E's New Camera

E was ecstatic to find that he received a digital camera for Christmas from his GrndmDerdre and GrndpaTrry(or DeeDee and Bubba). He has been running around snapping pics of EVERYTHING. Here is a sampling of his pics.

Food, Food, Food and Friends and Family

The table looked beautiful and the food was delicious. We were fortunate to have LittleK and her parents for dinner.

The whole Nlsn contingent was there including GrandmaT. A dug right in to his meal.

E certainly didn't let anything stop him either. After dinner the kids had a play in the livingroom.

There was singing, dancing and merriment. I can't wait until next year.

Mrry Christmas

Here are the pics of the day.

Someone's Coming To Town

We were supposed to have some company coming into town for Christmas but plans changed at the last and it's just us four here for the holiday. We're so lucky to have family and friends in town that we still feel surrounded by love and merriment.

The boys really are enjoying the movie The Polar Exprss. We were able to tape it when it was on t.v. and they have watched it almost every night since last week.

We took all the kids to the indoor playground at the mall and took pics of them in their Christmas shirts. It's pretty hard to get them to sit still for long but we did our best!

M and I took the kids to the museum on Sat for a couple hours. That place is always fun and we still haven't done all the areas yet!

And today we had the immediate fam over to open presents. Everyone really had a great idea of what the kids were interested in as the kids were very pleased with their toys.

It's hard to believe that Christmas is going to be over soon.

More Christmas Stuff

We have all been hit with a bit of a stomach bug but we're on the mend. The pic on the right is our new, to us, couch that we found on a second-hand website here in the city.



We have been catsitting for G2K and E is very enamored with her. He will be sad when she heads back to her new home. I'm not sure why she tolerates his cuddling all the time.
Also, tonight we did another Christmas craft/baking. We made these really cool 3D cookies using a cookie cutter set that GrandmaDrdre gave us. All of the cookies stand up and although I did the majority of the actual labor the boys enjoyed playing in the flour and dough and icing. E actually said at bedtime that he thought he had eaten maybe a bit too much icing.

What've We Been Up To??

A just loves going to his auntie's house and playing with D. When I went to pick him up today he didn't want to come home with me. Traitor!!!

The other day while the boys were doing a craft I went to the door to say goodbye to a couple of friends who had dropped by and this is what they got up to. It took them only minutes to come up with this.

I like this pic of K's hair. I put it in a ponytail when she was over. The way things are going I will not have a little girl of my own to play with. Luckily, K's mommy and daddy let me play with her every once and a while.

The last pic is of A and E doing a science experiment with me. We were testing whether salt, sugar and flour would dissolve in the water. They LOVED this experiment.

Prepare Yourself

These two are so into the Christmas season. This year is the best yet for enjoying the holiday with the boys. They are like sponges absorbing everything they can about this great holiday.







Because of the size of these files I had to split their performances between two videos each.

Christms Crfts

We like to keep the excitement alive here on the days leading up to Christms. One way we do that is by doing some crafts.


The whole family worked on this Christms train. We are looking forward to eating it later in the holiday.

A and I made this reindeer craft with his feet and hand prints. Little K also made one with us and she took hers home with her.

E and I made these snowmen with fuzzy white socks and various other supplies.

Hmpty Dmpty Sat on a Wall

I told this story to A the other day and he loves it so this afternoon we did a bit of a drama production of the story.

------------------Before the show began-------------------------The Aftermath-----------

Lucky Us

We were lucky enough to schedule K for a sleep over tonight. She has a very busy social calendar so we don't get her often. The kids have been looking forward to this ALL week. So what do I prepare when our girl comes over??? Home-made pizza and home-made apple pie. Her two favourites of course. Originally it was just pizza but then after dinner she asked me what was for dessert and I told her that I hadn't made any. So she said, "Hmm. You normally make dessert." And she was so sweet about it so I skipped into the kitchen and made a pie. I have expectations to meet!!

When they all went to bed they were snug as wolf puppies in a cave.

Deck the Halls

Well one of the good things about the cold weather is we have more fun in the house. We decorated one night and the kids were very excited about getting the ornaments on the tree.

A loves to help in the kitchen. Luckily we have the appropriate accessories for him. Apron, oven mitts. He does a great job. Thank goodness or I'd never get all my baking finished!

And then there's the rough-housing. These three boys love to get all crazy when M gets home from work. This is not a game that mommy enjoys playing herself so they really take it out on daddy.