Day 8 - Door 8

Last night was the Chesley Santa Claus Parade and the Chesley Baptist Church invited the kids to participate on their float.  Kiernan was really excited until yesterday.  Then the nerves kicked in.  He wasn't sure he wanted to go any more.  He was scared and not sure.  Jadzia was not sure either but for a different reason.  She has been in the parade for a few years now.  She started wondering what she was missing by watching the parade instead of being in it.  Ultimately they had promised to be on the float so rather than let their friends down off the went.

Unlike his brother and sister, Kelly had no trouble deciding... he was gonna watch.  He wanted to see if the Community Cruiser from Country 93 would be there.  Then he heard that Donna Henry and Bob Bannister were coming with the cruiser.  He was sooo excited!  They are so good to him.  We stopped and talked to when we walked down to the staging area to drop of Zia and Kiernan.  Donna Henry sucked up Jackson as well (he came along for the walk)  Then later during the parade when they spotted Kelly in the crowd they waved and called out to him.  He felt so special and happy. 

Day 7 - Door 7

December 7th, 2012

Today is HOCKEY Pictures!  

I Love Hockey Pictures!  Especially since we started getting them done as a group.  Rather than getting individuals that just sit in a drawer somewhere.  I like getting the group picture.  We hang it on the wall with the trophies.  Getting them done before Christmas to hang has become one of our traditions.

December 6th

Day 6 - Door 6

Behind today's door is Gram and Poppy's Christmas Tree.  The Early Dismissal Day made it a nice afternoon decorating!  

Tried to post the video but for some reason it wouldn't post so you can click the link to view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFhBZ-M2WxE

Day 5, Door 5

December 5th, 2012

Today is the "Pet Parade"  We love to include the animals in our festive activities. Jadzia loves to buy presents for all the pets she knows.  Kiernan just enjoys roughhousing with the dogs.  But he thought it was kinda neat when we dressed them up for Halloween.  When we were decorating the tree I found the antlers and we decided to try them out.  Jackson takes some convincing but Sully doesn't seem to mind at all.

The kids also enjoyed seeing these pictures Meagan sent us of her "furry kids"

December 4th - Door 4

It never seems to end around here.  There is always something to do! 

Hockey, Christmas Activities, Curling... so much!

Behind today's door is some of the activities and craft the kids have left around the house as they start to get excited about Christmas!

This photo is of some of the LEGO creations Kiernan has been building from his LEGO Star Wars Countdown Calendar.

Here is one string of the Advent beads, strung and hung on the tree waiting for Sunday!

December 3rd 2012

 Day 3 - Door 3

What a busy day.  It seemed like despite the fact we did not have to go anywhere that we were racing against time all day.  We had a list of things we wanted to do, then another list of things we needed to do before we could do those things.  It became a really long list.

So behind today's door is our Christmas tree.  We took a few videos while we were trimming the tree and put them together here for you to watch.  Kind of like you were here with us.  The kids had fun, unfortunately Kelly only got to help with the lights and garland before his bus came.  He seemed ok with it but the rest of us were disapointed. We changed where we put the tree and we put it on a table this year so it doesn't look quite so dwarfed by our large room.  Everyone seems happy with the result.


Join us!

 

December 2nd 2012

Day 2

24 days to Christmas

It has been a busy day.  Hockey Game, hockey practice, Christmas Pageant practice and a big surprise!

So today behind door number two we have 2 items...

Kiernan scoring a goal at his morning hockey game today.

AND

after hockey we found out that SANTA was at the Rexall store!