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| Grade 5's at the Christmas Concert |
Well
we’re back in Garden Hill after a fantastic holiday with family and friends.
Because we've been so busy I didn't get much of an opportunity to write about the holidays, so consider this to be a well over due holiday
summary post.
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| 12 Days of Garden Hill Christmas |
Both the high school and the elementary school held Christmas
concerts during the day for parents. Ender’s class performed ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas complete
with costumes and four tiny reindeer.
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| Mr. A reading the poem. |
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| Flinging open the shutters. |
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| Santa |
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| Final number. |
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| 'Spirit' week elf hat. |
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| Our class's Christmas corner |
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The high school also had a Christmas corner decorating
contest, in which we were only allowed to use paper and cardboard to create an enchanting Christmas scene. I built the tree as a base for the kids and then
they had a day to decorate it however they wanted. I especially liked the chair
and the bearskin rug.
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| Our class won 2nd place! |
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| Silent Night in English |
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| Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree |
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| Silent Night in Cree |
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| Cards Against Humanity |
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| Some of Chrissy's decorations. |
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Once the Christmas craziness was done and over with we packed our things and headed home for the holidays! Unfortunately because we spent the majority of the break in BC we didn't have much time for all of our Ontario loved ones. However, we had enough time to spend the first half of our holiday in Prince Edward County, Ontario. We visited with friends, attended a pioneer party with a gift exchange, and managed to see Ender’s family as well.
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| Ender and I ready for our first day on the mountain. |
On
Christmas Day we flew out of Toronto for Comox, BC where we spent the next week
at a chalet with my family on Mount Washington. With four metres of snow and
discounted lift tickets at our disposal, I learned to ski and Ender learned to snowboard. The scenery was breathtaking.
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| The whole family. |
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| Science! |
For new years we met up with our friend Sarah and spent some time in Vancouver. We went to Science World on New Years Day, ate sushi and noodles and toured the city. It’s by far the nicest city I've ever been too.
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| Sarah was watching her sisters dog. She's blind in one eye... I think she looks like a wizard. |
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Sarah checking out the cloud tornado.
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| View from the ferry. |
Ender fell in love with BC when he visited it as a child and has always wanted to eventually move out there. I must say I've had a very similar reaction to the west coast and we are already talking about returning sometime next year.
