Gingerbread gooeyness...

Here's this years Christmas creativity...

Monkey See - Monkey Do...

Merry Christmas from our home to yours :)

Christmas morning started at our house around 7:40am when Jackson came and whispered that Santa had come! I managed to put off getting up until 8-ish and then we all piled on the couch to open stockings! The boys hadn't fallen asleep until almost midnight...
Miles cooked a turkey on the BBQ and we had we had a quiet & lazy day :) Hope you all had a great Christmas too!

Cole couldn't resist a chocolate break :)

E&J opening Nerf spy guns from Auntie Sarah & family

New DSi's made for a very quiet day

Potadoh Head playdoh :)

an ornament Liam made @ school - I love it :)

Momma's new bling... a family ring that we designed

Christmas Eve

We are 'home alone' for Christmas this year and loving it! As much as we love our families and togetherness at Christmas, there's something unique about a quiet stay at home Christmas, once in awhile too (especially with how crazy-busy we've been lately)! On Christmas Eve, we invited some friends over AND we also got a special guest appearance from Santa!

On the first day of...

 Arrr! The Christmas holidays have begun and me home has been overrun by pirates! No more school for two weeks - let the fun begin!!!

Christmas 2009

I just realized that I didn't post any Christmas pictures, other than the gingerbread houses and our little flood! My family joined us this year from two provinces away, along with my parents' Brazilian student. The coldest she is used to at home is +20C, so -25C was a bit of a shock for the poor girl! We had a great Christmas and the boys loved seeing their cousins again!

Giuliana braving the snow with the kids!

The girls slipped out for a coffee and last minute shopping...

Cousins on Christmas Eve after the Church service

My boys on Christmas Eve

our stockings :)

Ethan's letter to Santa (and nine carrots for the reindeer)

Christmas pj's from Uncle Angus (they got to open them on Christmas Eve)

The tree

Buddies - Liam & Elise

" Team Brazil" - Giuliana gave the guys all shirts

Stockings

Liam

My lump of Cole :)

Ethan's new DIDJ (the kids all got t-shirts from Brazil too)

Jackson's new guitar

The table is set...

Hmmm... there's a certain way to open these if I remember right

Assembling our Christmas present - four new deck chairs! Can't wait for spring!

The boys with Papa, Grammie & Uncle Angus