Look at those Legs!

Thank you Auntie Ashley and Uncle Bud for the leg warmers. We looooooooovve them!

Greta wore the red striped ones to church today. HUGE hit.

Weekend in Review

This afternoon we headed up to the Burnham's to build Gingerbread houses. Ardie is babysitting and spent most of the day preparing and baking the gingerbread. We found the most bestest icing recipe and we were ready to create our masterpieces.

Each child had their own bowl of candy to place on the house.

Joe and Ted's house began to collapse under their enthusiastic efforts to press (hard) the candies into the icing. We jokingly called it our Gingerbread shanty.

Our shanty adds character to the minimalist house of Elijah and Victorian style of Rachel's house.

The finished projects! 

Weekend in Review cont.

One of the charms of living in a small town is the local festivities. Last night main street was shut down for the Christmas light up. There were llama's, Santa Claus, singers, crafts....

Pony rides... the pony's name is Muffin. 

Cotton candy... ( that's Greta in the stroller not a huge blob of cotton candy and you may have noticed my sister Ardie with Rach and Elijah)

And roasting marshmallows over an open fire. 

The kids all sat on Santa's lap, had their picture taken (for free, I know, it just doesn't get any better) and were given a huge bag of toys. Our whole evenings entertainment cost me a grand total of 5 dollars. The memories.... priceless!

Edwin asked Santa for Star Wars toys, Greta just stared at him and Joseph thought hard then replied that for Christmas he would like, "a ticket to Hawaii". Yes please! 

Thanks for the visit!

Ryan's mom came for a visit this past week. We didn't do much of anything special but we sure are glad she came. Thanks for coming. We miss you already.

A fly on the wall

This morning my boys were playing with their "favorite cousin".  As usual I heard the boyish sounds of Star Wars blasters and play fighting. 

Then one child... not sure who... suggested they play house. My ears perked up...  boys playing house? Should I be worried?

Edwin complained that he didn't want to play house. (plenty of testosterone in that one) Then Joseph explained how to play. "So, we all have super powers and our parents are dead and we have to save the world." 

Whew! Glad I don't have to worry about them fighting over who gets to be "mom" or "sister".

Someone's 30!!!!

I am happy to announce that Ryan has finally left the youthful 20's behind him and become "middle aged". As of Wednesday he's 30 years old. This gives me great pleasure as I crossed over to this dark side a year and a half ago. I hope I looked this good when I was only 30!

We love you, Ryan. 

Pumpkin!?!

I know that Halloween is long gone but I just had to post a picture of the pumpkins that stayed on my front porch until last week.

I'm sure I could win a contest. You choose the award... scariest, grossest, vilest, oozingest, diseaseiest.... I'm sure you get the idea.

I had no idea that pumpkins could have the bubonic plague.

A few more days and this one could have oozed it's way down the stairs.

Guess who's 4!?!

The day you were born, we held you close to our heart and that is where you will always remain.

By the time you were one you had already conquered us with your winning smile. 

When you reached the age of 2 your joy for life and vital spirit were abundant.

At the age of 3 your tenderness and gentle heart brought us much joy.

And now that you are 4 today there are no words to describe our growing love for you. Each year you endear yourself more into our heart. Edwin, you are precious to your Daddy and me. We love you so very much. Our family wouldn't be complete without you. Happy Birthday our sweet little man.

Tae Kwon Do

The boys took a month of Tae Kwon do and really enjoyed it. They wanted to sidekick and palm strike everything and everyone. Here they are working on their moves.

Lovin' Fall

Chilliwack

We made a trip to the coast this weekend to visit our friends The Timms. While we were driving through Chilliwack I was suppressing my gag reflex (those of you who have driven through there know what I'm talking about) when Joseph piped up and asked, "what smells so bad?"

Edwin replied, "it smells like someone pooped their pants."

I could help myself. I burst out laughing.  That's exactly what I've always thought of Chilliwack's odour.

Build-a-bear

Ryan's mom built him a Dentist Bear for graduation. The boys would really like to play with it but Ryan wants it to be at the office. 

Joseph asked me, today, "why does dad want a teddy bear at the office?"

Without waiting for a reply he said, " oh, I know. Then he can show the little kids the bear and say, 'I know I'm a bear but I'm not going to eat you... just give you a root canal.'"

I love that he knows dental terms... not sure that he knows what it really is though.