Busily Late To The Party

It's been a while. I'm not going to tell you I've been busy. The word busy drives me crazy lately. "How are you?" "Busy", "What have you been up to?" "We have been so busy." Busy, Busy, Busy. I mean what does busy mean? Who truly is busy? I mean, isn't all about priorities? Or possibly all about excuses? Okay, tangent over. Although, I can go on, but I won't.

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I have Christmas holiday fun to finish up but things have just been so busy (sorry, couldn't help myself). I will get to it later this week. There are hockey games, bowling, movies tea, lost teeth and so much more to share.

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I have decided not to do project 365 again this year. I came up 60 (or was it 65?) photos short from last year. The whole point of Project 365 is to take pictures of the everyday, everyday. I am going to do this a different way this year. With a simple photo dump every once and a while (how's that for non-comittment?). We upgraded our phones over the holidays and I discovered instagram. Yes, I am aware that it has been the top app for a couple years now. I am always late to the party so here's my start years after everyone "else is doing it."

Photo Dump (this is a big one)

Tuesday ski day with my boys

In the car two minutes

"You be the player, I'll be the goalie"

Our nightly tradition, eating dinner by candle light.

Sometimes I put my drinks in a coffee cup so the kids don't ask to have a sip.

Bath time

"Snug as a bug in a rug me mommy"

Thursday morning skate

After skate treats

Thursday night dinner

Thursday night skiing

Kid date

Girls night

Prepping for her first sleepover

Girly sleepover fun

The morning after the sleepover giggleover

I love it when he sits like this

Good morning

Morning Picasso

Jedi

Late night princess reading

Kickin it, 80's style

Rainbows and Unicorns

A Christmas break that starts off with almost 3 full days lounging around the house, playing eating and drinking and just being together in our P.J.'s is going to be a great break. Especially, when you know that you have 13 more days of holidaying to come. We have swam and baked

We went to the cottage for a night. We packed in as much winter fun as we could opening Christmas gifts, skating, playing on the frozen lake, tobogganing and relaxing.

We then went to our friends cottage for our annual New Years Eve party. The night was full of food, drinks, fun, friends and of course fireworks. The kids celebrated New Years at 10:00 after a quick change of the clocks (kids that could tell time are over-rated). All adults stayed up until midnight, WITHOUT naps, AND nobody was markered.

We had quiet moments at home playing hockey, playing games and putting on dances and tobogganing down the hill beside our house

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We spent a day at Yorkdale Mall and the Rainforest Cafe.

We spent a day skiing. Cooper's first time on his ski's and Simon's first time on his snowboard. Both boys did amazingly well. Riley is an old pro. Looking for bigger hills, steeper parts and wanting to go, go go.

We have a few fun activities planned for our last two days together. We are going to miss this break and all the yummies that has gone with it.

Already counting down to March Break.