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Families Blessed put on a great Chinese New Year party. 2015 marks the year of the sheep.

Chúc mừng năm mới! (Happy New Year!)

What a great looking group!

Who is the gorgeous blond?!?

silly papa

Hey, we look good too!

crafts galore

sheep decorating

taming the dragon

Aren't we cute, or what?

found the cake!

Happy New Year!

Dragon Parade

Tea Party

Sophie was invited to her first tea party to celebrate one of her preschool friend's birthday. It was all girls wearing princess costumes and having a grand time together.

la princesse Sophie

girls want to have fun

tea party with British sandwiches and ice cream sundaes

Piano Recital

Alex has been taking piano lessons for about six months now. He is practicing three times a day every day. His teacher figured out that Alex is all about cars and competition, so he devised a game to encourage students to practice each day for a prize. Alex took this very seriously and landed in first place. Way to go, Alex!

We were invited to Alex's first piano recital with another dozen students. Alex had a great performance. He got his first blue ribbon.

Alex won first place

Last rehearsal before the big day

Waiting patiently with papa for the recital to start

"Great balls of fire" by Blackwall

Blue ribbons for everyone

Special School Days

The kids had fun preparing for special activities at school this week. Alex participated in a Science Fair in elementary school. He had a display about the Snap Circuit that uncle Gilles gave him. This was quite a success, as the kids had fun dropping the electrical wire into salt water to make a siren sound. Sophie invited Papa at preschool for a Daddy-Dino-Day. What fun!

Checking out Alex' science project

Nice display, Alex!

There were all kinds of science projects to check out.
Some were rather smelly...

Is my hair sticking out?!?

Learning about electricity

There were all kinds of cool animals to check out as well

One of my favorites was the ball python

Cute little milk snake

Sophie was fascinated by this little turtle

This savanna monitor was sound asleep

This parrot really likes me!

Daddy Dino Day activities with my friend Lilly

Pounding clay to find a dinosaur fossil

Dinosaur caves to explore in the dark

I built a giant patterned tower

Teacher Martin is teaching Theresa.
They came up with these new names!

Teaching Sophie all kinds of trick, including how to write in cursive

January Fun

January was filled with piano practices, basketball games, zoo and gym visits, and silly games.

My piano teacher knows what motivates me to practice

Practicing every Wednesday night

Should I play basketball?

Or join the cheer team?

Sophie practices like Alex

Super-exciting game. The kids have progressed a lot.

Fun at the zoo

Practicing our gym moves with my friend Lilly

We're silly indoors baseball players

Silly baseball with an imaginary ball

Birthday Party

The tradition continues. Papa made Alex a race car cake for his birthday party. This year, a Pagani made its grand appearance. Bravo to the baker!

Isn't this a great looking race car or what?!?

Piping lesson from the chef

So happy to have my friends help me celebrate my birthday

Happy birthday, Alex!

My friends spoiled me again! Thanks everyone!

Crafty Kids

What is there to do when it's so cold out? Teaching my sister how to play the piano, making a stuffed snake, learning how to knit are just a few of our projects. Check them out!

Alex is a rather strict teacher...

Making a snake is a ton of fun!

Radler is my new snake. Do I look like a pirate?

Thomas Oma Bear is made from Oma's robe, just like Radler

Knitting for the first time
Mamy, je crois qu'il a besoin de quelques cours

Mamy, tu viens m'apprendre a tricoter ?

Nouveau porte-tablette chauffant : Sophie qui somnole