner and Dreams", and the Legends in Concert (celebrity impersonator) shows. We also had great family entertainment like a Nickelodeon character breakfast with Sponge Bob and Diego, balloon animal making, "Slime Time Live", "Deal or No Deal", cupcake decorating, 10 pin bowling, t-shirt designing and a scavenger hunt.

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There were 3 ports of call on this cruise.  We got off in St. Thomas, USVI and visited Coral World where Cale was able to pet a shark! Cale also got his first ocean beach experience looking for shells and building sand castles on some of the nicest sand I've ever seen! The other two ports, St. Maerten and Nassau, Bahamas we made into water sliding days while most everyone else was off the boat. We must have gone down the slides as least 50 times each!  One (purple) is completely in the dark, another (green) is super fast and goes off the side of the boat and the third ("the plunge") has a giant bowl where you go around and around in an inner-tube before plunging down the center.  Cale was very brave to go on all of these by himself! 

Of course, Santa also found us on the boat as he had promised. Click here to watch the VIDEO of Christmas morning!  Santa also made an appearance on the boat and gave presents to each of the 1000 or so kids that were on-board.  Pretty amazing!!  We also went to a Christmas caroling family time as well as a show put on by the staff for Christmas.  By the way, there are over 1700 staff on this boat, good thing they weren't all in the show!

Other highlights included the Stateroom which was beautifully designed (all curved including a round bed) and it had the wonderful balcony view.  It is quite an experience to go to sleep and wake up to the lapping of waves!  We will miss that!

Actually, we will miss a lot of things including the outstanding food!  With the "freestyle cruising" options on this boat, there were was food all day long for you to enjoy in several restaurants and buffets.  Cale enjoyed ice-cream EVERY day including as a late night snack one day! 

So, we still feel like we're swimming a bit, possibly from all the excitement, possibly from all the actual swimming, but mostly because of the constant gentle rocking of the boat.  "Sea legs" we definitely do not have as prairie folk!! We're glad to be home for sure, but that blast of cold when getting off the plane really makes it tempting to want to turn around and go back... maybe we can find jobs in the education department on the boat?

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas, sorry we couldn't do it earlier but there was no internet on the boat, (kind of a nice break actually)!  And, we wish you all a Happy New Year!

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