Some Pics of the Christmas season

These are kind of out of order but these are a few of the things we did during the holiday season. Is it just me or did it go faster than usual this year?!!?? With this brutal cold weather we didn't get to do many outside activities that I love, like the zoo lights. Oh well, there is always next year. We went to a gingerbread making class with Connor and Alida, it was fun and it turned out pretty good.

There is a singing Santa at one of the malls, he plays the piano and sings and Elyse really likes it. She is really into the whole Christmas thing, esp. Santa, she is one of those kids who loves mascots and of course Santa. Paige is a different story. This was her third time seeing a Santa and was only bribed because he had candy - ah the power of a candy cane :)

Paige loves to wear her sunglasses inside but would not keep them on for anything in Bahamas'.

This is what you get when you are busy doing something and you have an older sister to help the younger sister get into things.

See the love of Santa -- we are talking NO fear!

The only good thing about all the snow is that Chris and Elyse made this cool snowman, that was the beginning of Dec and it has been quite cold since.Paige is pretty cool at our Santa party, she is smiles now but cried as soon as Santa arrived.

Elyse again is all smiles. We are so lucky to have Santa come to our party every year to kick off the holiday season. Too bad Uncle Dave missed him ;)

Another round of Ballet

Elyse and Brooklyn finished their second round of Tiny Ballerina's. Elyse LOVED it. She is such a girly, girl. She loved to have a audience that the recital - Grandma and Grandpa came too. I was suprised at how well she listened - now if I could only get her to do that for me!!!

Bahamas

I haven't updated for so long, so here is a quick recap of the last two months. We went to Bahamas in November, it was amazing! The girls loved it and it was really nice just to have time to hang out and be together. We were fortunate that Mom could join us and Bruce and Alida and the gang came too.
Paige loved all the fish. Their aquariums are truly world class.

I LOVE this pic of Paige and Chris. She is still a Mommy's girl, but after this trip the race is getting tighter :)

Hello Tumble, Good-Bye Thumb-sucking

This is Elyse's new favorite toy that I was more than happy to buy her. I told her if she could stop sucking her thumb for 2 weeks we could go to Toys R Us and pick out a toy that she wanted. Well, she saw this Fur Real dog on T.V. and really wanted it so she was very motivated. I am so proud to say that she is DONE sucking her thumb. I can't believe that she broke the habit but she tried really hard and was very determined, quite the feat for a 3 year old. She doesn't even do it at night anymore, way to go Elyse!!

Halloween 2008

Elyse and Paige ready for Halloween storytime

I am not sure why these are backwards, but oh well! Elyse loved having make-up on for her costume. She was so excited to go around the neighbourhood.

Paige wasn't so thrilled with the whole thing to begin with but she loved it once we got going.

We went to the mall during the day and had a great time. Bruce and Alida were there with the boys too. Paige, Connor and Elyse got quite the haul.

The girls eating their treats

Paige was pretty excited to discover that all of things we had been getting were candy! She was chewing right through the packaging to get to the chocolate.

The girls were too cute treat or treating. They both loved it and what an amazing night! The weather was so warm, it made for a great Halloween night.

My cutie Puppy and Monkey

The Corn maze

We went to the corn maze last weekend. It was pretty fun. Unfortunately there had been a frost so the maze was only about 4ft. tall instead of 10 ft. That was fine for us though.
Elyse loved to paint a pumpkin, it was abstract art and it sitting our kitchen table, she was pretty pleased with the results.
Walking through the maze. It was near impossible with the stroller so we turned back shortly after we started.
Doesn't Paige look thrilled. It is so hard to do things and not have her miss her nap time.
The girls loved the pumpkins. They also had a petting zoo there which was a big hit with my animal lovers.