October 31, 2015

Our first snowfall that will stay, I'll bet.  Usually our first snowfall that stays is October 11 (SR's birthday).  Quite a bit later this year.  And just in time for the Trick or Treaters on Hallowe'en night!

Hallowe'en

Today - the day before Hallowe'en - the kids are going to the Daycare Hallowe'en party.  Brooke designed and made their costumes and they couldn't be cuter.  Above, Alanna is getting dressed in her costume.

Emerson had to take a book break in the midst of his dressing.  Wheels of the Bus is his favourite.

And finally, they are ready.  

I think they will be the hit of the party!

                                                      Emerson                                                               Alanna

Their comb was bound to come off their head.  Oh well, they look just as cute and we can always use our imagination if we want it back on their head.

A Beautiful October Afternoon

Beautiful fall day today.  We all took the kids out for a walk, something they love to do now that they CAN walk.

The dogs came too.  Notice they are linked.  Timber doesn't always listen to commands.  Lily does.  Tie them together and when you say come, Lily drags Timber along.  It makes life so much easier.

In the picture below it looks like little Timber is coming out of SR's back pocket!!

It began with SR & I walking with little Alanna between us.  Let's swing her I said.  One, two, three, SWING.  She laughed and laughed and laughed.  We did it again and again, then I moved on to Emerson.

Above, he is anticipating a big swing.  He loved it as much as Alanna.

SR's Birthday

I can't believe a forgot to post SR's birthday dinner photos.  Alanna got all dressed up for the occasion.  She looked like a little princess.

Emerson got dressed up as well.

We had a - I would say lovely but this was the day my oven decided Not to work properly - so I will say we had a dinner.  Above SR is getting ready to blow out a wee ice cream cake, which the kids, especially Alanna, loved!

And kids will be kids.  They are not always perfect as seen the in photo above.  (But they are still cute!)

Saturday October 10

This is a first. I had the twins overnight this weekend while their parents had a well deserved rest at the cabin - baby free.  Yes, went there Saturday afternoon and left Sunday afternoon and I survived!  And so did they!  As you can see Alanna is now into fashion and shoes are a big part of that.  Here she is trying to wear her Mom's boot.

Breakfast was French Toast, Cheerios and fruit.  Alanna did very well eating out of the bowl I gave her.

Emerson, not so much.  He was trying the dog method of putting your whole face in the bowl.  Easier and quicker to get the food in your mouth I suppose.  Then Alanna would look at him, smile and try the same thing.  All in all, we had a fun time together - eating, reading books, playing games and napping.

Climate Change ??????? Friday, October 9

When I first moved here, there was no such thing as fog.  That was a Vancouver thing.  Now look!

And we had rain almost every day in the summer (Vancouver??).  Vancouver had a hot dry summer.  And today it was a steady drizzle (Vancouver??).  We are getting weather that is not normal!

The Martian

I am only going to say one thing about this movie:

BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!

Sunday with Stuart McLean

Went to the Arts Centre tonight to see Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe.  We were lucky because of the three day performance schedule, tonight was the night being recorded for the radio.  Tune in on October 24th (and they also said 25th - so I don't really know the CBC schedules I guess) to hear the performance I heard tonight.  I have seen him before and it was good but tonight was especially good.  It was interesting to see what happens when they record for radio.  We redid a lot when he made a mistake, for example he kept calling Sarah McDougall, the local entertainment for the evening, Sarah McLaughlin.  Time and time again he did this.  He also did a great interaction with the audience this time.  He is quite amusing.  He did some giveaways, one of which was to the oldest person in the audience.  She was 89 years old. One was to the youngest.  Thomas was 5.  It was Thomas that presented the gift to the oldest.  Very cute.  All in all it was a great entertaining evening.  I didn't really want to go and now I am so glad I did.

Just Googled CBC Radio here is what I found:

• Saturdays at 9:05 AM across Canada on Radio Two
• Sundays at 12:05 PM across Canada on Radio One