Season's Greetings

"Suddenly a great company of the heavly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favour rests.' "

Luke 2:13, 14

Just a quick note to wish you all a wonderful Christmas Day as we remember the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May you have a safe and happy holiday season, and God's continued blessings in 2009!


The boys are trying out their new pjs that Santa (actually Mom) made for them.

Our new backyard furniture

This past fall I found an ad in the paper for a wooden playground set, and they were only asking $100. Jay and I went to look at it. It was in good shape mostly, and I convinced Jay to get it for the boys. It was a real pain to get it out of the backyard that it was in, load it into a big truck, and bring it to our house. Thanks to the guys for helping us with it. It wasn't that heavy was it?
The boys use it often. You should see how fast their dump trucks go flying down the slide!

Mom, can I lick off the beater?

Remember when you were a kid and Mom would bake? We would always want to lick off the beaters. It always seemed like Mom had to pretty much clean them off before we got to lick them clean.

Owen and Zach enjoy this too. And I guess I've turned into a Mom as well, because I almost clean the beater off before they get to lick it clean. And the boys complain about it just like Ian and I use to!

UNO

Owen received UNO for his birthday, and is very much enjoying it. He likes to play against Jay and I, and is often the winner. He gets so excited playing, and has lots of fun using the pick up 2 cards and especially the pick up 4 cards. He's even at the point where he'll trick people by holding his last two cards on top of each other so that when someone tries to catch him not saying UNO, he just grins and shows that there's another card.

When Zach and Owen stayed at Grandma and Grandpa's house at the end of November, they would play UNO at coffee time in the afternoon. 4:00 is UNO time!

From the Mouths of Babes (or Boys)

Last night we were away for supper. I was trying to keep Noah content by sharing my soup with him, while trying to convince Owen he had to eat his soup. He said he didn't like the tomatoes in his bowl.

I said to him that I didn't always like everything in my bowl either but I still ate it. Owen just looked at me with big eyes and said "No you don't, you just give it to Noah!!".

Stinker. He got out of eating his soup.

PS - Sorry Jess. Tomatoes are not Owen's favourite. Cooked carrots are not my favourite either - but Noah did like them ;)

It's About Time...

...that I update! We've been busy, but then who hasn't??

Owen started Kindergarten this fall, and is thoroughly enjoying it. Now he is forever writing things down, which involves much "Mom, how do you spell...?". His report card was great (he's only failing calculus!!)

Owen and his class (and several of us Moms) went on a trip to the pumpkin patch. Here's Owen picking out his own pumpkin to take home.

Zach doesn't mind at all that Owen goes off to school. I think he enjoys having Mom and Noah all to himself for the day.

In September we hosted Jay's work BBQ. Perfect opportunity for a pig roast! It was a rainy day, so the guys pulled the roaster into the gazebo. They got the coals nice and hot - and we almost lost the gazebo because of a spark finding a bird's nest. What a funny sight to see three guys scrambling to put the fire out!! It all turned out well and we ended up with this:

Noah turned one (already!!) this fall. Here's a messy shot for you Grandpa! Enjoying his birthday (cup)cake. He just picked it up and sucked on it until it was gone.

I'll do another post soon - with pics from our trip to Punta Cana!