wishing you a happy chinese new year! unfortunately not too many local festivities to partake in, so here is our own effort from home. gong xi fa cai, gong hay fat choy!
i’ve been looking for a little house for rebecca to play in, but it was hard finding something that would be portable enough for our needs. i came across this little cardboard gem and had to have it. and we got to decorate it ourselves?! bonus! it was a hit… and so began the task read more
stopping by one of our favourite stores and acting silly.
it’s a new year, and time for a new bed for Rebecca who is growing up way too fast. many thanks to the perry’s who had the perfect wooden toddler bed for us to use. it looks so cozy i wish i could crawl in there myself!
on new year’s eve, we went to vandusen gardens to take in their wonderland of christmas lights. fun for all!
we can always count on ee ee to bring us out for outdoorsy fun. we went up to seymour along with some friends to go tobogganing. thanks to some borrowed winter gear (thanks owen!), it was rebecca’s first time playing in real snow and she loved it. it was quite the feat walking/pulling/carrying up the read more
on christmas eve, we attended a service at church with carol singing and time of reflection. afterwards we were all hungry and ready for our annual hotpot meal. opening presents
we took advantage of the one non-rainy day this week to go to the vancouver christmas market in downtown. crepes and christmas ornaments rebecca loved the carousel
we’ll be heading back to visit family over christmas, but it didn’t seem right not to have our own christmas tree. and what’s a christmas tree without ornaments? the last couple of weeks have been fun making decorations for our humble tree including pom pom santa and reindeer, paper snowflakes, a popsicle stick tree, an read more
taking advantage of a warm december day. we are quite into snowmen these days. hopefully we’ll get some snow to make our own frosty! making her snowman. i call it “snowman in a blizzard”