Snowing!

It was snowing yesterday so Simon and I went to the park and then across the street into the garden at the school to play in the snow a bit. Simon is wearing new boots that he's not great at walking in yet. 

Bed head.

Bath time

Grandpa Bart and Grandma Kiki Christmas Visit

Grandpa Bart and Grandma Kiki came up for Christmas week. There were many days of unwrapping presents and lots of fun playing with grandparents and lots new toys. In addition Simon discovered bubble wrap (he was delighted by jumping on it) and Dad and Kiki read more children's books than they thought possible.

It was a cold week and while we toughed it out one day at the park (see sliding picture below!) it was a pretty indoor week. Grandma Kiki came up with the best Christmas activity which will certainly become a family tradition: Going to the train exhibit at the botanic gardens.  The trains were a hit with everyone, especially a certain 18 month old who loves trains. Simon spent over an hour just staring around the room in awe. He'd get excited and point as they went by. There are some really beautiful pictures from the train expo, they are all the way at the bottom after the jump so you'll need to look through lots of great pictures to get to them.

Family Christmas Photo

Family Christmas Photo 2

At Holiday Train Expo
(note Simon not paying any attention to the camera, there were trains to watch!) 

So many more pictures of the week after the jump.

Second Christmas (Sunday December 23rd)

Second Christmas of 2012 was on Sunday the 23rd of December. Jenn came over and Simon, Grandpa Bart, Grandma Kiki, Colleen, Alan and I unwrapped presents for Jenn and from Jenn. It was a great day of family time and new toys!

First Christmas Present 2012

Table and chairs from Gaga Cindy and Pawpa Ken! Yay. 

6 Videos from past few months

We just set Jenn up with my youtube account so she can upload videos easily from her phone. As a result, we have a bunch of videos taken in the past few months. First one is from just a few days ago, but there are some from September in here too. They are roughly in time order going backward.