The past few days have been filled with all the things we love about December, fun and festive times with friends, gift exchanges, a skiff of snow and some new memories along the way.
We have just snapped out of a "cold" snap here in Vancouver where the temperatures dared to dip below zero. (I apologize to my friends reading in the north, I know that -3 degrees is almost laughable but in Vancouver it makes headlines!) We got snow a few days in a row, enough to blanket the backyard and for Sydney to enjoy making some footprints and digging in it at school with her friends.
Syd had her last swimming lesson of the season this week and as it turned out she was the only one in class so she enjoyed a private lesson with her new favourite instructor, Nick. She loved that they had the multicoloured tower out for the last day and dived off of it with wild abandon several times! She was thrilled to get a report card and ribbon as she's graduated from Starfish and will be in the Turtle level starting in the new year!
We met up with our friends Saskia and Myrtle and Tracy and Alexis at the Secret Garden Tea Company for lunch this week as well. It was such a special time taking our girls out together. We ordered them the Children's High Tea and they so enjoyed having their own little tier of treats to enjoy.
I love how beautiful their lunches are and that all of their salads have edible flowers in them! Sydney wanted to take mine home!
Sydney and I spent a special evening at 4 Cats art studio this week making a winter family portrait. The kids got to make each of their family members out of polymer clay and then paint a backdrop canvas to stick the clay figures onto.
The background was meant to be a snowy scene as evidenced by this example.
My little artiste thought otherwise and made a rainbow background to stick herself, me and Daddy onto. I love the finished product!
This afternoon we had yet another magical playdate with Liz, Kaitlyn and baby Luke. I brought the girls gingerbread houses to decorate and they had such fun using the icing as glue and covering their houses with candy....well with the candy that didn't manage to find it's way into their mouths! I love how Sydney, by sheer instinct, used all the little candies to make strings of lights on the roof of her house!
Lori and I spent yet another sleepless night baking Christmas treats to share with our friends and assembled and delivered the tins this morning. I was so touched at how much everyone loved the treats!
We have gotten some beautiful, thoughtful gifts from friends over the past few days.
Saskia and Myrtle gave us a lovely tin of tea and a gorgeous leather bound notebook along with some Hatley socks for Sydney.
Tracy and Alexis got us a beautiful tube of french macaroons from Thierry, they are divine!
Paul came home from the office with a beautiful gift basket as well filled with treats, it's so pretty I almost don't want to open it!
And then just tonight my friend Michelle left a little parcel on our front porch with something for Syd and a little something for me, a beautiful kitchen tea towel and some wine jelly.
I simply love giving and getting little thoughtful gifts from our friends and family this time of year. It's a little extra joy to an already wonderful season!
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