Annual Gingerbread creations 2013

Every year Gram does gingerbread houses or trains with all of the grandkids.  Unfortunately not everyone can make it to the Gram & Papa's house for the gingerbread event.  For Christmas the boys received gingerbread train packages and they wanted to put them together on New Year's eve.  Here are the boys, hard at work.

Happy 7th Birthday, Jay!

December was a very long month so far.  Jay has been counting down to his birthday and was really anxious for it to come.

 The last time we were in Calgary we let him pick a Lego set from the Lego store for his birthday.  It's been almost 2 months since then and he was beside himself to open it.

Jay with some new sweats!

Jay got to open his presents before school.  After school we had to be organized to go out for dinner, to Jay's choice of restaurant, which was of course Hat's, a chinese smorg close to the house, and then off to the Christmas party at the school.

We then came home to have birthday cake.

All in all it was a good day.  You can see the Lego set in the background, already half built!

Kindergarten Christmas adventures

The Kindergarten classes make 'gingerbread' houses out of graham wafers every year.  Today was the day.  Nathan has been excited for this day for the last week.  We planned all week so that mommy could be there to help.  

Nathan with his finished project.

Rose had wanted to come as well and was kept busy helping some of the other kids.  Nathan was very specific though that only mommy could help him.

On the lower edge you will notice what looks like colored popcorn but is actually chewed up gum balls!  I asked him why he pre chewed them and he replied that they stick better that way.  Uncle Jason pointed out that it is an environmentally friendly house because of the pre chewing as he was using recycled products for construction!  Yep, Nathan the environmentalist at age 5!

Nathan was the star of the week.  Good thing I went in to school to help today or I never would have seen his poster or know that he was star of the week!  I like Nathan's blue hair.  I have the most hair.  It is actually quite an accurate rendition of the family!