Memory Makers
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Meet Cassie from Canada, who attended ICSB for 4 years in this Senior Spotlight. What have you been involved in at ICSB? Yearbook! NHS, musical (cast and crew) Share about a teacher(s) and how they have impacted you positively. Mrs. Cooper was the first teacher at ICSB whom I got to know and really love…
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We often tell our kids we’re on their team. Every choice we make is considering them. These are the gifts we’re working to give them — not wrapped in paper, but built into their lives. Gift 01 The ability to create music Music is a language of its own. We want our kids to know…
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Every family has a rhythm — those little rituals and recurring moments that, when you look back, end up defining your life together more than almost anything else. Here’s a peek at ours, season by season. 🌱 Spring Spring starts indoors for us — we plant seeds inside first and watch them sprout on the…
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That is what Kai told us today when he got home from school. 41 more days. I don’t know if that is specific school days left, but it is really hard to imagine that the end of this school year is coming up so fast, because it is the first time we will graduate one…
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We had a great Christmas break including our friends Vovka and Yulia from Ukraine visiting, an Agatha Christie play that Cassie and I went to see, the annual skating on Boxing day, Jay playing in the alumni games at school and fondue on New Years Eve. And yet, in the midst of it all, thinking…
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One of our family values is, “We offer to help.” This is one of the ways that Cassie shines! Yesterday I was not feeling very well, but Cassie made sure to come in after school and see if she could help me with dinner or anything else. She really shows empathy and love so easily.…
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It is August 11, school starts again for the kids in 12 days! That means we have to get organized, cleaned up and supplied for the first day! Always an exciting day! We bought the kids their new school shoes from Ashan (like Walmart) and put them aside for the first day of school. The…
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What did you do for Thanksgiving this year? Well, every year we endeavor to help our kids have a sense of identity, and specifically Canadian in certain ways. One of the ways we do that is by celebrating the holidays. This past Monday we invited Abby (another YWAMer who is Canadian) and we had a…
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Usually our vacation time is spent either in Canada or in a neighbouring country. BUT this year we decided to stay in Ukraine and visit a few smaller cities the West. After our trip we asked the kids, what were your highlights? Cassie: Doing the Quest Room in Rivne. It was really challenging and I…
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We started Easter with a sunrise service – yup – even the kiddos climbed out of bed at 5am to be downtown to celebrate with our church when the sun came up. Why do such a thing? Because the very best thing in our life, the presence of God, was made real by the innocent…
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A week ago we all started getting feverish. Hello winter flu! Thankfully no throwing up, but lots of coughing, noses running and of course grumpy attitudes. It didn’t help that we didn’t go anywhere not wanting to infect the masses. Well, by Saturday we couldn’t handle it any more. We needed some fun! So we…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Well, actually there is no snow yet and its just getting cold but since we’re putting up the Christmas tree on Friday, we decided that we gotta make some ornaments! Yes, the kids dumped in the ingredients and stirred up the dough and had a blast with…
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Memory Maker Star Date 4207 Pizza and Pepsi, Ice Cream and a Movie We’ve started a new family tradition. Once every week or two, we will have a specific family event called a Memory Maker. The purpose is to do something that makes family memories. The event isn’t the important but doing something together and…
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