We had the pleasure of going to Jasmin's Preschool concert last week, and although I thought I would cry, you couldn't wipe the smile off my face. It was just so darn cute. All those little kids up on the stage singing songs they had learnt over the year, and doing little choregraphed arm movements. They even sang a song in Spanish. Jasmin is so good at keeping secrets, that we had not heard any of the songs before-hand, as she kept on saying it was a surprise. We were also presented with their Portfolio of work for the year, which included some of their art work as well as pictures of them at various activites and excursions. Such as joy to receive, and something I will treasure for a very long time!
I also had my Dance Recital 2 weeks ago - it was a lot of fun, and a bit nerve racking.... so funny since I can speak in front of hundreds of people and not get nervous, but I got nervous for the dance concert. Might of had something to do with the fact I had to come on first in my row and I danced in the centre of the stage. I had the girls and Nan, my brother and sister-in-law and nephews along for the second show, the third show Dave and his sister and my brother-in-law came along. The girls were very well behaved and Eliza apparently yelled out a couple of "Hoorays!" and did lots of clapping, I got the "You look Beautiful" from Jasmin and a huge hug after the performance. So very sweet. The last show was a little less nerve racking (may have had to do with the half glass of champaigne before-hand, must remember that trick for next time!).
Jasmin has been a busy little girl - attending heaps of pre-schoolers birthday parties. The last one for the year was on the weekend at the swimming pool. Really good fun. I was however amazed at how many parents did not go in the water and did not really keep an eye on their children. I ended up with a gaggle of little girls -of which only one was a little fishie. Lucky they could all touch the bottom, but it does not take long to drown! None the less, we all had a great time, Dave also went to the pool with Eliza, and neither Jasmin or Eliza wanted to get out of the pool after three hours!
The girls are having a great time opening up each of the Advent Bon Bons and Boxes I have made. Jas insists on picking one out first thing when she gets up, but they cannot open until after breakfast (as some of them have chocolates or candy in them). Last night I spent the night laminating christmas placemats, artfully drawn by my little Jasmin. She did such a good job doing Christmas drawing the other day that I decided to make them into double-sided placemats for Christmas Day, that our guests can take away with them. The girls and I have also made up some lolly bags for our guests as well, using plastic clear lolly bags which I can buy from work. We will put a christmas tag designed by Jasmin on these as well.
Here is a little pic of the designs Jasmin drew for the placements and tag:
The Tag Design:
Finally I end this post with some art work of my own. I managed to get some pages done on Saturday night - 5 pages in just over 2 hours. The pictures were all taken about a month ago when I was taking the picture for the Christmas card. We had a great day taking pictures of the girls and their nephews - we even got some pictures of all four of us together (which I will scrap later).
I start with the sultry Jasmin look:
The very cute Eliza:
Jasmin - such a great subject for taking pictures. I had lots of fun using the SEI Epoxy stickers on these next two layouts:
The girls and their gorgeous cousins:
And finally the two photos I used for this year's Christmas Cards:
