Because the Canadian Post Office just made my black-list: Our Christmas Card

December 2008
Okay, so life with a family of six isn’t always easy, but it sure is interesting! With neither infant nor pregnancy to slow us down, we’ve been amazed at how much we can accomplish. The year has been as full as it has been fun, with a family reunion in Yellowstone and a ten-year-anniversary trip to Denmark and Sweden (yes, my husband rocks!) as highlights. Aaron loves his job as choral director at the University of Regina, and even took on the orchestra this year. Meanwhile, I’ve been squeezing a bit of writing between full-time mothering and teaching a couple of music classes. Canada can be pretty chilly, but we’ve learned to go “tobogganing” (a.k.a. sledding) to keep the blood pumping, and the giant canisters of hot chocolate help a lot.

Merry Christmas!

Love, The Mitchells

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Theo

A spitfire of energy and ideas, Theo has fallen hard for science this year. He comes home from our library trips loaded down with thick tomes about space, magnets, experiments, and electricity. Full of big plans for improving the world, he has an entire drawer filled with “treasures” (aka: garbage) which he uses for his many “inventions”—a true recycler!

Addy
Addy would be my little mini-me if she wasn’t so much better than I am at most things! She paints and colors and draws stacks of pictures for everyone in the extra hour she has before the rest of us wake up each morning. She enjoys French immersion kindergarten, which she started this year, and serenades us with the cute songs she learns there.

Emerson
Full of style and spunk, Emerson keeps us laughing. He’ll strike up conversation and friendship with any stranger he meets, no matter their age, and he’s an awesome grocery shopping companion. Sera thinks he’s pretty much the king of the universe, and he’s gentle and sweet with her. He loves nursery and preschool, and plans to be Santa Claus when he grows up.

Sera
This girl is nothing but trouble. If it’s not dancing naked on the kitchen table, it’s coloring all over herself and the walls with marker or flushing the toilet sixteen times in a row. But her cheeks are so kissable (and we mean all of them) that it’s hard to get mad when she flashes her killer grin. She’s a total movie-star, and adores performing and applause.