Sewing and ukulele/guitar

After music, art, basketball, ballet, swimming and athletics, our next two outside activities to finish for the year were sewing and ukulele/guitar.

But in case you were wondering how we can afford to pay for so many classes, these ones were free, taught by the grandparents, Nainai and Yeye.  On Saturday, at our family Christmas party, they showed us all what they have been doing.

This term, Nainai has been teaching the girls hand sewing for an hour each week.  They have been making table mats, cutting and edging the material and then sewing designs.  It is still a work in progress, and they will continue with it next year.  I hear terms thrown around like blanket stitch, cross stitch, chain stitch, and so on, and it is all coming together very nicely.  Mulan is putting her name in each corner (English and Chinese), and will do some more designs in the middle.  Miya is working on a picture of our cat, Kitty, and will also add a picture of our other cat, Maggie.

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In addition to their weekly music lessons at Belmont Music Centre, the girls are also learning ukulele and guitar from Yeye.

Both Mulan and Miya did some introductory ukulele at Belmont, but once they got beyond what was being taught there Yeye took over.  This term, Yeye has been giving them each a 30-minute individual lesson once a week.

At our Christmas party, the three of them played some songs together.  Very nice!