Panto Pandemonium

Alyssa's school put on a great concert Friday night! Panto Pandemonium. It was a fun story about some fairy tales having chaos and the children fixing them. Alyssa's class danced for Cinderella's Ball. All the children did a wonderful job. Alyssa loved learning the songs and has been singing them non-stop for a month.

Busy month of November

We had a really busy November! Here are a few highlights....

Alyssa won 2nd place in back stroke at her school Swimming Gala. They swim every Monday during school as PE. She is in the top group in her grade.

The Annual Charity Bazaar was really neat. We got to try foods from around the world and Santa also made a visit.

The girls performed a ballet recital for the community before our Thanksgiving Feast.

And of course, she has been sledding everyday!!

Sinterklaas

The Dutch community in our school presented Sinterklaas on Saturday. Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas-actually from Spain) and his Black Peter helpers visited our school and gave out Pepernoten (molasses cookies) to the children. The Dutch children performed several songs and dances for us. It was fun! Alyssa learned one of the songs in Dutch at school. On Thursday, the kids left one shoe out for Black Peter. He filled the shoe with treats, but also made messes in all the classrooms.

Snow Shoeing

We've been snow shoeing around Olympia. Lots of fun and we can all go together, even Taylor! Alyssa's snow shoes make snowflake stamps with each step. Our temperatures have been below freezing the last couple weeks. We still get beautiful sun and blue skies! We're expecting a big snow storm tomorrow, so we'll see how many inches we get.....