Getting Ready For Christmas

Baked some sugar cookies before we left for Ottawa.

Bobs tasted and Mads napped.

When we got back, we had many packages delivered from Canada Post. Bobs helped himself again. This time to AMK's package. She said it was ok. We let him open it over Skype so AMK could see. He got a Thomas the Train pillow, and blanket - both made by AMK herself. Also a little bag to put all his trains in, and a Thomas book with small little trains. Mads got a peanut ornament.

And a box to play in.

Some decorations around the house.

An ornament from two years ago, and a new one for this year.

Mads crawling around the living room following a laundry dryer ball and playing with the new toy from grandma and grandpa that we brought back in our luggage. Can you believe it was found at a garage sale in Wasaga Beach? Great find as both boys enjoy it.

Personalized stockings. I am not a crafty person but I was able to find these at Superstore, and the stick on felt at Michaels to spell out their names.

Christmas is coming soon! Wishing laughter and peace this season to all who read this blog.

Last Day in Ottawa

Aunty P and Mads looking out over Kent.

Bobs and Grandma decorated the Christmas tree in the den.

Grandpa and Bobs running in front of Parliament.

Someone had made a snowman out of a Tim Horton's coffee cup, and coffee.

Older photos from G&G's Camera

Here is Bobs asleep in the Murphy bed in Ottawa.

And Mads at G & G's condo in downtown Ottawa.

The rest of these photos are older ones from G & G's camera that I thought would be easier to transfer over the blog than to e-mail them to myself.

Crazy hair before the summer's end buzz cut.

Photos from Grandma and Grandpa's Camera

 It's an early Christmas in Ottawa.

Bobs got a lego firetruck. He kept putting the fake fire piece on the truck itself.

Aunty P got to meet Mads for the first time.

Photos from Ottawa

 We have been hitting up all of the museums in Ottawa. Bobs has really enjoyed them all. There was the museum of Civilisation, the Natural Science museum, and the Museum of Science and Technology.

Mommy and Daddy have enjoyed two date nights as well. One night out at a grubby pub, and the next night out at a high end restaurant.

Bobs is sleeping in the den in a murphy bed and is able to sleep alone by himself. Mads on the other hand is sharing a room with his parents, and is keeping us up at night.

Mads got to meet Aunty P for the first time. She has been feeding us some of her delicious cooking.

Countertop

We are finally a few steps closer to a finished kitchen. Next is the backsplash tiling. This will probably happen over the holidays. Maybe on Christmas day. teehee.

We are all getting excited for our visit to Ottawa and are starting to pack. It will be Mads' first airplane ride.

First Weekend of December

The boys enjoy reading together now that Mads is interested and can sit up. It doesn't last for long though.

This weekend we had a get together on thursday organized by a friend where everyone had to bring in some type of take out or fast food. Bobs really enjoyed the company and everyone got to meet Shawn.

On friday we went to Home Depot to pick up the rest of the kitchen pieces that have been missing from the original order. I made a roast chicken for dinner. Saturday was date night for everyone. Shawn went out with a friend although he wasn't feeling that great as per usual in the evenings. Daddy and myself had a babysitter so we went for hot wings at Montana's and then that movie "Love and Other Drugs". We got home at the exact same time as Shawn. It felt great to get out and be a normal person for an evening, and not just full time parents with two kids crawling over us. As much as we love them.

Bobs has a wooden banana and he was telling the babysitter that he wanted the banana phone ( based on the Raffi song) in his bed with him. She had no idea what he was talking about even though she tried looking for it. She is from the Netherlands and so she had never heard of Raffi either.

On sunday, we went to an inside Farmer's Market called Crossroads Market. It is much rougher and less pretentious than the Farmer's Market closer to our house. It had more of a flea market feel to it. Daddy enjoyed seeing something new that he had never done before in the city. We took a photo of Bobs and I eating breakfast but it turned out awful of me with a sausage hanging out of my mouth.

This week, we have hired a cleaning company to come in to the house and help. Mostly to keep Shawn's area clean so he doesn't have to worry about it. Our countertop for the kitchen is also coming in. Just in time for Christmas ( as we will be gone next week to Ottawa and by the time we are back, Christmas will be creeping up on us!).

It was a nice weekend. Mads is starting to be able to stand and hang on to things by himself. He makes all kinds of cute noises and is so excited to see Bobs in the morning.

Whenever I call Mads or Bobs by one of their many nicknames, Bobs is always correcting me with their actual names. I can't even call Bobs "Sweetie".