Christmas with Grandpa John & Grandma Marilyn

This year we spent Boxing Day at the Martens'! We had a great day of opening gifts, playing with toys, sitting in the hot tub, having naps, watching movies and eatting lots of food!! Mackenzie got her very own deer to cuddle just like Grandmas! Cole's new piggy bank - complete with lights and train noises everytime you put money in!
Mackenzie with he very own Canadian Doll named Alexi! She came with her own journal and different outfits!

Cole was once again happy to find more costumes - this time a Ninja!

Cole's all time favourite gift - an Optimus Prime transformer helmet - it even changes your voice when you speak into it!

In the evening Mackenzie played some Christmas songs for everyone on the piano!

Christmas Day

This year we were able to spend Christmas Day entirely at our house! The kids were up bright and early at 7:15 and were eager to unwrap the packages under the tree! The kids picked out some scrapbook supplies and a cart for me from Rhubarb Roots! Not hard to put that gift to good use!

Mackenzie loved opening all of the goodies in her stocking! From earrings to socks she loved it all!
Cole also found lots of goodies in his stocking!
Mackenzie made us a Christmas card at school and was more than happy to take our picture!

Cole's favourite gifts this year were the many costumes he recieved!!! Spiderman, Batman, Power Ranger, Pirate and a football costume have now been added to his costume collection!
Mackenzie was thrilled with her new Hannah Montana MP3 player!
Cole with yet another costume!
Everyone always needs new games at Christmas!

Xmas with Grandma Ann & Grandpa Bern

We spent Christmas Eve day at Grandma Ann & Grandpa Bern's house! It was great to be able to relax there for the day! We opened gifts, had brunch, played with toys, sat in the hot tub, watched movies and had supper!
Mackenzie got a karoke machine from Grandma & Grandma! It didn't take her long and she was singing along with the gang from High School Musical!
Cole got a Smart Cycle from Grandma & Grandpa! It connects to the TV and he can play racing games which are educational!!! The racing part is totally up Cole's alley so hopefully he'll learn something in the process!
Cole 's new mask from his ninja turtle pajamas!
Mackenzie reading the Christmas Story before we started opening gifts!

Those good old Santa boots were filled once again with lots of candy and treats!
The kids were very excited to be able to open up gifts from their cousins! Cole loved his pirate telescope which will be a great addition to his many costumes!
Mackenzie got a Lip Balm kit and a Chia pet from her cousins!

Dashing through the Snow

Last Saturday we headed to Holland for the Friesen gathering and a sleigh ride in the snow! It was an amazing day with snowflakes falling - it was almost picture perfect! The kids were really excited for the sleigh ride!
Cole and his best friend Jeff during one of our stops when we got stuck!
Everybody had to get out and the men pushed the wagon out!
Whoops! This picture should be at the end! After supper Mackenzie was lucky enough to play Uncle John's mandolin!
Checking out the horses with Uncle Bill!

All bundled up and ready for the snow ride - Grandma Ann, Aunty Sharon and Aunty Jane!
Here we go!
Cheers! Beverages were included and passed out by the flight attendants!!! We even sang a rousing song of Jingle Bells!

Dress Up

Playing dress up is a poular past time at our house! This time Mackenzie got a little wild and crazy when she found my old glasses from when I was a kid! Can you guess what she's supposed to be? A school teacher of course!!!
She then got a hold of her little brother and turned him into a fashion diva!!! She's lucky that he still cooperates with her and he will put on pretty much anything she asks him too!!!
Super Cole! One of his friends borrowed this costume to him!!! I don't think he's taken it off since!
Making cream cookies for Christmas!!

Christmas Concerts

Cole's pre-school concert was entertaining!! What else could you expect with 20 or so 4 year olds on stage singing and saying poems. Once again, Cole and Carter found a seat right beside each other!
Mackenzie's Grade 2 Christmas Concert was filled with songs, poems and plays from the different Grade 2 classes! She was very excited to perform for us all!
Her class did two poems on stage.
This poem was about a Christmas Tree!