School in Ba Ria -Vung Tau Province

As I mentioned a few months ago,  I am sponsoring the building of a small kindergarten in a rural area of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, near where Maya is from. This is a project that I have wanted to do for some time.  I am dedicating the school to my mom, and will be leaving soon for the opening!  Here are a few photos of the groundbreaking. I will be blogging about my travels, starting December 2.

 

 

 

Halloween

This year Maya went as "Rainbow Dash" from "My Little Pony" fame.  I especially like her multi-colour bangs!  Again this year, Aidan wasn't sure he wanted to participate.  But then at the last minute, he was able to squeeze into his costume from last year so that he could go out with his neighbourhood friends.  Here are a few photos from the night.

 

 

 

 

School Field Trips

 

One of the nice things about only working 4 days per week is that I have more time to go on school trips with the kids.  This fall I went on Maya's trip to the TIFF Lightbox where they had a workshop on stop motion animation.  Very cool.   The next week Peel Region had take your kid to work day, so Aidan came to my work to learn about environmental consulting.  My colleagues were very accommodating and spent time with him, including setting up a treatability test in the parking lot.

 

 

Me and Maya at TIFF

On the school bus with her new friend Emily.  Maya took this "selfie"

They created a cartoon animation by drawing on a white board and taking photo graphs every few minutes

Another photo of Maya with Emily

Maya with girls from her class

 

 

 

Aidan in my office for "Take Your Kid to Work Day"

Participating in an impromptu treatability test outside the office