Piano Lessons

Henri has been taking piano lessons for the past year and half. He has an excellent teacher Linda who teaches him new songs each week along with rhythm, composition, scales, and musical games. Henri practices at home 3-4 times a week without too much encouragement. This week he learned to play O Christmas Tree and Jingle Bells.

Sqaure One Shopping Centre

On Tuesday we decided since already in Mississauga to go to Square One. We barely had time to scratch the surface of this opportunity to immerse Henri in pure consumerism with the few short hours available to visit this shopping mecca. Henri enjoyed going into to PJ's Pet Shop, Apple Store, and having lunch at McDonald's. We mostly just window shopped leaving with only one small Christmas gift.

Hercule's Christmas Party

Every year Henri is invited to attend the Hercule's Christmas Party. His grandfather worked at Hercules and has been taking his children & now his grandchildren to this event for the past 48 years. Henri enjoyed spending time with his cousins and really liked the Halo Wars Lego set that Santa gave him.

Wintersinger's Tree Farm

We finally got time on Friday to go to Wintersinger's to cut down our Christmas tree (Scotch Pine) and bring it home to decorate. Henri was quick to pick the perfect tree and he was able to cut the tree down with only a little help from Tristan.

Lego Mindstorms

Henri borrowed the Lego mindstorms for the month of December through the Guelph Home School Group. You get everything you need to build and program your own intelligent Lego robot to perform many different functions. After a few days, Henri is still very enthusiastic and now wants to have his own for Christmas or his birthday.

GHG Craft Sale

Henri took part in his first Guelph Home School Group Christmas craft sale. After weeks of preparing the crafts, jams and baked goods he had enough items to fill the 6-foot table. Henri was pleased that he made $62 that evening and was able to barter with some of the sellers to pick up a few Christmas decorations. Thank you to Grandpa, Grandma & Aunt Amy for being the number #1 buyers.

First Snowfall

Henri was thrilled to see to the first snowfall on December 1st. He spent most of the morning with Patrick building a snowman. Unfortunately, it only lasted for a few days.