The Christmas Boxes

We opened our Christmas boxes this morning!

Shiloh is still wearing his horse hat and shows no indications of taking it off. Ella keeps experimenting with her "pintheth shoes". I'm sure she'll get the hang of them before long. She also loves her Curious George monkey, and insisted on sharing naptime with him. Max and Ruby and Veggie Tales have already been on today. And Ella is trying to read all of her books at once.

Julie and I are thrilled with our goodie box [I've already got the coffee on], and Julie has already transferred everything into her new purse.

Thanks to everyone!! :D

Thanks to everyone.

Thanks. To everyone.

Happy Birthday to Me

The Daddy's Girl

Hers is a daddy's girl.

The Wireless Canuck

I finally managed to hook up my wireless router last night, which means I can now blog from any room of the house (so look forward to the occasional future post from the loo!). Thus, this is my first blog post from my laptop, put together while comfortably seated in the livingroom.

The Tooth

And Now For Something Completely Different

Take a walk with me in the blistering cold. Except without the cold. Or the walking.

I also made this one for Thomas:

Merry Christmas!

Sledding

Here a few pictures Julie snapped yesterday of the kids riding on the sled in our own Winter Wonderland. Sorry in advance for the poor quality of the pictures; I didn't have time to host them properly.

Gimli

We spent the afternoon in Gimli today.


Of course, we had to go native.


Ella LOVED the play structure.


So did Shiloh.


Ella also thought sand was DELICIOUS and kept offering us some. We declined politely.


What a day!

Birth Days

Here's Shiloh and Ella sharing my tiramisu last weekend when we celebrated my birthday.


It was cold Tuesday morning when I snapped this picture of Shiloh in the swing. He was just waiting for the photoshoot to end so we could get back to swinging.


We visited the YMCA play structure yesterday. Ella LOVED the slide and she LOVED the other kids and she thought the tunnels were THE GREATEST THING EVER. On another note, I *may* have thrown my back out hauling her up the five child-sized levels to the top of the slide.

The Wild Child

Here's a video of Ella squealing and laughing while playing peekaboo with Daddy.

The Zoo Pooh

We visited the zoo Friday afternoon and posed for a quick snapshot beside the Pooh statue.

The Swimmin' Hole

The Siblings

There is Nothing New Under the Sun

Julie and I and the kids have been staying out at Bobchi's for the last few days, which explains why I haven't posted anything of late. The weather's been reasonably warm and nice recently, and we've all been making the most of it and spending some time outdoors.

Shiloh and I went yesterday to a relative's farm to watch them feed the baby calves (they fed their turkey, cats, horses, and cows while we were there, too). Shiloh thought the turkey was neato, the calves were cool, and the horses were scary. But best of all were (yup, you guessed it) the cows. How amoosing.

I hope to have something interesting up by next week (or, in the very least, something). I wonder -- should I post a new picture of Ella? Hmm... Guess we'll see.

Been There, Done That, Bought the T-Shirt

Can't get enough of the Confederate Canuck blog? Now you can wear it, too, with the Official Confederate Canuck t-shirt. On sale now!

[Edit: This isn't a joke. You really can go to Wordans.com and purchase a t-shirt like the one above for only $22.36. Really. And it gets even better -- $2 from every shirt go to help feed hungry children... my hungry children.]

The Snowshoes

The Perogie Maker

The Sliding Hill, Round 2

Shiloh and I took on the sliding hill again on Tuesday.


About to take on the hill.


Holding on tight.


Trying not to die.


Doing something stupid.

Labelution

As y'all may or may not have noticed, I find tinkering with photoshop to be relaxing. Subsequently, the Confederate Canuck banner changes from time to time as I sleepily ply my meager chopping abilities in the wee hours of the night. For lack of something interesting (and non-Ella related) to post, here are all of the banners that I've created to date, including some that have never seen the light of day. I'll also be adding future banners to this post, so check back from time to time so the the new additions.






























[Edited 1/26/10:] This one's for Mom: