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Featuring Aidan's photography

Valentines

 Aidan & Bertha chose to buy something for classmates.

 Maya (and Mel) attempted to make our first cake pops.

Not as nice as ones I've seen in pictures. Need to get a different chocolate for outside...

Aidan's Bday

 Waiting - without peeking.

 A bean bag chair - on his wish list.

 Bday cake with just family. 

 Making whoopie pie cookies for his classmates at school.

A snake - I forget which kind of snake he asked for...an anaconda? - for his bday cake with friends.

Mom & Dad Ninomiya (Grandma & Grampa) were here!

They came for a few days in early January - and I didn't take many pictures! I mostly thought of it when we were sitting around the dinner table....we did nabe and oden while they were here.

Random Collection

 Bertha on a walk - taking one (of many) breaks.

 Scott's creation for the two of us while the kids watched a movie. Delish looking, no? Perhaps only if you're a carnivore.

Maya wanted to celebrate her doll, Jenna's, birthday - so we made cupcakes in her favourite colour BLUE.

Christmas holidays

 Hot chocolate outing downtown....

 Christmas morning excitement.

 Aidan was determined to make a bear pillow. So he did. With a little help with the curves and feet.

 Bertha wanted a tube sled - she got one and it's huge! She could sleep in it.

 Aidan about to unveil his amp (to hook up to his electronic drum set).

Maya wanted clothing/accessories for her doll.

Baking Projects

 This year, I made some mattcha shortbreads (not very sweet) - only for people who like Japanese green tea...

Gingerbread house decorating. Aidan insisted we eat it - 2 and 3 weeks later.  We didn't make this house - bought it - but it was a project that involved a baked object.

 One day, we made free form bread - making it whatever shape - so long as the shapes were similar thicknesses.

 Aidan made a dragon among other things.

Ta da. A porcupine. A snowperson. A snail. A bird. And now, that I've taken so long to post these pics, I don't remember what else the other buns are supposed to be.  Aidan & Maya aren't around to ask right now.

Leading up to Christmas

 Bertha was an angel.

 Maya was the head angel this year.

 Aidan was a wiseman.

And what's Christmas without cookies and more cookies - this was taken one night when we talked our friend Marcelo (over for supper) to stay longer to make cookies with us.