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As a 7th grader, Emersyn has a few classes she fills with electives of her choice. She must do music (band, strings or choir) and an art/drama one semester which leaves one semester for a class of anything she desires. She is in the band playing the saxophone which is both semesters. Emersyn chose […]
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Mimi and Papa treated Jim and the girls to a performance of “A Christmas Carol” in San Jose. They enjoyed a lovely lunch at Jonny Rockets downtown. The plan was to walk through Christmas in the Park before the performance. It has been awhile since the last time we took […]
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The girls LOVE to make Gingerbread houses with Aunt Nancy. I asked Emersyn what was her favorite Christmas tradition – her quick response was Gingerbread houses with Nancy. Nancy makes the houses from scratch. She sets out all the different bowls of candy to enjoy for making and eating! I eat the hot-tomales, […]
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The Lion King was playing in San Francisco. I was thinking we did not need to go to the performance as we have seen it many times. Well, not many times in Eleri’s life as she doesn’t remember seeing it except at HK Disneyland. The Lion King was Emersyn first performance at the age […]
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Every year, Terri and Andy take the girls to see the Nutcracker. A nice dinner in the city before the performance to make the night extra special. The girls always look forward to their night in the City to see the Nutcracker. Grandma generally goes with them to enjoy the tradition. The […]
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On Monday, we went to see Santa. The local children were still in school so we knew we could see Santa with no lines. This year for the first time, the Mall had a fun set-up for waiting in line. We took a few fun photos of the giant ornaments while we waited for […]
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The girls and I flew home for the holidays a week ahead of Jim. We had doctor appointments to get through the first week since many doctors are closed between Christmas and New Years. Sunday was a rainy day so we skipped the farmer’s market for tree trimming. No Jim meant I had to […]
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The annual SEA (Shanghai Expats Association) Children’s Christmas Party is one of Eleri’s favorite activity each year. They have craft tables set up all around the room. A table with beads, a table for making puppets, a table for making Christmas ornaments and more. It is Eleri’s kind of party! When the SEA Courier […]
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Emersyn had her first band concert of the year – the Christmas Concert. The Christmas concert was performed by the Middle School Band – 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade. The concert lasted a little less than one hour to enjoy the songs of Christmas. The 7th & 8th graders perform […]
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The Middle School has activity nights throughout the year for the students. The 5th/6th graders have an activity after school. The 7th/8th graders have a “social”. There is music for dancing – for those brave enough to dance. There are board games and food for the students. As 7th graders, the girls still dance […] |