SANTA!!!!

We went to the mall to see Santa on Friday...Brody was beside himself! He was so excited to see him and kept on saying, "I uppie with Santa!" He sat on his lap and they had a good little chat. Sienna was indifferent, although I'm glad she didn't find him scary and start to cry. She just kept her eye on me, making sure I wasn't going to leave her there! It was a good visit with Santa. Only two more days and he will be visiting our house...

Sinterklaas...the adult version!

Sinterklaas for the adults!!

After the kids were asleep in bed, we started our own Sinterklaas tradition...

We pull names every year and make a rhyme and a craft for that person, accompanied by a small gift. The results were as follows....

Kara had Paps, she made him an IPOD, complete with sudsy insides(shaving cream) and a little Mexican tune when you opened it! A Starbucks gift card and Tiesto CD for a gift!

I had Scott this year, and I made him a ping pong table, since that became his past time on his course in Banff in October for 2 weeks, and all he kept saying was that he wanted one!
A Timmy's coffee mug and some dress socks as a gift!

Scott had Mams, he made her a walker...since she always seems to be in pain with her bad knee and back. A little help getting around is always nice!!! It was complete with a basket on the front, deflective flag, and of course a dutch licence plate! A Tommy shirt and nail accesories were her gift!

Wow, does she ever look like her sister Jose in this picture!



Mams had me, and since we will be trying to sell our house in the new year to move into our newly built one, and the market is not exactly a sellers market... Mams thought we could use a little help.... so here's a mini of our house with the whole family pitching in to help sell it!
Even Kara and her baby belly are giving their best on the front lawn!
Some fuzzy ear muffs from Holt Renfrew were a nice warm gift!


Paps had Ralph, and made him a nice......portable sh#@*r ! This will come in handy for camping!! It was complete with sh#@ ! (That will have to come out and be cleaned) Of course it was not real, but Ralphie had to fish through it to find a note of where his gift was hidden. His bonus prize...a snow shovel!!


Ralph had Kara, he made her a giant pot of belly butter, (which Kara lavishly puts on every night before going to bed to keep her beautiful pregnant belly well greased) and she had to also dig for her clue (it was ALL JELL-O). She got a mini dipper crock pot and DVD.


All in all, we have a very fun evening, Sinterklaas has come and and gone, but we all look forward to it again next year!!

Sinterklaas!!!!!!

Every year the Dutch Canadian Club puts on a Sinterklaas party for the kids. It's nice to keep the tradition for our little dutch ones. Taylor, Hayden and Brody had a blast! They watched a magic show, sang some dutch Sinterklaas songs, ran around like animals and had a visit with Sinterklaas and 2 Zwarte Piet's who gave them all a little gift with chocolate and candies!

Sleepover at Oma and Opa's

Last weekend Scott had his Christmas Party so the kids stayed at Oma and Opa's Ralph and Kara went to the hockey game the same night, so Hayden joined Brody and Sienna as well and Oma and Opa had there hands full! The boys were awesome and Sienna was good too, she just keeps Oma a little busier!! It is SOOOO nice to have Oma and Opa close for times like this!!

Rub a dub dub, three grandkids in the tub!!

Oma and Sienna both in their jammies!!

Some Boy time! And Opa making funny faces as usual!!