Christmas Presents 2014

So the Wellington fam who sent them can see us opening them ;)

: : Matching wrapping : :
 #awesome

: : Haha Diana's face : :

: : Danielle's house : :
{She'll have to be shorter than I am}

: : Laura absolute LOVES this puzzle! : :

: : Because the wrapping was so hard to get into : :

THANK YOU!! 

Bethesda Rest Home Concert || December 2014

So I didn't actually go . . . but some of the videos are pretty good so thought I'd share them. :)

Recorder Quintuplet || Ode to Joy

{Actually just a duet played with five recorders}

Diana || Recorder Solo

                                          

Danielle || Recorder Solo

Swan Lake Theme ~ Tchaikovsky 

Recorder & Violin Ensemble 

New Zealand National Anthem || God Defend New Zealand

End-of-Year Homeschool Picnic 2014

Toward the end of each school year, our homeschool group has something of a celebratory picnic. Last year I didn't attend, but thought I'd show you these pics of my siblings enjoying themselves anyway. :)

: : Maria with friend Julia : :

: : As above. Jagos love to climb! : :

: : Danielle + Chloe : :

: : Yep, Jago through-and-through : :

Danielle's Music School Concert 2014

2014 marked Danielle's first year of clarinet tuition. She's enrolled at Kedgeley Music School, Papatoetoe. Last year she was the only first-year student so had her teacher all to herself! #score So by the end of the year she had well and truly passed the second-year students, not sure if she caught the year-threes or not. Pretty good progress we think! ;)

: : Performing with her teacher : :
{Emperor's Waltz by Tchaikovsky}

: : Award nominees with their teachers : :

Peer into the Past 2014

For the last five/six-ish years Mrs. Rakete has organised Peer into the Past, the Manukau Homeschool Group's history fair. Usually we've had around four to six projects entered, but this year we weren't even sure if we'd have any! Monique and Danielle did enter though (at the last minute . . . ) with projects on Ida Skudder and the Titanic, respectively. 

Also for the first time, I wasn't at the fair the whole time; it was on a Wednesday (my birthday, incidentally) which is the day I work with Dad, and we just popped over for a little while. Yeah, I feel old not really being part of it {haha}. I got to catch up with some other "old" people {lol} I hadn't seen for ages so that was nice.

Irene spoke about Greece's impact on modern western society, and then we had prize giving. Danielle won a prize, as did our pastor's kids.

Happy New Year!

To all my readers,

Happy New Year!

And all the best for 2014. :)

Love,
Bee :)