The kids recently had a beach day for their class end of school year party. Jimmy & I were able to take time off to chaperone this fun event.
It was a hot sunny day full of sand digging, watermelon eating, jellyfish hunting and chaotic fun with a bunch of 6/ 7 year olds!
I cannot believe Claire & Rhys are done Grade 1!
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I am super proud to announce that Jimmy recently graduated from Camosun College! Between academic study and practicum-based work, balancing the demands of life was very challenging.
We are very pleased that he (we) persevered and he got on the Dean’s Honour Roll as a result! He now has his Community Support/ Education Assistant diploma and he is ready to attack the job market.
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In February we traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to catch some sunshine. We met my parents down there and had a blast. The kids had so much fun and it is always so nice to spend time with my parents. The main purpose for this trip was to have Claire & Rhys spend some quality time with their Nana & Papa who they don’t get to see very often. Mission accomplished 🙂
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We had a lovely Christmas this year. Pretty decorations, cool weather, some sunshine, present opening, a walk along the beach, brunch with Debbie and a Christmas dinner with the whole Miller gang out in Sooke.
We celebrated Claire & Rhys’ 6th birthday with a Penguin party! We invited a bunch many of their friends to go ice skating at a local arena.
It was super fun although Rhys doesn’t really like ice skating too much but Claire sure does!Rhys made the most of it anyway and we celebrated these two monkeys.
To celebrate the December birthdays of Debbie & Senna, we met up at Butchart gardens recently. Despite the heavy rain, we all found time to revel in the nighttime festive splendor of it all.
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We had a very fun Hallowe’en this year. Harry Potter is a big hit in our house so Claire & Rhys wanted to dress up as Harry Potter & Hermione. Of course we had to join in the fun too. Jimmy went as Hagrid and I went as Professor McGonagall.
We met up with some friends in their neighborhood which is perfect for trick-or-treating… houses are close together and almost every house participates. We were outside for approx 1.5 hours and the kids collected way too much candy. In fact, we are weeks away from Christmas and we still have loads left. I think next year we will factor in a candy tax for our efforts in the costume design and facilitating trick-or-treating 😉
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