Poetry slam

Yesterday, Lillian competed in a Mandarin poetry recital competition.
And even though she did not win, everyone had a great time.
She recited a poem called, "Daddy is Snoring Like a Train."

At Bruce's Mill with Aija

Mid March is maple syrup season. We went to Bruce's Mill with Aija and Nyls today to enjoy the terribly cold weather (-16C with windchill).

Lill loved riding a pony ....

carrying a yoke ...

sitting by a fire with friends ....

and eating a delicious maple pancake. Yum!

One of a kind

Lillian made an amazing new friend, Alexa, at her AGO art camp this past week.

Alexa's mom is Russian and her dad works in a cemetery.

Still true

Another Art Show

Lillian painted an amazing rendition of a vampire castle.

TBT

On the right, July 2011.
On the left, March 2015.

Crazy hair

This week Lillian is attending March Break Camp at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It is just a 20 minute walk to the gallery. On our way home, yesterday, it was incredibly windy and we really loved how crazy our hair shadows appeared on the sidewalk.

Writer / illustrator

Lillian and I are writing and illustrating a kids book of scary stories. Here, Lillian is drawing a skeleton of a gigantic rat decomposing in an ancient chest.

Game on

She climbs !!!

She skates !!!!

She celebrates her dreidel win over Latham !!!!

A hat for all seasons .... almost

Thank you Anna and Osik for the hat!

March Break with friends

On the first day of March Break, Lillian and Aija had a play-date at the Science Centre.  Yup, that's a hot pink Adidas track suit.

Snow balls

Last weekend, in Cleveland, Peter skillfully batted away Lillian's snowballs.

A Visit to Anna and Peter's work

Twinsies!!!!!
(that's our friend Jess on the right)

That's my jam

This Sunday, Lillian had her first piano recital of the year. (Thank you Anna and Peter for coming!!!). She played a Czech modernist piece called, "The Merry Postman," and her own composition titled, "Rabbit, Rabbit."

This is Lola, Radka (Lill's teacher), and Lillian.

In addition to playing their music, all of the performers projected images illustrating their visual interpretations of the pieces.