Author: MRJ

After the weeks of worry the kids were thrilled when they came downstairs to see Jingles had finally returned. I think he is trying to give us a hint about the lack of decorations on our tree.

Today we got together with friends for some Christmas fun. It was fun to watch the little ones decorating their Gingerbread houses. The hardest part for the kids were not eating the houses tonight.

Today I captured an elusive couples selfie.

After weeks of hints, that escalated into threats I finally headed to the local barber for a shave and a hair cut. As I was sitting in the chair watching as he began to shave off my beard I found myself wondering if I took better care of it and trimmed it down now and then, if It wouldn’t have looked better, And maybe I could have kept it.  Perhaps next year I’ll give the bear another try.

Today the city looks ready for christmas. It started to snow in the morning and didn’t stop till after the kids were home from school. I captured todays picture of the day during the walk home from school. Instead of heading straight home, the kids played in the snow with some of their friends from school for a little while. Of course that wasn’t enough for Violet who spent hours in the snow near our house playing and shoveling,

Today we have a picture from Violet’s poem book, that she’s working on with her Nan. They write the poem together and then Violet draws a picture.

Today was Christmas day at Violets dance classes. So Mommy dressed her up for the occasion.

Today we have some of Violets Kindergarten art for our picture of the day. Considering how much she does, not everything is POD worthy. This is one I really like.

Today we headed to Shereway Mall with some of our friends so that the kids could go to the Santa Experience. I love this picture of Jacob and Violet with Santa. I think it’s one of the best we’ve ever gotten.

Today was the Lakeshore Santa Clause Parade. I didn’t think we’d actually see it today, but the kids really wanted to so when went an walked along the parade route. Parades are much faster when you walk towards the beginning. Today’s Picture of the day is of the kids getting candy cans from a parade elf.