Target Practice

Gabe received The Dangerous Book for Boys for Christmas and the first project was bows and arrows! He also informed me he will now be more dangerous because of his book and Grandma, who gave him the book.

Aebleskivers!

Yum! I made aebleskivers, for the first time, for breakfast this morning from my great-grandma's recipe. The offical concensus seems be that we won't make pancakes ever again.

Sledding

We've been sledding a couple times this winter but today I finally remembered my camera! Last year John loved to go to the sledding hill but spent all his time making snowballs and laying in the snow. This year he loves actually sledding - he went up and down without hardly any pause.

It's so nice to have an older "kid" come too! Joanna has so much more energy than us and hauls the kids up the hill, races, and gave piggy back rides back to the car!

Silly Puppy

This is Mitzy's favourite place to sit while we are eating dinner..but it's a bit crowded with the games we haven't put away!

Last Family Gift

We opened our last family Christmas present yesterday - a night at Fairmont Hot Springs. Last year we decided to start a new family tradition: buy a big family gift and stocking stuffers only for individuals. The kids have lots of toys, books and stuff and there's always presents from grandparetns. Last year our family present was Mitzy. How do we do anything to compare with that! Well..three days of family fun. The first was a new game and all day Christmas playing games. The second was a family night out to dinner and a movie. And here's the third day....definitely a hit!

12 Years Today!

Christmas morning - Part 2

Christmas morning

Merry Christmas!

Uh Oh!

I made doughnuts for breakfast on Monday. They were much much too easy to make and so much better than store bought. We may be in serious trouble here.

Desktop Decorating

Snow Forts

It has been snowing almost constantly for the last three weeks (until yesterday) and the kids each built a snow fort. They are wearing their special birthday hats - which they love and really keep them warm!

Wine Glasses Rack on my Hutch

Here it is all finished - well, Dad is going to build me a couple more racks but mostly done. It really completes the kitchen. I love having all my dishes all at hand.

Catch Up

Mom reminded me that according to my blog John was 4 yet.

So, here's a summary of our past month.

 

 Bobbing for apples at our Halloween party.
 Camera - shy supermen.

Apple pie for the freezer.

Gabe & Lily in the Remebrance Day parade/celebrations.

Lily is 10 today!

My beautiful girl is getting so big. It's delightful to watch her grow into a thoughtful, kind and spunky young woman. This year I have watched her grow in confidence as she became a Girl Guide (introducing herself to the troop as Mary!), an avid reader, a blossoming pianist and a confident Reader in the parish. Can't wait to see what the coming year brings.