Playing Together

Mads decided that he can play chess with Bobs by bringing his firetruck on.

Bobs didn't really like it though.

Hot Wheels Music

The hotwheels make music. It doesn't sound half bad actually. It almost sounds like he is doing chords.

The boys are really enjoying their Christmas presents. They have also started transitioning to a new child care provider down the street who runs a dayhome with three other kids around the same age. By March, they will be there full time and not at the daycare anymore which was not as convenient for us to drop them off at anymore due to the new c-train route. They can also go outside to the local playgrounds more at the dayhome. We still aren't sure where Erik will be for half a day next year when he is at kindergarten at the french immersion school. He will need to be picked up at the bus stop which is our main hiccup at this point.

New Year's Day

It was cold, but sunny on the first day of the year. We went to the Signal Hill rink area for sledding.

The sun kept us warm and happy.

We have a decent mountain view from the playground. We live further below the school and the mountains aren't as visible from our street.

We have been planning and deciding which school Bobs will go to for kindergarten. Our original plan was the public french immersion, but we found out they will have 8 classes and are quite full ( even though we would get in). Behind Mads here is the local english school, but we are still keen on french immersion so we are registering also for the Catholic school French Immersion which is much smaller and probably better for Bobs.

We are also making some child care changes. Their last day at the big daycare will be at the end of February. They will be with a dayhome down the street starting then. To ease into the changes, they will start on monday this week and continue to be with her each monday. It's going to be a challenge when Bobs starts Kindergarten in terms of figuring out who will pick him up at the bus stop in the middle of the day. We will have to find a dayhome that can do this. We are on the list for a few after school programs as well.

Happy NYE!

Daddy has been home with the boys throughout the holidays while Mommy had to work.

He met Mommy downtown at the Devonian Gardens with JJ and KC.

On New Year's Eve, we decided to check out the lights at Confederation Park. It was quite wonderful to be there. There were lots of families there with toboggans.

Mads and Bobs only lasted about 25 minutes which was fine. Maybe next year we can bring the sleds.

We came home and watched This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Air Farce. Mads went to bed first and Bobs is still currently up colouring with an Ipad application.

Best wishes for 2013! May it be a good year for all. Health, Family and Happiness.

Happy Birthday Jansen

We celebrated JJ's birthday yesterday and ordered pizza. Mads refused and cried about his pizza. Then he ate it when I said I would take it away. He might still be sick. He wanted to be by himself in our room for awhile during the party.

It was the 5 boys. Next time it will be the 6 boys because Elliott is going to have a little brother sometime next month.

We let the boys have two cupcakes each.

Bowness Park

We've been playing hangman and pictionary. This is a drawing of Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story.

On saturday, we went for a sled ride around Bowness Park.

It was still quite chilly so we had hot chocolate at an old diner afterward.

Later in the evening, Uncle Tim came for dinner and I made some burnt yam fries and squishy chicken fingers. Not sure what happened to my culinary skill. Then we read a Monster book and the kids had a riot.

Christmas at Mormor and Morfar's

On Christmas Night, we had duck and other traditional Danish dishes.

We played board games and opened a few more gifts.

On Boxing day we went to a playplace with JJ and KC and then came home and played with new toys. Tomorrow, Mommy has to work. Daddy is taking the kids on a c-train ride with KC and JJ and their mom and meeting Mommy at lunchtime downtown at an indoor garden area that also has a playground.