Christmas preparations

Here we are making reindeer at Rona with our friends Erin and Dylan. We had a great day with them, they came for breaky in the morning, then we were building reindeer, then we trucked out to Sidney for the SANTA CLAUS parade - yahoo!!!

Pictures from Pender

On Nov 16 we all went for a sleepover at Marg and Teds. It rained all day saturday but we made the best of it, and had a great visit. Here are a few pictures - most are of Tay because she is in her hammy camera stage, unfortunately the boys turn and run when the camera comes out. In the picture of the boys the were trying to sneak up on a buck in the backyard.

I have to explain the braids - two days before we went to Pender Tayler decided to use Penetan cream as hair gel! It was a MESS she had dreadlocks for two days. I was really worried I would have to cut it because I didn't know how I was going to get it out. On our Goldstream field trip, one of the moms said massage baby oil into her hair, leave it 10 minutes then wash it. Well - it totally worked I couldn't believe it - but for the next few days Tayler had horribly greasey hair so I thought I would braid it and then it wouldn't look so bad.

Goldstream field trips

We went to Goldstream Park for a preschool field trip. The fish are spawning, so there are lots of dead fish!! "Hey mom, look theres another dead one. " This what I heard most of the time we were there. After the park person told the fish spawning story Russ was able to tell the males and females apart - I thought that was very perceptive.

WOW!!! How time flys

Wow I was just looking to see when I last updated, and, well, I have been a total slacker!!!

November has flown by, but I didn't realize how quickly until today.

It has been very busy (obviously). We have been traveling here and there - I went to vancouver at the beginning of the month to visit and high school friend. Momoko was an exchange student, from Japan, in High school and we became great friends. We have keep in fairly good contact considering the miles between us. When Ed and I got married Momoko traveled from Japan to be one of my bridesmaids. (she was only here for 3 days) I have visited her once in Japan. In 1998 I went with a work friend and had a fabulous time - aside from the culture shock. Anyway to make a long story short, Tony (her husband), TJ or Ryuku as he is known in japanese (her son) and Momoko were over visiting her husbands family, in Richmond. So I decided to take the kids over, by myself. We had a wonderful visit, other than it was way too short! This was the first time she had met Russ and Tay, and the first time I met Ryuku, so that made it even more special.

Halloween

We had a crazy afternoon and evening on Halloween but the kids had a ball.

After school we came home suited up and headed for the mall with a friend of ours and her two kids. We trick or treated there for an hour or so the headed to Matt and Leannes for dinner and more trick or treating.

This is Taylers first year for trick or treating, it didn't take long for the light to turn on and she was headed out on a mission for cnady. The First couple of people she had to check and see what they were putting in the her bag, then she was at he house right behind her brothers - with her hand extended and saying "TA TA"

Today is the first day we finally have no more candy on the house (well except some I have hidden for myself).