The last few days in pictures...

My precious wee man, so very tired at the end of each day, glad to hit the tub with some "bubbles" (aka Scooby Doo bath foam) before bed...

evenings of candlelight before and after kids are tucked into bed...games are much funner played in the soft light...such a calming way to end the day....

our hungry Blue Jay who is a daily visitor along with his friends...love the corn still in his beak...

Claire would like everyone to know that she "won" our last game of Scrabble... the games have not stopped since Christmas morning, and I wouldn't trade it for the world!

LET IT SNOW.....

Catching Up....

Sam the "angel". This shot was taken just before the next row of kids came on stage and blocked our view of him completely!

Claire one of many decked out in hats and scarves....rather toasty I should think under the lights!

Sam and Annie enjoying their meal together at a Christmas potluck...do you suppose the boy likes shrimp at all?

Enjoying last weekend's snow. I have not got any pics of this weekend's storm although know that the backyard is considerably deeper even with all of the rain that came after....

It has been a crazy few weeks with concerts and shopping and wrapping and knitting and Hud being away and myself being away, mailing of parcels and picking up of parcels, evenings spent with friends and family...it seems to never end.

Sam has been having a rough go trying to solve problems in an appropriate way. He seems to have knee jerk reactions to things that end up landing him in trouble. We are hoping that this will pass, but our hearts are tired trying to help him cope with frustration. Either way, we are looking forward to some down time starting on Thursday afternoon when we can just enjoy being together, with no schedule to speak of really.

Claire and I have been baking, and stocking the freezer. It would never do not to have tons to snack on during this season!

Daniel is so glad that we seem to be headed for a real winter and is hoping to spend lots of time at the hill. I think he's ready for a break as well...

Here's hoping that the rest of you are enjoying the prep time, and the SNOW!!!!!

busy busy busy...

'Tis the season for crazy days. Hud is away for the weekend in Boston for a football game. He left super early this morning, and of course I couldn't sleep through his prep time. Today has been spent running around trying to get things so I can finish up a few christmas gifts and get them in the mail. Thankfully we have a bit of snow which has occupied the kids nicely. Snowboardning down our "hill", snowball fights with the neighbours over the fence, throwing snow for the dog to catch, all make for well exercised hooligans who should look forward to their beds as much as I am.

I find myself needing to slow down and focus on the season for what it is rather than the busy rush. Time to breathe....in and out, with a hot cup of tea.

Evey...I hope you don't head to Hud's hotel and boobytrap his room for cheering on the "wrong" team!!!!

It's Thursday night...

just so you know....

Winter is here...

Nancy, Hoop , and Karen after shopping and lunch at Historic Properties. Hoop wins the prize for getting the most accomplished! The weather changed to winter overnight and it was a gloriously festive feeling to have the snow swirling around us.

The gingerbread church outside the restaurant in the Hotel...

The weekend was a wonderful time full of MUCH laughter as usual, almost wet pants in the hallways of the hotel, being followed by strange men speaking french to us on their way to a party while we were wearing our bathrobes on the way back to the room after a time at the pool, (seems that is a regular occurance in one form or another), feeling awkward on the elevator full of other people as we stifle fits of laughter, waiting forty-five minutes to get into the thai restaurant for supper because we all know it is the best, almost falling asleep at the table waiting for our food as it was past our bedtimes, sitting in the piano bar not listening to the piano because it was so late but feeling like we should at least have a glass of wine, managing just barely to keep our heads off the table, hanging out in our jammies while having super "deep" conversations, watching home reno shows on tv wondering why people spend so much on fixer uppers, enjoying the highest pressured exfoliating shower ever, laughing over attempted chopstick use while eating Japanese food, Nancy finally giving up and me retrieving her a fork, scamming leftover desserts from the christmas party at the church for a snack that didn't get eaten until we got up this morning, wine in our jammies in bed, getting lost looking for Dartmouth Crossing but feeling so fabulous when we got it all sorted out, wondering what the big deal is about the Crossing afterall, snow, snow, and more snow, burning ourselves in the hot tub, getting crowded out of the hot tub by a huge family, a wonderful last breakfast together this morning, and hugs as we said good-bye.