FIRST SNOW FALL

Today was our first day of snow (at least on our street).

I woke up to the kids staring out our bedroom window talking in loud, excited voices. Sam asked if it was Christmas.

Literally moments later they had their snow gear on and were out on the street sledding, making snowmen and snow angels and having a snowball fight. By 1:00pm everyone came back inside to dry off and have some hot chocolate and tuna melts and play some games.

It was a good Saturday. The kind I like the best. Staying in my jammies all day, not having to rush anywhere and having a warm and cozy home to come back to after a play in the snow with my family.

WEEKEND PLANS

We feel very fortunate to have been offered a place to stay at Whistler this past long weekend. It was a much needed family time, after we ditched the kids for 5 days when Jake and I went to Hawaii. Daddy has also been doing a lot of travel for work (very sad for us) and I have been on the computer more than ever, editing sessions.

These are some of the things we accomplished:

• spiderman puzzle
• scrabble junior
• UNO
• paper dolls
• colouring
• eating 5 bags of chips
• 4 trips to the coffee store (for peppermint mochas and egg nog lattes)
• 2 trips to the playground
• a matinee with the big kids
• reconnecting with friends (who I don't see nearly enough)
• 1 village stroll
• catching a few snowflakes on our tongues before it turned to rain
• hours spent in the hot tub
• hours spent in the sauna (Will and I thought it was too hot)
• kicking back and being all together for 72 hours

HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN A 38 YEAR OLD HALF NAKED MAN HULA DANCE?

Hello blog. I have missed you. I'm having difficulty finding the time to come here and post pictures and write stories.

Since my last post, we celebrated Halloween and Jake and I flew away to Hawaii for 5 nights without our children!! It was heavenly. I read an entire book. I drank and ate and slept and swam and slept and relaxed. Even the airplane ride was fun. And mostly, it was so nice to be with my husband without the distractions and demands of our children.

Thank you Seema for taking care of the wee ones. I know they worked you over. I hope they didn't scare you too much. We sure are glad you are here!