Photo shoot

My Mom wanted pics of the kids...so I tried...some were harder to choose from the selection, and some were obvious winners. And I figures I should show up on my blog too, just for a change. ;)

Just a dusting, and that was all

We still feel like fall here in our part of Ontario. Foggy weather. Occasional drizzles. It'll come...and we are ready and waiting!

We enjoyed the little that we got. It melted quickly on the stone, but if you went to the picnic tables and the sandbox edges, you could scrape together a ball!

 My mitten is falling off! My thumb is not in!

 Nathan managed to get quite the snowball!

Matthew scraped together some too, it kept okay on the wood.

 Daniel is all set to go out!

Jennifer enjoyed the snow too...and thought it looked very tasty!

On the subject of tasty...I found someone munching ice from the puddle on the driveway one freezing day, and I tried to calmly explain that that was not okay. YUCK!

Talent evening

 After a talent evening at church where all we did was watch, the kids put on their own show.

 Some of it was serious and well done. Some of it was made up on the spot.

 And some of it was silly.

Including the audience!

Waiting for Breakfast

 Once upon a Saturday morning, after all the kiddoes were showered and clean...we had to wait for breakfast to be ready before we could eat. This is a very regular Saturday morning occurrence, as Daddy makes fried eggs for the family. What to do while Mom sets the table and that heavy cast iron pan takes "forever" to get hot?

 Nathan hangs around asking questions while helping set the table, or lend a hand in any other way he sees is needed.

 Matthew checks on breakfast. Is it ready yet? We're hungry.

 Melanie pays no attention to how much time passes, for she is in a different land in a different time, and has forgotten all about us and any hunger she may have had.

 Anything else we need on the table? Napkins....ok...

 Jennifer has finished hanging up her picture on the billboard

 while Matthew wonders if he can see a goofy face of his on the camera if I catch one by accident.

 Daniel and Evelyn are playing house together, Daniel being the owner, Evelyn the dog.

Evelyn pauses to be annoyed that I don't let her see what pictures I am taking

 but since she is just ignored, she goes off trotting with Daniel, as that's what he orders.

 Jennifer pauses to tell me about what she has hung and where and how she made it and why she made it that why and what colours she used...and I try to listen a while, but unfortuntately, get distracted.

 Is my breakfast ready yet?

Wise and not so wise comments from the youth.

Jennifer:
"If it is then it is, and if it's not then it's not. If it'd medium, then it's medium."

Daniel, quoting AA Milne:
"Roo-dear"
"ruder."
"ha haha" (evilly)

Evelyn:
"You're my mommy, I'm your daughter. And Daddy is my daddy. And I am yours."