2016 School Talent Show

It was nice to show the kids to learn how to confront stage fright by conducting shows every now and then. Kimi has shown considerable improvement in controlling her fears of performing in front of the audience. She just started guitar lessons recently and I am so proud that she was able to play a simple duet with a classmate in such short notice.

2016 Grade 3 Auction Piece

For this year's auction, we decided on photo collage of the Grade 3's in their present and previous years in one box. A special collection of photos from the yesteryears in one package. We also created a trio of frames that depicts the verse 1 Corinthians 13:13

We spent a morning forming the Grade 3 (and their buddy from Grade 6) for the cross formation

Hearts was just an afterthought and was composed of the Grade 3 student only. It came out nicely so the idea for the three pictures being used instead of just one picture came about.

Using mod podge, pictures from 4 years and a natural finish box. We created these...

...and with the use of (3) 8 x 10 inches frame, we managed to do these

I am quite happy as to how it turned out.

It is truly a 

Work of HEART

Classroom Auction Project 2015

This year, a mom friend was a coordinator for the Grade 2 Auction Project. She came to me and asked me to help pitch in ideas and maybe help with the execution of the project up to it's completion as well.

This year is the Grade 2's First Communion year and we decided to focus the theme of our projects in line with the religious event. We wanted something that has a touch of the students on the project to make it more special. Pictures are worth a thousand words and these kid's pictures are used as mosaic to make up the whole artwork which are the following: The Holy Family and The Holy Trinity.

 

* Original Images

* Photo Mosaic (edited to smaller size)

With a mosaic app, I was able to do these to both pictures. I put all the pictures from the kids in one folder. These pictures are from Kindergarten to Grade 2 pictured collected from their school... It was a lot of pictures but having more pictures to choose from is better in making the art work closer to the original.

We took advantage of the free poster print from Staples to see a proof of the Holy Trinity and once we saw how it looked, we decided to pay for one more copy for the Holy Family. We made use of the current promo at Michaels to frame the art works. It was a BOGO deal, which was why we actually saved a bit. Thanks to coupling.

* Display of the Auction item in the hallway of the school

* 22" x 28" framed and matted photo mosaic

It was overwhelming to see how the teachers (and students) responded to the Mosaic. We brought it on Tuesday (April Fools Day) since we had a schedule to do the add on project that we were brewing which was a paper bead rosary. We brought both frames up to the Grade 2 classroom and the teacher explained and showed the students our auction project.

* Grade 2 class

For the paper bead rosary, we decided to get each kids to write down 2 prayers on an index card and copy those same prayers to a strip of paper which we will be rolling to make a paper bead. These beads will be the one uses to make a rosary. Armed with a jewelry tool and some wires, I tried to loop each beads as soon as they finish their prayer intentions and soon the rosary was taking shape. Thanks to a cutting machine, Mrs. Wagner used the machine to cut the cross on a cardboard and on the scrap paper similar to the beads to finish off the rosary's cross. We have yet to seal each bead with a gloss for the weekend and hopefully it will turn out great as well. A frame or a jewelry box is the final touch we were hoping for to showcase the product.

* Paper Bead Rosary

* Shadow Box Closed

* Shadow Box Opened

*Button Ring to hold the index cards with prayer intentions

Daniel's 7th Star Wars Party

I am so blessed to have a found great friends with the mom's of Kimi's classmate. Kimi calls her the BIG Kimmee, and from then on, Kimi felt a special connection to her (and so did I).

Daniel is Kimmee's one and only child and he and Kimi does play on some occasions. Daniel wanted a Star Wars Party to marked his 7th birthday, and a Star Wars party is what Mommy Kimmee and Daddy Shu Hei made for him.

* Star Wars Invites

CLICK HERE for personalized invites

Daniel is lucky that she go a talented pastry chef for a mom and it was a labor of love for Mommy Kimmee to whip up this special Star Wars Themed cake specially for Daniel to enjoy.

* Kimmee's Kitchen Cakes

CLICK HERE for personalized cakes

Cupcakes were made for kids to decorate to their heart's content

* Ready made Star War Figurine Cupcake Topper

...mix with personalized cupcake topper with Birthday Boy's name

* BUSYBEE's CREATION

CLICK HERE for custom order

Fun-filled activities await the kids. It was like having an after school away from school with almost  all the kids from grade 1 attending the party.

* Badminton Match

* Strike a Badminton Pose 

Some opted to do rock climbing on the side...

* It scares me to see the kids going up this big rock which was quite high

* Pretty Olivia doing her thing

*Annika on her back for a breather

* Soccer Goalee Filipe

* A soccer match

* Multi tasking coach

* Kenzo's choice of play

* Nancy with her cupcake creation

* My Precious Girl :*

* Isabelle

* Amaya and her creation

* Cupcake Decorating Station

*Kenzo hard at work

* Family Picture

* Daniel doing a bit of antics after the blowing of candles

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HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY

DANIEL

Nikkei Center

Burnaby B.C.

Amaya's 7th Gymnastic Party

It is a busy month for party...

...and one of the party theme Kimi and Kenzo are excited about is the gymnastic one at Club Aviva.

Kenzo as apprehensive at first with the jumping from the diving board but when he tried it, there was no stopping him. He enjoyed himself immensely and decided to do it over and over again.

* Kimi and Kenzo in action

After the gym activities, it was time for snacks and of course, the birthday song

* Birthday Song

...and soon enough it was time to say our goodbyes.

* Yay!

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CLUB AVIVA

Coquitlam, B.C.

Matteo's 7th Extreme Air Party

It was a new experience for the kiddos to do an Extreme Air (Trampoline) Party.

It was a bit early to start them on this kind of party and I was a bit on edge as to letting them run around with some bigger kids who are not part of the party jumping in the same area.

My hubby decided to go in with Kenzo and it assuage my fear a bit. The area was so big that it was hard to look for them at times.

* Extreme Experience

* Ready for an EXTREME Fun-experience

* WARNING: Grade 1's on the loose

* Other side with Ball Pits...

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EXTREME AIR

Richmond, B.C.