Oh Christmas

A sleep-in and present opening made for a lazy morning before we headed out to Almonte.
 
The table looked beautiful .....

... and then it looked full of people and food. Ha-ha.

Granny had an evening of fun activities planned and we were all giggling

There was a rousing game of charades. We had so much fun I can't remember who won!
K was a great sport and let the boys decorate her as a Christmas tree.
She has a lot of patience for her nephews!!

And the performers of the group had has laughing with their prepared skit.

Christmas Preview

I love these faces!

Opened the Christmas Eve pyjamas.

Oops-Catch Up Post

Here's the thing about years when Christmas is on the weekend ...

... it can feel like it's not Christmas until BOOM ... it's Christmas!!

 

A rink in the backyard? Good idea.

A rink in someone else's backyard. Great idea!!!

Charlie has completed his training sessions. More work at home is required.

See what happens if I try to sleep through morning walk??

 

Just....Wow!

 

If the Benny is turned up then the dealer's team are automatically the makers....huh?

I don't think GrandpaT knew what he was getting himself into when he offered to teach us how to play euchre. 

The rules for this game are absolutely random! 

M and A were in stitches watching Ern and I learn the game.

Thank you for being a patient teacher GrandpaT.

 

Today was M's eye surgery. So next time you see him .... no glasses.

Week 15 Dec12-16

Writing- Describing

Grammar- Figures of Speech

Math- Conversions (Metric)

History- Samurai

Science- Fungi

Extra-Curricular

Swimming

Hockey

Hello Daddio

Hello Grandpa!

These two have had four games now.

2 to Grandpa. 2 to Adm.

O Christmas Tree

It seemed like we might have a little trouble motivating the boys to decorate.

 

But once they saw the treasures coming out of storage - they were into it.

   

 
Voila! Brfoot Christmas has begun.

Dec5-9 Week 14

Writing- Writing Descriptions

Grammar- Idioms

Math- Dividing Decimals

History- England

Science- Fungi

Extra-Curricular

Skills of the Wild

Swimming

Rules Schmules

Just another day living the dream!

You know ... hanging out with the boy at a new gym place.

 

But then on the way out the parents were given a copy of the rules of the gym.

New Things

Somehow I neglected to teach my children how to start the dishwasher. 

Until now. Now they know. 

 

 And M is away; poor guy. 

 

Week 13 Nov28-Dec2

Writing- Alliteration

Grammar-

Math- Decimal Word Problems

History- 1st Kings of England

Science- Nutritional Chemistry Lab

Extra-Curricular

Hockey

Swimming

Phone Pictures

Found some good pics on my phone today. 

Nothing better than a mid-day cuddle. 

"Go stand by Ern", I said. Guess I should have been clear I was expecting him to face the camera. Goof. 

 

After dinner and a game of Racko Ern joined me at Charlie's training class. 

Good job Charlie. 

These are from the Potluck lunch we had at church a couple of weeks ago. 

 

Why the cowboy hat? 

I was trying to represent Alberta. 

School Pics

This year's school pictures for E have already arrived but I still haven't taken A's picture.

So far .... this is what I've got.

 

This is just a gratuitous shot of the big kid.