Today the kids spent the day with their Nan visiting family, while I met with a client about some work we had to finish before the end of the year. I’m glad they had a good time visiting, though on the way back the day proved to much for Violet and she leaned up against me and fell asleep.
Today we hae a picture of Violet enjoying one of her Christmas presents, it’s her Princes Castle. Watching her excitement when it came out of the box was priceless.
Today our family went to see Disney on Ice, both of the kids were excited to go, and for the most part weren’t disappointed by the show. Though I think Violet was a little disappointed she didn’t see Rapunzel.
This Morning we captured the best part of Christmas morning. The Surprise and Joy on a child’s face when he opens the perfect gift. There are tons of pictures, but it’s been a long day and I’m not up to posting them right now. As a bonus here is a video of the same moment captured in the Picture of the day.
As we were getting ready to head out for Christmas eve with family we heard a knock at our door. And who should be there but the big man himself. I tried to capture the moment. Jacob was amused by me taking another picture and Violet wouldn’t stand still. Of course to be fair that’s the closest she’s been to Santa this entire season, so that’s something. I’ve decided to use this as our Christmas Eve picture of the day for two reasons. The first is it’s a great picture and how often does the big man come to your door when you are awake. Second was it’ll be nice to not have to worry about it later and just enjoy Christmas Eve with the family. You can expect a separate post about the rest of the evening. Marry Christmas every one, I hope you can spend time with loved ones this Holiday Season.
Today the family braved the Eaton’s centre to finish up our Christmas shopping. Our picture today is of the kids taking a break and watching the traffic go by. While mommy looks for some clothes in the Roots store. The mall was crazy and the store that we probably wanted to go to the most was in the midst of a Clearance sale and was pretty much picked clean.
Today after dinner Jacob asked if we were going to the Ice Trail. So a quick call to Nana and Papa and off we went for a bit of an evening skate. I’m always amazed at how well Jacob does on the ice. Today he tried to teach me to go backwards. He broke it down into 2 steps. Step one you stand like this (He was standing more or less like in the picture) Step to you go the opposite way.
I found my self standing in the Bloor Meat Market Ltd, while standing there admiring the selection of fresh meat I pulled out the camera and snapped today’s picture of the day. There was just something about the rows of meat that I wanted to capture. I also love the wood chips on the floor.
Today we have a picture of a neighbours christmas decorations. As I look over the picture I realise I didn’t do it justice. The glowing wraith is really quite striking when you seen it on a dark evening. The first day I saw it I new I wanted to capture it for my picture of the day. I just didn’t know which day that it’d be. Turns out today is the day.
Today Jacob brought how the Joy bag. a collection of things to celebrate christmas. It was fun setting up the different pieces, the Nativity, wreath and even 4 candles. Then we read a book and Jacob wrote in the journal and drew a picture. It’s a great christmas tradition that he did last year and I hope he continues next year.
