piano lessons, festive outings, mom sleepover
well that was certainly the busiest week we've had in a long time! tis the season, right? :) last monday i spent most of the (school) day at u-village shopping center with vanessa and her mom karen who was in town from halifax. we did some shopping and also went for lunch at 'din tai fung' which was so good. tuesday afternoon ashford had his very first piano lesson. he asked me a couple months ago if he could learn how to play piano, so we started looking for a teacher and ordered him a keyboard. we found a guy who teaches out of his home not far from us and other families from school have used him. i'm excited to see where this takes ashford. wednesday after early dismissal from school, i took the kids to target to get a couple things we need for holiday plans. then we watched 'jingle all the way' when we got home. making our way through all the favorite this month. we mostly love that movie because it was filmed in the twin cities, otherwise it's pre...
