Merry Christmas

These past few weeks have been hectic for the whole family. We have been shopping for the kids and family, cleaning the house and attending the various Christmas parties with the boys.

We did manage to fit in Andrew's annual tradition of decorating his mini tree (albeit fake) that he keeps in his bed room. This year's theme, "Cars"!!! McQueen, Sally, the King, Chick Hicks and the rest of the gang adorned the tree.

They had fun tonight, and then off to bed. Everyone knows that Santa doesn't come until you are asleep.

Coco

Caleb is showing his independence more and more these days as he is now wanting to sit in a regular chair during meal time. He has found a new use for the booster seat, a place now for his friend Coco to sit in. My husband got Caleb this stuffed animal during one of his business trips a couple of years ago; our son has really latched onto it since day one.

Caleb is serving Coco a doughnut just before they are off to bed; obviously nobody told Coco that we don't eat sweets just before bed time!!!

Bowling

Andrew was invited to a birthday bowling party over the weekend. Going from left to right:

Photo 1: Great form, albeit two hands. But note the ball going straight down the alley.

Photo 2: A little body english to guide the ball to the desired spot

Photo 3: A look of "not quite where I wanted it to go"

Andrew's number one fan is watching his every move!

Hope for the Steelheads

Another disasterous start of by the Steelheads has given Andrew hope that he may be able to crack his uncle's hockey team line-up this year.

Their "pylon-like" defence will be bolstered by the agility of our son. He will quarter-back their inept power play and provide leadership both on the bench and in the dressing room. He will hold everyone accountable and everyone will show-up to play each and every night! No more floating around the ice. That means you....Sophie's dad!!!!

McQueen

The kids just love going to the mall. They could have played on McQueen for hours.

Back Blogging

It has been awhile since we last posted. Andrew recently had a week off from school for a reading break. He enjoys reading and will regularly help me out by reading to Caleb at nights. It is wonderful that the two of them get along. My husband suggested that we put them in the same bedroom next year. I am sure the "boys" would love that: Andrew and Caleb would play until the wee hours of the morning and the other "boy" would get his home office back (nice try!!).

Andrew and Caleb have really learned to appreciate music. Caleb is watching with great intensity "Funnuculi, Funnucula" and will hum the tune around the house. He literally stopped me in my tracks when I first heard it.

Andrew is slowly trying to teach himself piano. He will see the pianist, and says "it looks easy". He quickly learnt that it wasn't so.

Finally, one day I was wondering what happened to all the paper that was in the recycle bin. The "boys" are really into airplanes and my husband was teaching them how to fold an F-14. Believe it or not, Andrew and Caleb had more fun flying them around the house than if we had bought them a toy airplane. It reminds us that they do appreciate the simple things.

Caleb's Day

We got a nice surprise from Auntie Edith today. We received a cd full of pictures of Caleb. Caleb does a couple of days with her during the week at her daycare. Its good for Caleb as he gets to interact with kids his own age; also it gives my wife a chance to take a break from the kids to have some time for herself!