Tree Trouble

All right, here is the thing: never let anyone looking like this get anywhere near your tree...



or you will end up with this.


The best solution is to tie your tree to something (in this case the door), so you can decorate safely, like this.



However, beware of this funny creature, who just might steal all the presents (don't be fooled by the outwardly cuteness).

Water-Polo

We are now getting ready for our first big water-polo tournament, which means new t-shirts, insanely tight bathing suits that require two people to zip, and intense practice. Am working hard.

Here is the (awesome) Toronto Golden Jets apparel!

Punpkins!

The good old tradition lives on! Here are the pumpkins we carved for Halloween. The larger one is made by me and the little one by Renée. We of course brought them to the pumpkin parade, where, this year, had over 1100 participants. My favourite was a sculpture of an alligator, with one big pumpkin for the head and little ones in the tail!


Small note for my fellow Harry Potter fans (maniacs according to Yaryna): only two weeks left before the last movie comes out!!!!!!!!!!

Halloween

Halloween has come and gone yet again. This year all my friends and I went trick-or-treating together, as characters from Alice in Wonderland. Yaryna, Katerina and Hannah came to my house early to watch the new movie (which is very good and highly recommended by me). Here we are, all in costume.


From left to right: Katerina (Tweedledee), me (Mad Hatter), Renée (Red queen), Clara (rabbit), Yaryna (Cheshire cat), Sauvanne (Alice), Hannah ( Tweedledum). Next year, we are thinking of being The Wizard of Oz or Micheal Jackson and the zombies.

Nuit Blanche 2010

Auto Lamp

This year, once again, we celebrated Nuit Blanche, the all-night modern art festival. My favourite projects were the Auto Lamp, by Kim Adams (an old van turned into a disco ball), Crossings, by the OpenEnded group (projections on the ROM), Company Blonde (a dance number to heavy metal violins), and All Night I Mourned Myself, by John Shipman, Pamela Williams and Zhang Xing (listen to your own funeral on the Coffin Phone). We braved the cold until 1am, pausing to drink some hot apple cider by the Pine Cone Colony, by Floyd Elzinga. We also nearly got to hear an orchestra made interly of bells, but one of them was missing! I will definitely be returning next year!

Crossings and some giant origami.

school

At long last, school has really started... well, I am a little late in writing this because classes began two weeks ago, but I thought I would tell you about it anyway.

I am still at the same school, Collège Français, and in 8th grade. While we mostly have the same teachers as last year, the french, math and social studies ones have changed. I think these first weeks have been going quite well; the only downside is that my locker number has changed, and now instead of fabulous 2222 I am stuck with boring 2217.

Most of my friends are in my class, which is quite practical for team projects and whispering during classes!

With our first test coming up (subject: the microscope) everyone is working very hard, and, I think this year will be a fun one.

Canoe-camping

This year, for our annual camping trip, we returned to the French River, but to change the itinerary, we canoed down to the Georgian Bay. On the first day, the headwinds were so strong, Sam and Andreas got thrown out of their canoe! We got to enjoy lovely scenery, sunsets and true camping food (pizza and chocolate cake). Although it rained hard at night (half the tents flooded) The weather was quite nice and on the last day, we took a break from paddling and used our rain coats as sails to float downstream!

All the kids

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