Winter Activities

Last week-end Kori and I took the kids to Prospera's Annual free skate in Chilliwack. Nate was particularly keen on going as he had just received a hand-me-down set of ice skates. The kids had a good time skating while Kori and I chatted in the stands. A nice bonus was free hot chocolate and popcorn. To top it all off we received a very nice prize for making a donation to the food bank...the DVD 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'. The kids can't wait to see it, so we'll save it for a movie night over the holidays.

In keeping with tradition, today we attended the IAFF union kids Christmas party. The format doesn't really change from year to year. Crafts, cookie decorating, hot dogs, and a visit from the Jolly man himself.

This year Liam was more than happy to actually get into the whole party scene rather than sit in his car carrier like last year. He was in fine form as he loves a party but quickly melted down after another child took a duplo block away from him. He was not the same after that....actually he was quite awful. He's not used to other kids taking things from him as Nate and Chad cater to his every need!

Chad was pleased with his gift. It's a hit or miss situation at times and it must be very overwhelming for the organizers to do all that shopping for so many age ranges!

Liam liked his tractor for about five minutes and then continued to whinge and whine.

As you can see, Liam was having no part of Santa this year. I'm sure if he had been in a better mood we might have gotten him to sit on his lap...or I could be delusional about that.

I wonder if this will be Nate's last year on Santa's knee?

There are good times to be had on the grimy foosball table. I hope he didn't pick up a virus for Christmas!

Both Nathan and Chad really enjoyed the air hockey and really didn't care for the snacks or crafts once they started playing. It would be a great Christmas gift actually but we need a bigger house first! Do you think Santa will bring us one?!