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Christmas Fun!

Budapest, Christmas Morning

The sun is shining in the windows and the cinnamon buns are cooking in the oven. It is Christmas! Cassie and Jay wake up happy. It is going to be a good day. After eating some yummy cinnamon buns (that turned out okay even with no brown sugar), we gave our gifts to Jesus- Cassie did a dance, and then we talked about the angels that appeared the day that Jesus was born. Then it was present time. Cassie opened up Barbie Bride (for the wedding obsessed girl) and Jay opened up a Hot Wheels Boat (for the transportation obsessed). Then they got one gift to share – a game of memory with cards from the movie Cars (which is the new favorite in the house!- not Cars 2 just the first movie, they haven’t seen number 2 yet).

It is always hard to be away from extended family on Christmas day, but we are thankful for our little growing family. Hard to believe next year we will have three kids on Christmas morning.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Little Drummer Boy

Winnipeg’s Own Sean Quigley – Pretty cool!

(Quoted from the Winnipeg Sun)

And Sean Quigley, the Oak Park High School student who plays all instruments in his video for his rendition of Little Drummer Boy, says he did it only to honour Jesus and his birth some 2,000 years ago.

ย“I guess it comes back to the story of the song ย— just a drummer boy who goes to find Jesus, and has absolutely nothing to give him,ย” Quigley, a 16-year-old in Grade 11, told the Winnipeg Sun on Thursday.

ย“He plays the drum for Jesus, and that makes him so happy. And thatย’s me. Thatย’s why Iย’m doing it.ย”

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Christmas Wish List

Christmas is coming and Grandparents are wondering!

Jay-

Toys:Anything that lights up or makes sounds. Airplanes and trains are among his favorites!ย Videos:ย Bob the builder or any other cartoons that have to do with machines are good!ย Clothesย He is in size 2T – Pyjamas with long sleeves, sweaters, bibs

Cassie-

Toys:ย She loves the Disney Princesses (especially Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella) so anything with their pictures on it, or dolls, will be loved. Barbies, little houses with furniture. She is a little girl with lots of imagination. She also loves stickers, colouring books, and crafts.ย Videos:ย Angelina Ballerina, Caillou (in French), Wonderpets.ย Books:ย Phoebe Gillman books (but we have ย‘The wonderful world of Jillian Jiggsย’ and ย‘The wonderful pigs of Jillian Jiggsย’), any French Caillou books.Clothes:ย She is in size 4T – Pyjamas with long sleeves, Pants, Dresses (warm for winter) Tights, Dress boots with little high heels- she is in size 8.

Ben and Ang-

Food:ย Ranch dressing mix, brown sugar, peanut butter, reeses peanut butter cups, coffee crisp, ketchup chips, Starbucks coffee, any mexican seasoning packages (Tacos, Fajitas, Guacamole, etc.) Apple Cider Packages, Christmas teasย Clothes for Angela:ย Pyjamas (with a stretchy waist band), Prego clothes (size medium), warm sweaters.ย Clothes for Ben:ย He is size Medium. Long sleeve shirts, new t-shirts, new hoodie. Nice pen set for Angela (good quality coloured pens), Nice make-up, lotions, lipsticks, nail polish for Angela. Adobe Video Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements for Mac for both of us. Books on Photography for Ben.

Hope that helps you Grandparents in your shopping.ย We tried to give lots of options, but please remember that shipping costs are ridiculous so just a little gift for the kids is great! Light and Small are the key words! A great shipping company is Meest 1-800-361-7345 which specializes in delivery to Ukraine and is much cheaper than Canada Post.

Address for packages:ย 

Ben and Angela Doerksen,ย Sosuri Volodimira Street, Building 4, Apartment 29.ย Kiev,ย 02090ย Ukraine

Phone Number : Cell: 093 230 3284, Home: 011 380 44 559 4500