Birthdays and snow days

4 years ago, God blessed our family with a beautiful baby boy! We loved him instantly and we continue to love him more and more!He is no longer a baby but a definite a boy! He loves his cars and trucks and loves anything with letters or numbers. He is full of unique personality and we can't wait to see what his 4th year has in store for him!

On the weekend when he was born, there was lots and lots of snow . . .

. . . and now 4 years later we have snow again!! The kids had a great time yesterday playing in the snow, helping to shovel the driveway . . .

make snow angels . . .

getting buried in the snow . . .

. . . or just trying to figure our what all that white stuff was outside!

Too bad it is almost all gone again this morning. Welcome to life in southern B.C. !

Moving vertically!

Our little baby is now on the move - vertically! She took her first steps last week and once she realized how great it was to be moving that way, she never looked back. Crawling is no more! It is amazing how much more grown up she looks now that she is walking. Almost 1 year old already!!

There are some days, it seems, when the kids just don't know how to occupy themselves. Then there are other days when they can just play and use their imagination to create and play. I love those days! This is a shot of the kids playing with the 'clicker blocks' and making cool creations and then using them in made up stories. Oh to have the mind of a child! Jocelyn is just hanging out and supervising their work!

Drawings

This is a little more of what happens on rainy days. Kendra loves to colour, craft, paint, create, etc. Yesterday she decided to do a self-portrait and this morning she figured that Owen needed a drawing of himself too. I think they are pretty good and may need to be framed! Jocelyn's picture was in the works but had a little accident when it fell on the floor and Jocelyn decided it looked like something to eat! We'll see if her sister is willing to try again later!!

What to do on a rainy day?

Now that summer is over, the fall rains have come. I'm finding that rainy days are not always so easy, for me or the kids! They were so used to playing outside with each other or the neighbor kids that they almost don't know what to do inside anymore! So, this morning they decided to take every pillow and blanket they could find, pile them on the couch, sit in the middle of them and read books! They looked pretty cute! As for little missy, is there anything better to do than play in the Tupperware cupboard?

We'll see what the rest of the day brings!

Trick or Treat!

It was that day of the year yesterday when we dress up the kids and head out around the neighborhood collecting crazy amounts of candy, chocolate, chips and the like. It really is quite a weird idea, if you ask me, but still kinda fun. So, we headed out with a gymnastics girl, an elephant and a cute little bear! We met up with some friends and toured around their neighborhood and then did a few more houses around our place. The kids were very excited with their loot! Until next year . . . ! Little Bear is standing on her own now - we think walking is not far behind!!

Ready to head out for the night!

The three carved pumpkins keeping watch over our house while we were away!