Walkin' in a Paper Wonderland

No snow here so we gotta make it feel a little bit like a winter wonderland! Gavan keeps asking if it will ever snow in our "world". Sounds like we need to take a drive up north soon.

This afternoon, the kids made a flurry of paper snowflakes to decorate the kitchen door. Here are the pics and highlights:

Our work area

This one is called a "tickle" snowflake

With our snowflakes - sorry for the bright backlight...

Tongues help us concentrate

Both tongues making an appearance.

Enjoy this last week before Christmas! Its coming so fast!

I think I'm weird...

So - let me tell you what made me happy today and you can decide how weird I am:

As we were running our errands today, before we knew it, it was lunch time.

Everytime we drive through for lunch, my kids want only one thing: chicken nuggets.

"What do you want?"

"Chicken nuggets"

"What do you want?"

"Chicken nuggets"

"What do you want to eat today?"

"Chicken nuggets"

Well - today was different! My boy asked for a cheeseburger. And, he ATE IT!!

This makes me happy :) I think its because I personally am not crazy about chicken nuggets - but cheeseburgers?

Yes, I like those alot :)

Its the Holiday Season...

Our ward Christmas party was Saturday night - dinner, entertainment and a visit from Santa! I can't believe how close Christmas is... the days are just going to FLY by. If Thanksgiving were a little earlier in November, then we could get an extra week or two of Christmas fun crammed in there.

You know, in Canada, Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October - sounds like they get a really long time to get ready for Christmas!

Gavan was SO excited when Santa appeared on the stage - he was waving and grinning from ear to ear!

And no, I don't bring my kids to parties in dirty clothes - I'm pretty sure that's chocolate cake on his sleeve. :)

Chantal - you should recognize both Gavan and Myla's shirts! Thanks :)

I think Myla was a little creeped out by Santa (he and his wife were played by very nice members from our ward before the boundary change). She didn't say so afterwards but she looked less-than-comfortable up there.

She told us that she was going to ask Santa for a (wait for it...) Toyota for Christmas. She's not even FIVE let alone SIXTEEN... Oh boy.


Thanks Ash for snapping our pic - everyone is pretty much looking the right way in this one :)

Gavan is THREE!

Today we celebrated Gavan's 3rd birthday. I gotta say that it was a great day!

We had a lunchtime family party for him so my family came over to join in the fun.

He got lots of fun presents and got in some great playtime.

After the party, Gavan and Myla played outside, we went for bike rides and enjoyed the awesome November weather.

Here are many many pictures from the day:

Aunt Becky, Uncle Michael, Nellie and Abey-Baby

Gavan and his favorite person - Gaga!

Look at that sweet face :)

He blew out all the candles - all three of them!

Pretty sister

Thank-you hugs

He likes his hoodie from Uncle Jordan

This pic isn't so good but Myla gave him an electronic guitar. She wanted to help him open it and before they started unwrapping, Gavan asked "What is it?"

So Myla said, "Its a rock-n-roll something."

That's a good hint, huh?

He really likes his new guitar - the little riffs that it plays are repeating in my head as I type this.

Sweet smile with his new Cars puzzle

Fireman dress up

Myla pointed out that one can SIT in the back of the Tonka truck in addition to

haul stuff around in it.

Momma & Papa

Sorry this is out of focus but its the best one of me and the birthday boy!

Rockstars

Open mouth, insert foot

I'm pretty good at putting my foot in my mouth, not literally (anymore) but figuratively. But this post is not about me and my lack of tact.

Its about Nellie!

Today, Nellie discovered her foot and just how tasty it is.

Here's a play-by-play:

"Hey! Look at this fun thing my hand grabbed!"

"It looks about the same size as my mouth - it just might fit..."

"Ohhh, it tastes good..."

"What - haven't you seen anyone chew on their foot before??"

You know, that little foot does look good enough to eat :)

Happy Sunday

Halloween 2009

WE hope you all had a fun Halloween! We sure did. We had our annual neighborhood BBQ which was fun - Nick was so kind as to spend 24+ hours making pulled pork - yum :) The kids had a great time running around in their costumes and then plenty more fun trick-or-treating. Grandma and Grandpa joined us for dinner and helped take the kids around and pass out candy. Lots of fun but let me tell you - we were definitely ready for bed when it was all said and done!

Here are the pics - enjoy!

Myla with her Swamp Princess make-up on

Gavan patiently waiting for the eating to start!

"Gaga" and Nellie

Gavan provided the artistic direction for the design of this year's jack-o-lantern.

Me and Nells

Myla all done up

Myla & Shaylee

Look at that skirt spin!

The Divine Miss N

She likes to have three fingers in her mouth at a time just like this - she's doing it right now as I type too :)

Cournoyer Kids' table at the BBQ

Grandpa's wagon ride service

Gavan is a ghost, not a shepherd or something from the Nativity play. We had to add the tie around his forehead to keep the costume on...

Gotta love the glowsticks!

Pics from Nick's hunt will be coming soon!