More Snow Photos

My camera ran out of power, but I did manage this very short video of the kids out in the snow for the first time. Later, when we were putting the kids to bed Kate looked outside and saw the maze of little footprints in the snow - another first (I know, I know, we're getting all sappy about the snow).

- In the bootroom, getting ready to go out in the snow

- Who says the polar icecaps are melting - look at that globe hanging behind Molly's head. And yes, we do have gloves for the kids, we just weren't quite prepared for this snowfall.

- Sitting amongst the remnants of summer fun - wagons, rocking horses, slides, soccer balls, unraked leaves, etc.

Today's Snow

Here's proof of today's snow - Molly looks out her window at the whiteness

Fortunately, their new snowsuits arrived in the mail this week:



And Molly in her Finnish toque from T-Bay

Dreaming of a white halloween

Memories of a summer-like Thanksgiving weekend are quickly receding as it has been SNOWING all morning. Enough that the grass is white. It looks like Thunder Bay in late August. The kids were pretty impressed with all the white stuff coming out of the sky. I'm pretty impressed that we're heading to England in a couple of days, where it might be rainy but surely not snowy.

Lots of Walking Videos

After the initial burst of walking last week, Jacob has been playing it close to his chest, preferring to rely on a parental finger for balance. Last night he exploded back onto the scene, with speed walking, dodging his cousin Maeve, giddy spins, and pushing himself to standing. Here's some evidence.


- And here's Molly showing she's not far behind

It's All About the Benjamin

I dropped Kate's parents off at the airport yesterday, giving me a good excuse to drop by Greg and Jo's to welcome Benjamin home from the hospital.
-Here he is being sniffed by Libby for the 1st time (no flesh wounds ensued)

- I wasn't sure who he looked like until I saw this face - the one Greg pulls when he finds out there's no more beer in the fridge

- Jo showing off that her 2 day old baby has more hair than my 15 month olds

- Proud granny

- Big Ben with two doting women

- Me trying to remember to support the head. I couldn't believe how little he is, even though our guys didn't reach his birth weight for weeks

Thanksgiving photos

Busy weekend with all of Kate's family in town. Thanksgiving art gallery tour on Saturday, with beautiful drives through the foliage. Lots of tennis, of both the Wii and real varieties. Beautiful, summer-like weather everyday. Dinner out with Dan, Al, and Ben while Brent and Lois watched all four kids. Fantastic turkey dinner last night (and tofurkey for the carnivore-challenged - which tasted somewhat like a gravy-flavoured jello mold).

Big news from T.O. as Jo and Greg are new parents of Benjamin.

Best twin story from the weekend. I was feeding the kids breakfast and Jacob was banging his food-filled spoon on the bowl and table to great delight. I firmly told him that the spoon is for eating not playing so when he continued banging I took the spoon away. Molly looked up at me defiantly and thrust out her spoon. If Jacob can't have his spoon, I don't want mine. Twin solidarity.

We went to a nearby farm's fall festival yesterday and here are a few photos.
- Jacob looking about 10 years old on the bike. He would have stayed on this trike all day if he'd had his choice. My back is feeling it today from pushing him around on it.

- Molly determinedly climbing the slide

- Ben and Jacob on the hay bales. A less happy Molly with me.

- our favourite pumpkin, on a pumpkin

- pre-photo chaos

- a slightly better family photo

Doctor's Visit

15-month check-up went fine yesterday. The kids continue to be right around the mean for height and weight (Molly slightly taller than average, Jacob slightly lighter than average). Jacob's head circumference continues to be almost off the charts - meaning we can attribute the high number of head bonks to his Hazel brain size, rather than his maternal side's clumsiness. I took Jacob out of the office while Molly was getting her shots. When she screamed, he looked at me with big eyes, pointed to the room and said a plaintive "Bah", which I took to mean "Molly's in trouble - why aren't you helping her", but it could equally have been "I left my ball in that room".

We're hosting Kate's family for Thanksgiving, with the first arrivals commencing today.

Here are a couple of pictures that Scott took of Molly (in the foreground), Jacob and Nicholas playing at the park.

Don't the boys look ready to join some 1950's bike gang?