Yay for Y!

In "Y" weeks, we ate yam fries, yolk, and lots of yogurt. We drove past Yorkshire Terrace, yawned, and even yelled. We found two awesome yodelling videos on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDEk2AMJAI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9oxbyLlAYI&feature=related!

The kids made their own yachts:

Jacob, in learning to navigate the computer, kept finding himself back here at Yahoo:

We made yak crafts:

We went out for dinner (to a restaurant that was called Yoshi Sushi a few months ago!). We ate chicken yakisoba:

... yakitori:

... and tempura yam:

Jacob played in the yard at Grandma and Grandpa's house:

Madison and I made a fancy bingo blotter "Y":

We read "Y" books:

And coloured Y pictures (yawn, yucca, yellow jacket, and yarn!):

We had a yellow balloon party:

We wore matching yellow shirts:

We watched and listened to lots of music videos on:


Such as "Yellow Submarine":

and "Yesterday":

We ate a yorkie cake:

Visited yorkie puppies in the pet store:

And Madison played with her yorkie Webkinz:

The kiddos also tried out our yo-yo:

Jacob and Madison made yellow yarn Y crafts:

This week was really busy for our family so we didn't get to the Nanaimo Yacht Club, Yawning Acres, or down to Yellowpoint. We also could have visited our naturopath, Dr. Yim, eaten yellow squash, or researched the country of Yemen!

X-treme "X"

Probably our most challenging week thus far, hence the single blog post for 2 weeks of "X". Dad found us some "X" music by a composer named Xenakis and another piece titled Xivarri.

This week we played "Xs and Os":

Read "X" books from the library:

The sports ones in this photo are all about an annual event called "The X Games"... who knew?:

We coloured "X" pictures such as the xenops bird and xiphias (swordfish):

Jacob said at breakfast one morning, "Look Mom, I made an 'X'!":

Madison and Jacob glued 2 different "X" paper plate crafts (xylophone and x-ray):

I created an "X marks the spot" scavenger hunt for the kids, it was awesome to see their excitement running from room to room looking for the clues:

We made a really neat x-ray fish craft that I found the plans for online:

When we played Speed Scrabble with Nana, I got stuck with "X":

Jacob made a xiaosaurus (it really is a dinosaur!) toilet paper roll craft:

And we of course, brought our xylophone out to play with during "X" weeks: