Saturday, December 29, 2012

Sledding Fun!

I hate the snow, but Claire and Isaac sure love it.  They had lots of fun sledding in the back of the house.



Jacob on the other hand preferred to stay in the house.  He has a phobia of snow....no joke.  To go from the house to the car, he will cover his face so he doesn't have to look at it or feel it on his face.  It's hilarious!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Max and Ruby Live!

After lunch Grandma took the grandkids, minus Jacob who was napping, to see Max and Ruby Live!  It was very exciting!  Claire really enjoyed it.


Ryan, Adam and Grandma.

 The boys again and me.


Next year we'll have to bring Jacob!

Get this boy a puppy!

We went to visit Claire's godparents this morning and Jacob was all over their dog.  It was adorable!




Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas Day with the Family

We had our annual dinner with the Clemente's.

Grandma was all ready with some crafts for the kids.  They made snow globes!


Crafty uncle Marc offered his engineering expertise in assembling them.


Everyday should be Christmas!


The finished products...


I have no idea where this eye patch came from.


Jacob waiting patiently for dinner.


Some more pictures thanks to Grandpa's collaging skills.


Group picture!

Christmas Morning - Present Opening....

Before they got into the presents, they had to take a group photo.  They co-operated fully and quickly. 


Isaac helping Jacob with his stocking.  He`s excited...there are cars gummies in there...YES!


Claire digging deep into ther stocking for her goodies. 


Then they got to the gifts Santa brought.  Isaac got Madden 13, Claire got a Barbie scooter and Jacob got the new Ice Age movie.  They were all very pleased with Santa`s selection.


Other pics of presenting opening....Claire with a Hello Kitty place mat.


Presents all around...


Claire with her Monster High doll....this was a last minute addition.  My nieces have them and Claire was begging for one.  We caved and got it.


Jacob also got this super cool dinosaur race track.  He was soo excited.  Big brother Isaac is putting it together for him.  It wasn`t too long ago that he was into this kind of stuff!




They all seemed to like it and had lots of fun.  The car would go in the dinosaur`s mouth and Jacob would laugh it up.


Daddy assembling the Barbie scooter.


What a big girl!!!  She`s all smiles.


And after big brother Isaac got everything set up for the little ones, he went right to his new video game.

Oh....to be a kid again!

Christmas Morning - Letter from Santa

Dear Isaac, Claire and Jacob:

Thank your for the yummy cookies!  You have all been very good kids this year.

Isaac:  You are doing an amazing job in school.  Keep up the good work and try to keep track of your stuff.  Remember to drink lots of water, eats healthy and get plenty of rest.  Growing boys need this.

Claire:  You have also been doing a great job in school.  Keep practicing writing your name and next time I want to see your beautiful face looking at the crowd at your christmas concert!  Great job on making your bed!  You should do this everyday.

Jacob:  You are talking and know so much!  You have a kind heart and everyone falls in love with you.  Remember to be patient and give everyone else a turn watching t.v.  Diego and Ice Age need a break sometime!

I hope you all like your gift.  Remember to be good to Mommy, Daddy and Grandma.  They take good care of you all year long and love you all so much. 

Merry Christmas!

Love,
Santa

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve

Over the holidays, we spend a lot of time re-watching all of the Christmas classics.  Our favourites are the Home Alone movies.  This coupled with warm chocolate chip cookies equals a nice christmas eve.


We also like our warm fleece matching pjs and cuddling.


Our christmas tree.

And stockings, waiting for Santa!

Later that evening, while the kids were sleeping, our visitor arrived....

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Christmas Card

It's not too late! Canada Post guarantees delivery if they are in the mail on Dec 18th!

Coming to a mailbox near you!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Putting up the Christmas Tree

We wait until the latest possible time to put up our tree.  We don't have much space so we try to hold off as long as we can.  It's getting pretty close to Christmas so we couldn't hold off any longer because the kids were asking.

Claire did a great job helping out.


The finished tree.


Claire haning the star.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Little Mommy and Daddy

Auntie Natalie curled Claire's hair today for a party.  She loved it and reminded me of myself.  I love curling my hair!


And little Jacob finished his lunch but wanted Daddy's sandwich, cold cuts, tomatoes, mustard and all!


Takes after Daddy for his love of sandwiches.


He makes Daddy proud and will be a future Subway customer.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

When Claire Babysits...

I asked Claire to entertain Jacob in his room for a bit while I finished cleaning up.  He was just waking up from nap so was in his crib.  They were giggling and laughing and I came in to find this.


Claire was giving Jacob dolls to keep him happy and ended up giving him EVERY SINGLE one, so his crib looked more like one of those games where you put in money, a claw comes out and you pick a toy.


Claire thought it was a good idea.


So did Jacob.


So I threw Claire in there too, lol...


And they had fun hiding and sitting on all the dolls.


And they sang: