January 2018

Say it isn't so - THREE blog posts in one week?!?! Yup, Nathan for sure must be gone......;) But before he comes home, let's do January.

We welcomed the New Year like we have since, well, I have no idea for how long: with Jenn and Jay. It is always a fun-filled night and day (we sleep over).

We then headed up to Owen Sound to visit some dear friends of ours. There was so much snow, and it was SO cold, but the company kept us warm and cozy. We spent lots of time playing games, chatting, snowmobiling, chatting, playing and chatting. It was so nice!!

 

 

 Lincoln was quite outnumbered, as there were 4 girls and he was the only boy. The advantage of that is he went on a snowmobile "trip" for an hour or so, while the girls enjoyed sledding down the driveway.

"So, if I push this button, what will happen?"

 

We then combined the snowmobiling with the sledding, by pulling the sleds behind the machines. So much fun!!

 

These two are in the same grade. It took a bit before they were comfortable with each other, but once they discovered they both liked games, the shyness slipped away.

 The gang under 9 years of age...

Back home, we enjoyed the rest of our Christmas Break. Lincoln had this friend over for the first time and they got along amazingly well.

 

Once done playing outside, they played games for quite some time..

 

Lincoln roped in Opa, the opa that has played maybe 3 games in all his life, into a game...good ol' Connect4 :)

Lincoln loves playing games so much that even when he can't find anyone to play with him, he'll play by himself but as if there are two people playing! Love this!!

Lincoln was Star of the Week, which involved filling up a bristol board of pictures of him from the last 6 years. Man, he was so cute!

Nathan had received a 3D puzzle for Christmas. First, all the pieces had to be put together, and then it was ready to be put into 3D.

 

 Ta-da!! This is one puzzle that has not been taken apart yet....

This girl - the flashy and more patterns put together, the better. She thought her outfit she put together herself looked pretty good.....;)

Having some fun with slime!

 

These two have been such good friends since Kindergarten. They got along very well.

Apparently they had to share a chair together, too!!

Trying to beat mom...

Crazy Hair Day!!

 

 

My two goofs.

And that was January!! We had lots of snow, and some very cold days - but lots of sun as well. It was a good month :)

Delightful December!!

Wow - the last month of 2017 has come and gone, and it was a great one!

It started off with this gorgeous sunset on one of the very first days of December. Just beautiful.

 

We opened up gifts with Nathan's side of the family the first Saturday in December. I know, early, eh? But it is nice to do this so that on the actual day of Christmas, we focus on the best Gift ever given: Jesus Christ as Saviour.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, puzzling is a favourite past time here...all three of them are working on their own puzzle.

This girl LOVES cozy spots. The cozier, the better. She is fast asleep under that blanket. Needless to say, I took that blanket down as I did not like finding her face right against it. Made me nervous.

 

Playing Life. Our kids LOVE to play games.

We set up the tree in the middle of December....and it's still up! I like the lights for the dark days of January.

Our tradition of opening up gifts the last day of school.  Last year we surprised them with a trip to Punta Cana, so they didn't have any gifts to unwrap. So seeing all the gifts under the tree this year was pretty exciting!!

Tetherball!! (for summer...)

 

 A 3D puzzle for Nathan.

 Beautiful gold earrings for me.

 

 So happy for construction paper!!

 A new toy - ONLY for downstairs.... ;)

 A lego set for the biggest child in my life ;) He actually ordered it himself and it came in a few weeks - do you know how often he asked if we could open gifts Tonight instead of waiting till the last day of school?! I made him wait... ;)

 

 

A much needed housecoat to replace the size 5T one she has been wearing every.single.day after supper. The sleeves hardly went past her elbows! She was thankful for a new one!

 The aftermath.....and then it was quiet for about 2.5 hours as my 3 children worked on putting their lego sets together :D

Another tradition - large cookie faces I make for the kids as well as for my nieces and nephews.

 

A note that was made for us....Dear Mom and Dad I love you more then the stuffy named Patches even tho he is like my best frend. Love Keziah. HAHAHA Thank you, my dear!! :D 

December is a month filled with treats. The next picture shows the difference between our girl and our boy...

A month with lots of time spent together as a family, making memories. I have more pictures of the two week Christmas break, but they are on my phone. 

Someone also finally had a birthday - which deserves a post in itself. Oh, and the big news I mentioned last time - this also involves the individual who had a birthday. I shall get on that post as well.

Take care and thanks for reading! Well, I assume a few people are reading this as my tracker number continues to rise....someone's reading this thing! ;)