KA Christmas Sing Along

Today was the KA sing along and Christmas party. What fun! Not only did all three KA classes put on a wonderful show, but the two room mom's put on a lovely Christmas party for Mrs. Gray's class. Here are a few photos from the day!

Teddy entering with his class for the sing along.

On stage but looking a little too cool.



Singing along with everyone in Mrs. Gray's class.

Reciting a Christmas poem with his classmates.

Very proud of his decorated Christmas cookie.

The whole family, although Teddy is more interested in his cookie than anything else.

Brendon and Teddy

One of Teddy's good friends from his KA class is Brendon. They had a fun Saturday together eating lunch after Winter Wonderland and playing soccer. Enjoy!

Gingerbread House Decorating

We had a fun afternoon at Wendell's Bakery decorating wonderful gingerbread houses.  Let the fun begin!



Starting to decorate the houses and trying to figure out the frosting.

The boys are having a blast while Kaia licks the frosting off her fingers.

Our fun family photo turned into an opportunity for the head baker to jump in.  We didn't even realize!  So funny!

The Russell Family.

The finished product!

Soccer!

This winter Teddy is playing TYPA soccer.  Daddy is the coach of his team, the Rangers!

Teddy's team!

Warming up with Coach Bob before the game.

Cayden on the sidelines.

Going after the ball.

Looking tired.

Hanging out on the field.

Teddy and Patrick getting ready to go into the game!

Winter Wonderland 2012

We were lucky enough to participate in another Winter Wonderland party sponsored by the TAS PTA.  Teddy always enjoys seeing Santa, decorating cookies, playing games, and seeing his friends.

Teddy enjoyed meeting Santa again this year, although he looks a little nervous.

He got to tell Santa what he wants for Christmas and Santa told him a secret, which he won't tell us!  This might be the first secret he has ever kept.

Daddy and Teddy in the entrance to Winter Wonderland.

Of course, we have to decorate cookies first!

Daddy gets in on the fun!

The final product - pirate cookie!

Teddy played lots of games but I think this one was the most fun because he got to eat a marshmallow before lunch.

Face painting.

Lan Mei Meets Fluffy

This could be bad news!

Christmas Cookie Decorating

We started a new tradition this holiday season, gingerbread cookie baking.  What fun Teddy and I had cutting out the cookies and decorating them.  We can't wait until we can do them again next year!



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Grand Hotel Christmas Dinner

We went to our annual Christmas dinner at the Grand Hotel last weekend with our good friends, the Kowalec family!  We had a fun buffet dinner and then got to pose in front of the big Christmas tree.


We started with just Teddy in front of the tree.

Then we added the totally cute Cayden.

Then we added the adorable Kaia.

And the kids posed nicely in front of the tree, although my picture looks a little fuzzy.

And to top it all off, we added a random Taiwanese lady for good measure!

And we got a family picture.

And the rare picture of just Michael and Shana.

Taipei Science Museum

Well, the Taipei Science Museum wasn't the most fun place to spend a Sunday afternoon but, since it has been raining in Taipei for about two weeks straight, we needed to find a way to spend the day.  It was a little more scientific that we anticipated but we had fun!

Daddy and Teddy learning about medicine in the body.

Michael being silly at the semi-conductor exhibit.

Michael pretending to be poo in the digestive track exhibit...we needed something to laugh about at this point!

The end of the digestive track exhibit.  The end...get it!

On our way home we stopped into a store and they had fun Christmas cutouts.  Teddy loved the Santa!

Windows on China Amusement & Miniature Park

As part of our Thanksgiving weekend amusement park extravanga, we also visited Windows on China which is an amusement park and minature village.  We had so much fun on the rides and also seeing all the minatures!

The minature CKS memorial!

The minature presidential offices.

Cayden in front of the minature airport.

Teddy and Michael pretending to attack the tiny temple!

View of minature Taiwan.

Teddy and Shana in front of mini-China.

What the heck is Teddy doing?

See, I don't need to go to India!

The boys on the tiny bumper cars.  It seems like everything was tiny!

On the knock off It's A Small World After All ride.

Loving the carousel.

The tiny jeep adventure really was the best!