The Kids – Page 12 – a hippie with a minivan

few new pics…

I realized that I haven’t shared new pics in a while…

Xavier won’t let me take many pics of him… so these are from a few weeks ago….

He is a really cool kid and getting older and changing so much…

he loves video games and is really good at them… At the moment his favourites are Zelda for the wii and Spore…he is also a champ at wii boxing and he can beat pretty much anyone… He plays a lot with Lego’s and makes spaceships of all kinds…

He has lost a few teeth now and there are 2-3 that are loose and he should lose soon…his smile is so weird right now because of it…

the most amazing thing though is to see how all the information that he has been accumulating over the years is now coming together and making sense for him… and it just gets more amazing everyday…

I took these of Colin yesterday…

Colin is a such a sweetie… he is easygoing and fun… he is also a bundle of energy and agility… always running and jumping and tumbling and turning… I really would love to get him into gymnastics or circus or something because it is amazing what he can do with his body….

Here is a pic from a few weeks ago of him jumping up and down in the kitchen trying to see how high he could jump…

He is really into Star Wars and Indiana Jones… he loves his action figures and always has a few with him whatever he is doing… he also loves to play video games and his favs are Lego Star wars and Lego Indiana Jones…

and of course Khéna…

Khéna is a cutie… he is always cuddling and wanting to be with us… Like Colin, he sings almost all of the time… he is in a language boom and everyday he talks more and makes more sentences…

He looks up to his big brothers and follows them everywhere… he is very nurturing and very loving… and I love seeing the kid that he is becoming…

I think we might turn orange…

I have been eating so many oranges lately…

Not because I choose to get up and get one out of the fridge and peel it…

no…

it is because Khéna figured out that he can peel oranges and loves to do so but doesn’t like to eat them… so many times a day he gets an orange out of the fridge, peels it and brings it to me… or to his brothers…

At least they are good for us… lol

a playdough day…

For a while now colin has been wanting me to make a new batch of playdough… Khéna is now at the age where play dough doesn’t look like food as much anymore so this morning I finally decided to do it…

I made two batches… one blue and one green… both with a vanilla scent…

here is the recipe I use…

1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tarter
1 tbsp oil
2 tsp vanilla extract (I use the cheap clear stuff)
1 cup flour
colouring

Mix in a pan on the stove over medium heat until thick…

The boys watched while I made it and then ran down stairs to get the play dough toys while it cooled…

They sat down at about 9:30… and their imaginations just soared…

Khéna smashed and bashed and pressed and mashed… Colin made toast with butter, pizza and Anakin Skywalker…

Xavier made cookies and cakes and spaghetti and meatballs… I cut a kleenex box and they had an “oven” to cook things in…

Cookies

at noon I asked them to put it away while we ate lunch…

After lunch they went and played in the snow for about an hour and a half and then got inside and soon after got the playdough out again and played for another 2 hours with it…

I have a feeling that we will be playing with playdough quite often in the next few days…

having fun…

We had a great x-mas eve and x-mas day… the boys woke up with big smiles at the gifts under the tree…

Khéna was ready to dive right in so he opened the first gift while the boys watched…and then each took their turn…

Colin saw the big box under the tree and said without hesitation… “That is my big box of Star Wars “bonhommes””…

It was the only thing that he had been asking for for months now and was really confident that he would get it… Thankfully… Simon had picked out a bunch of star wars figurines and we put them in a big box and it was exactly what he was expecting…

As per our tradition.. the fondue from the night before became leftovers for x-mas day which meant that there was nothing to do for supper… and we could just relax and play…

Our family gift was a big hit also… we got a Wii !

We have been having so much fun with it… along with the wii Sports and wii Play that came with the game and the extra remote, I got Zelda and the boys got Star wars Lego and then Mario Cart from their Aunt… Xavier was a bit hesitant to try the sport games but they have quickly become a favourite… especially bowling and boxing…

Simon is going back to work tomorrow for 2 days and then he is only going back on the following Monday… it is feeling great having family time and just having fun with the kids and relaxing…

Work party…

Yesterday we went to Simon’s work party for families… It turned out to be pretty nice…

Last year wasn’t the best because of the location… it took a long time to get in, the space was small and dark and it just felt crowded… this year though the space was nice and everything turned out great…we got there early so we found a table and the boys went on the bouncy structures and didn’t have to wait too long for a few turns…

I wonder what Colin was thinking…

Then the santa clause arrived and the boys got all excited but had no problem waiting until we could get in line (it was by last name) and while we waited we helped ourselves to the buffet… and it was quite good also…

There were a few things that we couldn’t eat, but the boys had no problem with that and it wasn’t even mentioned on our part or on thiers… though I do know that Xavier noticed…

When they could go see the Santa…Xavier and Colin went to him and Khéna stayed in Simon’s arms…

The gifts are bought by age and are different for boys and girls and this year the gift were pretty cool… (last year we were not so lucky)

Khéna got a set of Crayons (the ones that are big and easy for kids to hold and can go on fingers) along with a colouring book and a wooden puzzle.

Colin got a wooden pirate themed “tock” game (simular to sorry!)

Xavier got a wooden model biplane to put together…

Anyway… the party was from 10am-1pm but since we got there before 10 and the structures were getting crowded we decided to leave at about 12… we were pretty close to the MEC which I had been wanting to go to for a while now so we stopped by there and then Best Buy for another set of controllers for the Wii that we are giving as a gift for the family at x-mas and then headed home…

We were home by 2:30 which was pretty good for having had a full day already and we ate leftovers so we were able to relax…

It ended up being a pretty nice day…