Gangnam Style a la Sam & Juliet

And who can forget about Sof...

I'm On A Boat.

Good times. Good times indeed. We had a long overdue visit with some good friends of ours a couple of days ago. I don't think we'd seen them in 2 years or something. Crazy how that works. You don't realize how much you enjoy a couple's company until you hang out with them after so long... then it's like geez, where did the time go?

I hadn't been to their new house since they moved in 4 years ago. We planned to get together on Monday for some fun & games but I had a brilliant idea and invited us over for a sleep over Sunday night, so we could get in an afternoon of some good 'ol fashioned drinking without worrying about who had to drive home. Lucky for us the hosts agreed that it was a good idea so we didn't have to force our way in. They welcomed us.

Le Club Vert

Sam came home a couple of weeks ago with a new t-shirt he got from school. It's from "le club vert" he told us... a club he joined at school. "Why?" we asked.... "To take care of the planet".  How cute is that?



So the other day we were driving home from Ottawa and we had to pull off the highway so I could nurse away Sofie's screams. We stopped in one of those car pool parking lots. "Can we get out and look at the garbage?" Sam asks... "um... ok". So off he & Juliet went to investigate all the trash people had left behind. Across the parking lot there was a no littering sign that had fallen over. Together, Sam & Juliet worked to stand it back up... and they totally succeeded.



Back in the car, their discussion about all the garbage was so funny I had to start filming. This is what came out of that...

FREEZIN' for A Reason!

My husband lost his marbles (literally!) today and took part in Kingston's polar bear plunge, Freezin' for a Reason.. that reason being the Special Olympics. It was probably -5c today and the water temperature just above freezing! It was a huge success for the charity and I think the event raised over $25,000! There was a prize for the best costume which is why we saw the re-appearance of Tweedle Dee & Dum...

Here is a video of the plunge!

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Christmas Concerts

Yesterday was the annual Christmas concert at the kids school. It's always a bit difficult to sit through given that some classes go on and on and on with their acts. There really should be a 2 minute maximum or something. Just sayin'. I brought the video camera because it's always worth a good laugh. This year the laugh's on my husband though. Juliet was up first and I handed off the camera to him so that I wouldn't screw it up....

Awesome. Jackass. And in night vision too.

He was successful in getting Sam's performance, although I did a back-up recording on my phone just in case. Beware the enthusiasm.

I Am Number Four.

Click on the video to watch... click again to watch it on youtube in a bigger format. Click HERE if neither of those work. 

Too cute.

Traditions?

We've picked up a few family traditions over the years. The Nutcracker ballet, the Trans Siberian Orchestra... the Nutcracker... okay maybe we've only got 2 but it's a start. Oh wait... the Prescott Santa Claus parade makes 3. And I've always wanted to make venturing into the woods to cut down our own Christmas tree a family tradition so eventually we'll have 4. This year I couldn't help but buy a tropical indoor evergreen tree from Canadian Tire that we decorated on the weekend. It's small but it's cool. It'll definitely do the job.... and the kids even like it. We still might go traipsing through the forest in search of a bigger tree... or stop on the side of some deserted country road and hack one down. We'll just have to see. It's still only November.

Last week was the Trans Siberian Orchestra. This marks our third year going and by next year I should know the whole story by heart because the show never changes. It's still worth it. Besides putting on an AMAZING show worth more than the $60 price tag... we've found joy in bringing someone different with us every year and watching their reaction. It's not everyday you experience rock opera.

This year was great although I do feel they rocked it a little better last year. I can't imagine what goes in to a production like the TSO and have them charge only $60. Any celebrity show... Madonna, Britney Spears, Rolling Stones, can't possibly cost as much yet their tickets are 6 times the price. Greedy celebrities. "I love my fans" my ass. I love you now pay $350+ to come see my show. Nonsense.

Every year at the show there is someone in the audience to make us laugh. The TSO also does a fine job of that themselves. It's really quite funny to see them with their long hair.. rocking out to Beethoven's Fifth. It's great... but funny. They remind me of rock stars that just couldn't make the cut for a band like Def Leopard or White Snake or something and attain that celebrity status. So besides their hilarious, genuine rock antics there is also some fan putting on an embarrassing, genuine show of their own. Last year there were 2 teenagers right in front of us head-banging to every song. This year it was a grown man who rocked his air guitar the ENTIRE show.

Rock on.

Prima Ballerina

The other night we had the pleasure of watching an original Juliet ballet performance. It was marvelous. Here is a clip from the performance. For the full 4 minute version click here.