Today Melissa and I headed out to square one to do some Christmas shopping. Shortly after we got there I sorta wished we had brought the kids… Well at least Jacob, because who did I see walking through Wal-Mart, none other than Jacob’s favorite character Mario. I had to take a picture to show Jacob who we saw. I hadn’t intended it to be the Picture of the day, but after a long day fighting the crowds in the malls I wasn’t up to taking another.
Before I wrap up for the night I thought I should say a few words about how much Jacob loves Mario. For the last 3 months or so he’s been obsessed with Mario 64 DS. He plays it all the time, and when he’s not playing it he watches video’s on YouTube of other people playing it. When we were shopping the other day he got so excited to see Mario and friend figurines. He would have love to take his picture with Mario today, that is if he could get past his fear of people dressed in kids character costumes.
Today we find the elf hanging out with the kids Baby pictures… I wonder where he’ll end up tomorrow night?
Tomorrow morning the kids will wake up to meet a new friend. You see we have a new house guest, an Elf. I’m not sure what the name the kids will come up for him, but I think it’ll be exciting to find out. You see our little elf watches the kids and reports to Santa if they have been good or bad. Each day he will be in a different sport, for the kids to find. I think it’s safe to assume that he’ll be making an appearance in a number of my pictures of the day between now and Christmas. Thank you Nana and Papa for bring our little guest to our house tonight.
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Today we have a picture of a house I passed on my way home from work. When I left work tonight it was quite dark so the lights on the different houses looked really festive. I couldn’t help but snap a few pictures.
This evening after dinner I asked the kids what they wanted to do, and what they wanted was to play with the camp out in the living room. So the Crazy Forts came out and we put together a tent. Today’s picture is of the kids playing in the tent, minus the blanket. We had a good time building and playing to-night, it reminded me how much fun Crazy Forts can be.
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Today we took the kids, Jacob, Violet and Liam to the Santa experience at Sherway Gardens. It’s a yearly event were the kids sing songs and listen to a story with the big man. We try to go every year, seeing the joy on the kids faces makes it worth the long lines to get tickets.
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With the weather turning cold afternoon’s in the park are becoming less common. In fact with the rain we had this morning I didn’t think we’d have time in the park at all today, but on the way back from the corner store the kids convinced me to head over to the big park so they could play. While they played I watched and snapped a few pictures. It was great that we had that time outside today, of course they both are waiting for snow. I think this year Violet will really love playing in the snow, but till it’s here I’m glad to have time outside.
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Today at hockey it was Jacob’s turn to be Goalie. Jacob was very excited about being Goalie, until he got into all the equipment. After a little coaxing he headed out onto the ice and tried his best for the entire game. It was great to watch him.
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This morning the kids came down stairs to find our Advent calendar up and holding a chocolate treat. I love that each morning between now and Christmas that the kids will have a little something to celebrate the season. With out calendar it doesn’t have to be chocolate each day, one day the kids might find a little toy in there.
Today the kinds sat down at the dinner table to write their letters to Santa. Jacob worked very hard on his letter. As always when I watch him write it just amazes me how good his penmanship is getting. There are a few backward e’s in there but every time I look he he’s skills seemed to improve by leaps and bounds. Little Violet really wanted to write Santa, but he’s not quite ready. So while Jacob worked on his letter Violet ‘coloured’ hers.
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