Christmas Day

Un petit bonhomme de neige

We think we'll keep her

Ben was fully outfitted with hockey gear

The scene

Santa was good to Mike and Judy

Ben loved opening all the gifts

Georgia was pumped

Santa visits Dreamland Park!

Things are getting very exciting out here in North Hatley. Tonight Santa made a brief stop at Dreamland Park before he embarks on his big journey. Ben and Georgia were both very excited to see him.

Patiently waiting.

Grandpa and Ben

Georgia was pumped.

The big moment!

The tree!

The last Christmas tree hunt was just a warmup for the real deal. Today we went out to the Downey's massive tree farm and hunted down the tree for the living room. We had a great time and Ben was very happy with the tree we selected.

Making some wreaths

Tractor ride was the highlight.

The man, the myth, the legend!

Grandpa and Ben after selecting the perfect tree.

A few refreshments after the big day!

Christmas baking.

Ben's been inspired by all the great food out here! He's taken quite a liking to the kitchen. Grandma got him all decked out in some baking clothes and spent a morning making some butter tarts. Here's the photos.

"busy work"

This may be a new record for the longest time to bake a tart.

It's Official!

A couple things to look for in order to know Christmas is just around the corner...
#1) Snow covering the ground
#2) Charlie Brown Christmas on T.V.
#3) Your Father in law swearing at the lights

The first two haven't happened yet but as for #3...

Classic!

We also made a trip to the tree farm to get the tree for the yard.

Ben searched hard for one he liked...
He finally settled on one.

Good thing we had Grandpa to convince him otherwise.

The spoils.

Adventures in Fine Motor Skill Acquisition...

"What do we have here?"

"It's a bit slippery..."

"...and awkward"

"if I could just somehow..."

"get a grip on this thing"

"It would..."

"taste..."

"so..."

"good, ahhhh."

Georgia's Baptism

It was a very eventful weekend as we had Georgia baptized and headed to the Grey Cup all in the same day. Definately a day to remember. Here's a few pics....

Ben and Rylan kicked things off by ringing the bell.

The boys filling the bird bath.

Georgia was pumped!

My beautiful girls!

The crew.
Tammy and Chris are the Godparents,
and their son Rylan is Ben's homey.