Christmas... Day 3...

We are barely surviving... The amount of food that has been cooked has been ridiculous, and the van has been filled with gifts... No time for pictures or video even though we have lots of it...

Two more days of Christmas then we get to relax(?) in Ottawa...

Ken

Teresa's Shoe Box

Found her sitting in it suddenly... Weird kid.

Random Stuff...

Today, Teresa fell down the stairs for the first time. Not to worry, not very far and all is well. Ummm... Did you know Christmas is coming? We're busy trying to find gifts for people.

A few pics. A couple of the house & Cara's decoration and two of the day I strapped a diaper on Teresa's head (clean). I figured it was the logical extension because she puts them on her own head ALL the time.

Teresa Dancing

Her new move is the spin...

Decorating the House Christmas is Coming!

I came home from walking Rowdy in -25 (no wind though, so it was nice!) weather and Cara had the lights and garland on the tree... I know garland only on the tree? I helped change that and added some to the chandelier.

Here are the few pics we took, as we were too busy readying the house.

Teresa & Mom decorating. She is enamored by the lemon


Teresa trying to break her 1st XMas ornament...


More of the eternal cuteness.


Teresa 'put' the angel on.

Dad Visited...

Once again dad was in town but only for a short time. The night in nutshell can be described as Teresa being fussy, followed by some card games that are not particularly memorable, and then me skunking dad! Of course that made me 2-5 on the night, but hey let's focus on the positives. I imported dad's pictures and had decided to post a few highlights.

What happens when a grandparent is left in charge. Teresa thinks she can do what she wants in there now...


Teresa & Some important people





Bath time


Tidal Wave!


Feeding Oneself



Story Time...


The giant body suit is a 'bib'


Swinging...


Dismouting the bike


More stories...


No! I'd rather read it myself!


Once again what happens when you leave a grandparent in charge. True story: I leave for a moment and come back and Teresa is behind a blind trying to stick a plug in a socket all the while dad's back is turned... The kid is too smart some days!


Teresa climbing


I was clipping Rowdy's paws to try to keep the snow from balling up in them and all of a sudden I see Teresa riding him... Thankfully dad documented this quickly. Rowdy was never once stressed about this either...

People Dumber Than Miss Teen South Carolina...

Apparently she is some sort of American Idol contestant...

Christmas is coming!!

Well, Teresa got to go see Santa and I finally scanned the picture in... As you can see Cara wasn't very clear with Teresa... I think Teresa heard "Satan" and not "Santa" Ah well, at least we know she won't take candy from strangers. The picture lady at the mall was apologetic that this was the best picture. Personally, I think it is great (and wish I could have seen the worse ones :) Also, we went out today and bundled Teresa and bought a $20 Black Spruce from the Optimists. It looks good, but we'll see how it turns out because we are still letting it defrost. Teresa was good with Ray & Myrna's tree Sunday so we have high hopes.

Oh yeah, and LED lights aren't nearly as good as the old fashioned ones. Manitoba Hydro sucks, fooling me with a rebate. Boo!!! Have I mentioned that it was -29 this morning? How did we have two Octobers and go straight to February? I blame Al Gore & Stephane Dion for cooling the planet...

Dad was in town?

Apparently Pearl thinks dad was in town. I would assume therefore she could ask him to see the 4,912 pictures he took while here... Here are the three I took of them.

Teresa & Suri Cruise?

Creepy... Made by Cara's cousin Leia. Apparently some people have said the same thing to Cara in the supermarket. To think such a whack job's kid could look so similar to Tom Cruise's....

Teresa's Hair Butchered AGAIN!

Anyhow, for some reason relating to Teresa looking like a sheep dog (only about 1000 times cuter), Cara got her hair cut. Here are some pics. Teresa will be seeing Santa tomorrow.

I Couldn't NOT Post This!

Anyhow, I am home tonight with Cara away so she hasn't even seen the pictures yet... Teresa put on a pair of her undies like a Superman cape!! Oh yeah, and the Roughriders still suck and are from a province of cousin-kissing inbreds... Sunday sucked.

Monkeys, Me Tarzan & Boots...

Well, it turns out that our daughter is trying desperately to live up the monkey moniker as she has proven herself an avid climber. I suppose we should have called her Edmund, as Hillary is a little too cruel a name to give to such a sweet child... She has taken to getting up and sitting on anything. Downstairs it is in a Megablocks container, and she has tried to get on the coffee table by placing her leg on top of it, and then trying to lever her way up. Well, it turns out that Cara placed a box of her old clothes by the stove and she got up on it. About 10 minutes later Cara noticed the element was hot as Teresa has stretched and reached it! Scary. We have a picture of her on top of the box by the china cabinet, a somewhat safer locale.

Also in this set, I woke up to find Teresa in her best Jane impersonation (as in Tarzan), as she had somehow got one arm out of her sleeper. It was so funny that I called Cara over immediately and she took some pictures... Finally, Cara bought Teresa some boots today, and put them on her. I have yet to see it, but it is apparently quite the struggle to walk and I believe these pictures attest to that...

Climbing the Megablocks...



Climbing the box & standing on it....


Getting Free From The Bonds of Clothing


The boots...