Where did the year go? Wasn't it a few weeks ago that we were putting the tree up?
And it will sure feel like it would have been only a few days ago that we indeed put it up when it will already be time to take it down.
As Christmas day approaches, the lights inside are certainly adding warmth compare to the gloomy rainy gray days that we have outside.
In November, we went South to see Tina, Casey and Lilian and it was another fun day of playing card games, going to the park to fly the remote helicopter I got from Tina and of course eating at Red Robbins, my favorite destination...
Don't we look cute?
Then it was time to think about writing down cards for my teachers and make cookies. I did all my cards and helped to make some of the cookies but would have been more interested in eating them than putting them in bags!
And now it's finally the break and I have already had friends over for a party,
gone to OMSI,
had a friend over for a playdate
and gone to another friend for another playdate. That's what vacation should be about.
This is also the last stretch before the big guy drops some presents under the tree. To tell you the truth, I am not quite sure there is a Santa. I had a long talk with one of my friend and I pretty much agree with him that this is all made up. Although, after watching my yearly "Polar Express" movie, I am not sure anymore.
Hey, as long as there are presents under the tree, that's the best right?
I am not quite sure what I will get since I have changed my list just about everyday. Yesterday again, I announced what the top 2 items on my list are and it sounds like I had never mentioned those before. Weird.
I might put my gingerbread house under the tree for Santa though. You never know.
Well, I have already planned to have a "gift-I-don't-like" exchange with one of my friend... Maman says that it sounds like I am being too spoiled... spoiled brat that is!
As is customary at our house, I have 15 little boots hanging on the mantel and I get to open one every day. As the years are progressing, the loot I find in the boots is getting different.
First I was finding treats. Then last year, Maman had hidden the treats somewhere in the house so I had to read the clues I found in the boots to be able to find the treats.
This year, there were math problems in the boots and Maman thought that they would be a challenge for me. Every time I solved one, I got to choose between a treat or 15mn extra of screen time. I will let you guess what I have been choosing!
Anyway, I usually opened the message, read it once and just gave the answer. Or I frowned, looked puzzled and then, light bulb moment, I found the answer!
It sometimes took Maman longer to tell me if the answer was correct because, even though she had prepared the problems, she had to make her brain work to find the answers.
Here is an example of what I found and figured out as I was reading:
Amy, Bart, Connor, and Doug raced to the oak
tree.
It took Amy 16 seconds to get there.
It took Bart 4 seconds less than Amy.
Connor 3 seconds less than Bart.
Doug was the slowest.
It took him twice as long as Connor to get to the tree.
How many seconds did it take Doug to
reach the tree?
Of course the day Maman recorded, I didn't get it right away. Although, in the evening, Papa read it and did not get it right away either..
I guess math is my thing too!
There were actually two championships in my class this last term: one for reading and one for math. I was quite proud because I got Gold medal for both.
Well, Papa is on a break also and since he is nearly done with all the remodeling projects in the house, we will be able to play a lot of board games!
Here are the latest pics from the kitchen. Some with the 4 soups ready for the soup party and one of the spread for our Christmas Eve dinner... It's for the 3 of us so it should last us a while!
And to finish this end of the year post, Maman did a little compilation of things I have done or said in the past two months. She wishes she had memorized all the other stuff I say!
While walking around the house and farting intermittently:
- Hum, I think there is a problem with the reactor.
While in Sciences class, having to choose a snack to chart nutrition data:
Sciences teacher: "What snack did you choose Noah?
Noah: "Boogers... I am just having a hard time figuring out what the serving size should be."
As I was kissing him goodnight after having a hard day where he was caught no being so truthful...
-Noah: "Life is like a road trip with a rocky mountains."
- Me: "Rocky mountains?"
- Noah: "Because there are obstacles along the way."
That same evening as I said goodnight:
- Noah: "Wait until tomorrow; I'll show you something. You'll see how generous I can be."
Talking about the upcoming evening where we had a party and the kids would get to watch a movie:
- Noah: "Maman, when we watch Home Alone tonight, can you act as our servant and bring us chewing gum?
- Maman: "Pff, I am already your servant everyday!
- Noah: "Well, yes, but a reluctant one."
Playing with kapla blocs and trying to make a bridge while i am cooking:
- Noah: "Hum, if I put this bloc here, it could fall. I have to rely on physics here."
