Oh, Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!
Today we decided to sing some songs and decorate our tree. The kids helped me lay the lights and garland on and then hang the decorations. It was super fun and I am so happy with how the tree turned out.
What is it about Christmas trees that make perfect back drops for pictures?
There is a traditional treat that Canadians can enjoy every year because it gets so cold here. Chuck has been wanting to do this with the kids for a very long time. I don’t know who was more excited, the kids to eat it or Chuck to do this for them.
If you boil pure syrup and then ladle it onto fresh snow, it will turn into a candy. You can press a popsicle stick onto the syrup and roll it up and then suck on it. Super delicious!
Some of my best memories from living at home revolve around the piano at my mom and dads house. Unfortunately, I was a lazy fart so I would play the piano to entertain my siblings ho were actually working.
Well, now my kids can do the same thing because we finally moved our piano from the unfinished basement to the family room upstairs. I couldn’t believe what was involved for the poor guys that moved it. It was a LOT of work!
It’s already been a blessing because the kids and I each play the piano every day! It’s a blessing that keeps on giving.
One of the kids’ favorite things about Halloween is the serious trick-or-treating we do. This ain’t no sissy trick-or-treating! This is serious business!
We eat dinner early, get dressed up and start knocking on doors by 5. We don’t stop until atleast 9.
We made one pit stop at home so the older kids could go to the bathroom and empty their pillowcases because they were too heavy to keep hauling around!
David and Laurelyn lasted only half a block before their bags were too heavy and their hands were too cold so I took them home to watch a Halloween episode of Backyardigans with their dad who was handing out candy to the neighborhood kids.
Laurelyn was a real hit. Moms kept giving her candy out of their kids’ bags! Laurelyn would stop and talk to EVERY SINGLE PERSON on our way to the doors and the other moms couldn’t get enough of her! She was so cute. It’s hard to translate without her voice but here are some of my favorite Laurelyn-isms from tonight.
I’m a hobo! (Very loudly!)
I have a hole on my bum but Mom said it’s okay because I’m a hobo.
I’m going to sleep on a bench because that’s what hobos do.
I have a beard but I’m still a girl.
This morning the kids flew through their school because not only is it Halloween but it also SNOWED! Most Albertans say that the first snow fall happens some time around Halloween and this year didn’t disappoint. It’s not a ton of snow but enough for the kids to climb back into their winter gear and roll around making snow angels and building a snowman!
As you can see the snow isn’t very deep and it isn’t suppose to last past lunchtime but it’s fun while we have it. It’s Halloween but my kids have been humming Frosty the Snowman all morning!
