We left the little people home with Uncle Don and in the evening the rest of us made a quick trip to an ice skating rink to do a bit of gliding on the ice.  Dot was able to teach YaYa some tricks, and The Banana started to get the…

Having lots of little people around means that there are bound to be messes, particularly when two of those little people are very, very busy toddling boys.  There isn’t a picture of all the things spilled at the table, or the dust pans filled with food from under the table…

We predicted that Alex would have fun at the aquarium, and it ended up being a great morning outing the day after Christmas.  All the kids bounced around the different exhibits.  We had a great time feeding the fish, which is not something we often do when we visit.  YaYa…

The weather has been ridiculously warm, and every little bit of snow we seem to get melts away.  However, the day before Christmas Eve, we received a light dusting of snow, just enough to make things look white and Christmas-like.  This was a huge blessing, because we actually thought we…

This is what he does when his sister is crying too loudly!