Snow fever

 The long awaiting "big snow" arrived. I warned the kids it would melt soon.
You would not believe how fast their school work got done that morning!

 "Let's go sliding!"

 "Where did they go?"

 "I'm coming too!"

 "Woah! Yikes. What is this?"

 Daniel had to come back for something, but was off like a shot once again.

Last but not least. Evelyn tags along to see what is so exciting.

Bad kid, good kid

 Uh, yeah, I'm standing on the couch.
 

 Can you take a picture of what I made out of kapla?

 It has a T on it.

Walking again

We finally got around to showing Daddy our new walking trails. They are very extensive! This is when we saw the otter. Christmas holidays and some of us took off our winter coats during the sunny part of the walk!

Busy at home

 We borrowed Tintin over the holidays at Nathan's request. He wasn't the only one to enjoy the books!

New walking trails

 I wasted an hour or so of my day going to a presentation with the kids. It was at our neighbouring golf course. About their pesticide use. Philip wanted me to ask "If my kids are playing in the water with boats from their spring runoff and the kids' hands turn purple from the water, should we be concerned?" I almost did. But, I had the kids with me. So I had to behave. ;) They did give us permission to walk on the course, snowshoe and ski there (No motors! Stay off the greens!) during the off season.

Since then we have been exploring there. Some of us have eyes only for Golf Berries growing on the sides, but some of us enjoy the nature and wildlife. We saw an otter 1.5 weeks ago! The place is huge though, so with little legs along, we've only seen a small portion of it yet.

Best of all, we don't need to go on the road to get to our new walking trails. :)

Talented Jennifer

What Jennifer is reading it is always more interesting that what I have. What is that Jennifer?

Look, Mom, I made the painting. See the water. And the sky and the sand. And there are the people!

City in use

 The ramps are a bit rickety. Especially for boys with 2 year old sisters that insist on helping getting in the way.

Daniel is 6!

Six years old already! Seems like almost yesterday when I was frustrated with the hospital staff. Yes, he is big. So was my sister. No, he's not diabetic. Can I please go home and sleep now? I'm sure he is fine. Well, maybe it seems like a lot longer than yesterday... A lot has happened. Daniel is a great kid. He is sweet. He is thoughtful. Hi is cuddly. He is smart. He is the opposite of all of these.

I keep some keys in my bedroom for the bad days. As a reminder. Long ago (a few months) he was terrible. I was so frustrated with him. Finally Daddy intervened. And why was he miserable? Because he was scared and felt terrible. He'd put the keys in the outlet of his room. And scared himself silly. It even had been arching.

Later I told him angels were watching over him. He could have died.

I should have tokens for the other kids' bad days too. ;) But they haven't had anything that dramatic happen that I have a memento for.

 My kitchen was decorated with balloons. Via static electricity. Lots of fuzzy haired people running around after. ;)

Daniel tried (and succeeded some) reading his cards. He was feeling big. He IS big. He is even filling out. No ear infections in over a year. :) Just colds and a flu.

Melanie and Matthew had been upstairs in Melanie's room a lot the week or two before Daniel's big day. They had tape and scissors and lots of whispers. Mom, could we have the car bucket out for Daniel's birthday?

They even ended up taking the last of my wrapping paper and piecing it together, even with a "6"!

A whole city! Skyscrapers, roads, parking lots, ramps, small buildings. All from recycling. (We are so green. ;)