May 25, 2017 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, spring 2017
Our talented and poised dancers: Emily ready for her Michael Jackson mix dance recital. Madeline ready for Lyrical dance.
May 12, 2017 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, spring 2017
The end of the school year draws near and that means recitals, competitions and finished projects. Both girls participated in group dance competion in Vernon and came away from it with silver medals. Emily is in a Jazz group and Madeline is in Lyrical (a type of...
Apr 29, 2017 | Canada, Madeline, Revelstoke, spring 2017
Maddie loves to bake. To date, she has made 4 pumpkin pies, 1 lemon merengue pie, 3 angel food cakes, numerous brownies and other cookies/cakes. This week she wanted to make apple rose pastries. I have to admit that I thought pastry might be a bit out of her league,...
Apr 25, 2017 | Canada, Madeline, Revelstoke, winter 2016-17
We’ve hit double digits for both girls now, how fast a decade goes! On the big day, Madeline had a small dinner with the family, and some cheesecake for her (she is the only one of us who eats cheesecake). A while later she had a sleepover party with her friends...
Apr 9, 2017 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, winter 2016-17
Our girls were enrolled in the local ski club; skiing with a coach and their peers every Sunday. They are both little rippers now, Emily easily skiing as fast as an average adult, with grace and fluidity not shared by many. Her sister, a more aggressive style of...
Mar 24, 2017 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Vancouver, winter 2016-17
For Christmas we gave the girls tickets to see their favourite singer, Ariana Grande. The accessible seats were sold out so I bought 3 so Simon could take them. Lucky for him, his cousin Cathy offered to make it a “girls night out” and took them to the...
