After our car collision on Thursday evening, we haven't done much schooling since, as you can imagine. My neck and shoulders were sore, but I am feeling much better. Back to normal, I'd say. Fina isn't traumatized. She wasn't scared to get back into the car, so that was great. Dad is ok too. Not exciting, but we are grateful things weren't worse.
On Friday, we had a fun outdoor playtime with some friends in their backyard. The weather is so warm and lovely here right now. This is not regular December weather in MB.
On Saturday, we went with some other friends to St Malo beach to play. Fina was so pleased to see the "lake" was frozen over. It was a gorgeous day.
In the evening, we headed back to the university for a Christmas musical celebration put on by the music department. The Winnipeg Brass Quintet was also there (WSO brass players, I believe). They were wonderful as always. Fina and I enjoyed it (dad was involved in reading some of the Bible passages, so he was up on stage). Though we have listened to a fair amount of classical music, I guess we have never listened to any opera. There was a mezzo-soprano soloist who sang a couple of pieces. The first one was in German. Fina leaned over and whispered "what is she saying? I can't understand it." So I told her it was in German. Further on in the programme, this same mezzo-soprano sang again. "Mom, I still can't understand it!" I told her it was in English. She made a disgusted face at me and said "why does she have to sing so loud? It doesn't sound good at all!" Hillarious. Goodness knows, the operatic voice takes some getting used to. Some of us will never acquire the taste for it. I believe Fina will fall into that category. (As an aside, she has been listening to a lot of Adele right now. And loving that. So, Adele's crooning voice, or a very harsh operatic voice... You be the judge!) All in all, Fina did really well. We didn't get home until 10:30pm.
On Sunday, we headed to Winnipeg for church etc, and Fina and I spent a couple of hours at one of our favourite places, Bois des Esprits, in the south end of the city. Just lovely!
The Seine River (no, not the one in Paris! The one in Winnipeg!) was mainly frozen over. Fina was so pleased to see that. There were some still moving water parts, but it was much more frozen than our Joubert Creek in town. Strange. The Seine is much wider, but it must be shallower and maybe less flow-y!
We have been keeping up with our Jesse tree and our advent devotionals. Last night, Fina and I played a few roungds of Go Fish with some cute Disney cards we found.
Today, we are heading to dad's school again (shocking, I know!) for a Christmas party for the Moms and Tots group. In the afternoon, we plan on heading back out to the forest area there. It is supposed to climb up to plus 5 this afternoon, so we will take advantage of that while dad teaches until late in the afternoon.
And tomorrow, we have our outdoor play group. And Wednesday we have a Christmas banquet at dad's school. And Thursday we have our homeschooling co-op (if everyone is healthy again!) and Friday we are going to our friend's house to decorate Christmas cookies. Considering we have no family within 2500kms and have very little Christmas commitments, we are pretty busy right now!!!
So, all different kinds of learning and experiencing over the last few days!
On Friday, we had a fun outdoor playtime with some friends in their backyard. The weather is so warm and lovely here right now. This is not regular December weather in MB.
On Saturday, we went with some other friends to St Malo beach to play. Fina was so pleased to see the "lake" was frozen over. It was a gorgeous day.
In the evening, we headed back to the university for a Christmas musical celebration put on by the music department. The Winnipeg Brass Quintet was also there (WSO brass players, I believe). They were wonderful as always. Fina and I enjoyed it (dad was involved in reading some of the Bible passages, so he was up on stage). Though we have listened to a fair amount of classical music, I guess we have never listened to any opera. There was a mezzo-soprano soloist who sang a couple of pieces. The first one was in German. Fina leaned over and whispered "what is she saying? I can't understand it." So I told her it was in German. Further on in the programme, this same mezzo-soprano sang again. "Mom, I still can't understand it!" I told her it was in English. She made a disgusted face at me and said "why does she have to sing so loud? It doesn't sound good at all!" Hillarious. Goodness knows, the operatic voice takes some getting used to. Some of us will never acquire the taste for it. I believe Fina will fall into that category. (As an aside, she has been listening to a lot of Adele right now. And loving that. So, Adele's crooning voice, or a very harsh operatic voice... You be the judge!) All in all, Fina did really well. We didn't get home until 10:30pm.
On Sunday, we headed to Winnipeg for church etc, and Fina and I spent a couple of hours at one of our favourite places, Bois des Esprits, in the south end of the city. Just lovely!
The Seine River (no, not the one in Paris! The one in Winnipeg!) was mainly frozen over. Fina was so pleased to see that. There were some still moving water parts, but it was much more frozen than our Joubert Creek in town. Strange. The Seine is much wider, but it must be shallower and maybe less flow-y!
We have been keeping up with our Jesse tree and our advent devotionals. Last night, Fina and I played a few roungds of Go Fish with some cute Disney cards we found.
Today, we are heading to dad's school again (shocking, I know!) for a Christmas party for the Moms and Tots group. In the afternoon, we plan on heading back out to the forest area there. It is supposed to climb up to plus 5 this afternoon, so we will take advantage of that while dad teaches until late in the afternoon.
And tomorrow, we have our outdoor play group. And Wednesday we have a Christmas banquet at dad's school. And Thursday we have our homeschooling co-op (if everyone is healthy again!) and Friday we are going to our friend's house to decorate Christmas cookies. Considering we have no family within 2500kms and have very little Christmas commitments, we are pretty busy right now!!!
So, all different kinds of learning and experiencing over the last few days!
seems like you guys are keeping a busy schedule for the holidays! I'm glad to know you guys are alright (despite your soreness Anto!). Hope to see you guys soon:)
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