Christmas Eve

Yes.... it is here!  The time has flown by recently.  Our little boys have been quite busy....

....... Munchie had a Christmas concert with his Grade 1 class.  He is in the center in the black Bat-Moose shirt.  Curtie....

... also had a Christmas concert with his Junior Kinderegarten class.  You can see him easily with the number 6 on his shirt.  According to my reporter, they were both adorable and sang gustily.  They also....

.......... attended a couple of Christmas parties.  Here is Curtie sitting on Santa's knee, telling Santa what is on his wish list and getting his picture taken.

And of course, his big brother, Munchie also got that opportunity.  Then, this weekend, they came....

........ to visit us!  While Curtie was busy playing with Poppa....

.......... Munchie was busy seeing who was tallest - himself or Pumpkin.  The final decision was that Munchie was taller!  He checked then to see..........

......... if he was taller than both Pumpkin and Hershey - yep!  You can see his head peeking over both of them in the center.  Meanwhile....

......... Curtie was hamming for the camera with Taffy.  As the day wore on....

...... Munchie and the two big bears got worn out and took a nap!  After getting into their pj's, Munchie wanted this picture taken....

.......... so you could all see a better shot of his Bat-Moose sweat-shirt.  Once again, the time flew and they left for home where they are anxiously awaiting Christmas Day, so .....

......... they could open presents!

Deck The Halls

Here it is - time to think about Christmas decorations and Christmas trees and so on.

At Munchie's house this meant carefully unpacking all the decorations.  Then....

.... Munchie climbed up on a chair to reach the high parts, while....

............ Curtie carefully chose which ornament to put on the tree next (I love the expression on his face in this photo)...

......... and handed it to his big brother, or chose his own spot closer to the bottom.  Doesn't the tree look pretty?  Mommy says the letters have been sent to Santa and the count-down is on!

Weather Warning!

While I was doing some chores a few days ago, I glanced out the window.....

............ and saw Poppa outside with his shovel.  Yes....we got even more snow.  Because of some recent health issues that Poppa had - Squeegie and Taffy were keeping an eye on him.  Earlier....

.......... he had the snow blower out - and you can see it was quite windy and chilly and....

........... there was quite a bit of snow.  For a while........

........ both Poppa and the chap across the road were out dealing with the snow.  Later....

......... there was just Poppa - blowing the edge of the road so that the mail person could get to the mailbox and so there would be less snow for the snow plow to fill in the end of the driveway.  The shovel at the edges was the last step and thankfully he was finished for a while.  Since then we've had a couple of milder days - and there is actually less snow outside right now.  We did brave the cold weather and...........

............ go for lunch with Auntie Cecile and Auntie Colleen for our regular Tuesday get-together.  Another day....

.......... Auntie Jean came out for a visit.  She brought her i-Pad with her and we spent a while together figuring out how to do the things she would like to do with it.  When I went into the room reserved for our little grandsons to do some dusting, I was somewhat alarmed when I looked at Curtis' bed.....

....... to find this rather large fellow sitting there.  After a brief conversation, he said his name is Hershey and he is planning on staying!  Not only that...

........... his brother, Pumpkin, is settled in on Munchie's bed!  Oh gracious - just what we needed - two more bears.........

........ especially as they have been known to sneak into our space and take over Poppa's chair!  It appears that Squeegie and Taffy don't mind at all!  I sat in my chair anyway and worked on....

.... Auntie Colleen's sweater.  The arms and body are now attached and....

........ I am currently working on the yoke.  I'm hoping to finish it up in the next week or so.  It has been a really challenging and fun project after so many socks and dishcloths!  The weather?  Well it is still really cold outside...........

............. the bears bundle up before they go out in the car......... and..........

.......... when we're at home, they snuggle under blankets.