Day 365! This is the end...

... For 2009 ;)

Day 365, December 31/09
Happy New Years Eve!
Here are the girls in their new Nanny-made sweaters outside our house.

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Days 362-364, Almost Done!

Day 362, December 28/09
Sophie's new Robeez! I love them, I think they're probably the cutest ones she's had so far! (We won't mention that, although she's 3 years old... these are size 18-24 months...)

Day 363, December 29/09
Molly is such a good poser! It never ceases to amaze me. If only the 3 year old would take a hint from the dog, I'd be a happy photographer :)

Day 364, December 30/09
Went to the mall (BY MYSELF!) after dinner tonight to spend my Christmas money! I bought a new purse (although I'd gone to buy a "big girl" purse, I ended up liking this purple leather bag the best, it has a kind of messenger-bag strap), and three books! I also got each of the girls a book, because I had a coupon to save $10 if I spent $50... Emma got the first "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book (on several recommendations from friends that they're great for kids her age) and Sophie got a new Dora book.

Days 354-361, Winding Down

Day 354, December 20/09
Lily on top of the cat house. She looks excited to have her picture taken, don't you think?

Day 355, December 21/09
The girls & Shane made some crafts this morning. This is Emma's Christmas tree. It says "Merry Christmas" across the ribbons.

Day 356, December 22/09
More crafts! These "canvas" painting sets came from Michaels, and I think they were about $5.00 each. Emma's started out as a butterfly & some flowers, and its finished product looks like a colourful butterfly & flowers. Sophie's started out as a unicorn & some flowers, but it's a bit more abstract now :)

Day 358, December 24/09

Christmas Eve with the Burts, the Potters and one Leverton. A fun time was had by all :)

Day 359, December 25/09

Merry Christmas! I couldn't pick one photo for today, so I chose my two favourites!

Here is Emma opening her Wizards of Waverly Place the Movie DVD, she was pretty excited, as she hadn't asked for it.

After present opening, we drove up to Kitchener to be with Brad, Trish, Cole, Mom & Dad. Sophie & Cole got matching Handy Manny pj's, and here they are relaxing and watching (aptly enough) Handy Manny.

Day 360, December 26/09

Dad and Emma are playing Mario Bros for the Wii. They are about the same skill level, haha. They did have a fun time trying, though!

Day 361, December 27/09

We had Kim, Robbie and Sydney over for lunch today, and it was so much fun! We hadn't met Robbie before, so that was exciting. I think the only one NOT having fun was Molly the dog, she for some reason found the need to bark incessantly, and ended up on lockdown outside for about an hour. Robbie was saying that she thought she'd be happy living around here, so maybe they'll be back soon! :)

Days 345 - 353

Day 345, December 11/09
New hair! It's much darker & shorter than it was before. I'm pretty happy with it! (The photo was taken by Emma)

Day 346, December 12/09
Our Christmas party with Uncle Gary. We set up the tripod & put the camera on delay. You should have heard the chorus of "cheese!" for those 10 seconds! I really thought we had little to no chance of getting a good photo, but I was really quite happy with the results!

Day 347, December 13/09
Gingerbread men and trees at Bill & Goldies. The girls had a very fun time. The photo was taken by me on Bill's camera.

Day 350, December 16/09
It's so awesome to me that Emma can actually read a story to her sister!

Day 351, December 17/09
Christmas Concert night! Emma's class didn't do anything this year in the Concert, but she joined the Choir, so we got to see her sing "We Need a Little Christmas" for everyone. The kids had bells hidden in one of their hands, and about 1/2 way through they whipped them out to play, and you could just tell Emma was waiting specifically for that part!
Unfortunately, we were seated quite far back in the gym, and we ended up at the opposite side from Emma, so the photos I took weren't great. It didn't help either that the two old ladies in front of me kept moving their heads into my line of sight, and getting their white fluffy hair into my shot!!!


Day 353, December 19/09
The girls & I went to see the Nutcracker at the Empire Theatre today with Mom and Aunt Dorothy. A lovely time was had by all!

Days 336-343

(I'm noticing as I type this that the small versions of these photos seem especially grainy, please don't forget that you can see a bigger, better quality version of the photos by clicking on them.)

Day 336, December 2/09
She's excited because there's ROOT BEER in that cup.

Day 338, December 4/09
A girl, her cat & her DS. What more could you want?

Day 339, December 5/09
She's so funny when she turns her head like that!! All you have to do is say "Molly" a couple times & she just does it.

Day 340, December 6/09
Tracey, Carmen & Connor came over for a "Christmas" visit today. I was very excited to get the elusive 4-child-photo! They are all looking and mostly smiling! Yay!


Day 341, December 7/09
Sophie was making a "bed" on the floor. She is wearing her new Minnie Mouse pj's from Carmen & Connor, she LOVES them!

Day 342, December 8/09
It snowed last night, so Emma got to wear her whole snowsuit to school today!

Day 343, December 9/09
Today was a Snow Day (a well deserved one as well), so the girls & I did some painting crafts. They had a fun time, and there wasn't even that much clean-up afterwards!

Days 331-335

Day 331, November 27/09
Sophie was wearing one of Emma's hair clips today, so she wanted me to take a picture so she could see it. But then she wouldn't actually sit still or look at the camera, so this is how it turned out...
Day 332, November 28/09
I admit that I did not take this photo, but it was such a miracle that this happened today that I couldn't possibly NOT use it as my POD. We went to the Santa Claus Parade this afternoon, but the mail people were not there collecting Santa letters... so we went to the mall to drop the letters off in the drop box. Sophie had been saying that she DID NOT want to sit on Santa's lap for a couple weeks, but today she decided she was "not scared! I want to sit on Santa's lap!" So, we sent them up there, and she jumped right up & told Santa all about what she wanted for Christmas, and turned with a big smile for the photo and everything! We COULD NOT believe it. I'm still a bit in shock, to be honest. It probably had a bit to do with Emma being there for moral support.


Day 333, November 29/09
Emma decided to have story time on the couch today. We quickly realized that Horton Hears a Who is a bit advanced for her to read on her own, and it's quite long as well..


Day 335, December 1/09
We put the decorations on our tree tonight, and of course took some photos! This is my favourite, even though I cut off Sophie's left arm. We MAY be using this one for our Christmas Cards.

Days 328-330

Day 328, November 24/09
Shane put out the Christmas decorations today, and Sophie NEEDED to go outside to turn them on (the remote is in her hands).

Day 329, November 25/09
I got tomorrow's dinner ready today... Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin with sweet potatoes, apples & cranberries. It cooked all day, and it was... ok.

Day 330, November 26/09

Saddest doggy ever! She always looks like she's just lost her best friend or something.

Days 316-325

Day 316, November 12/09
Lily being a poser on top of her kitty house. Since I got my flash, she is not so opposed to having her photo taken, and I can actually get her quite regularly with her eyes open!

Day 317, November 13/09
Sophie loves to make "tents" out of the chairs & blankets.

Day 318, November 14/09
Shane thinks this one should be called "WTF?!" Poor Lily is always harassed by Molly. Although, in Molly's defence, Lily does ask for it most of the time.


Day 320, November 16/09
Sophie & Emma are using the dining room table as their tent. They took their dollies & toys in with them, and spent almost an hour in there!


Day 321, November 17/09
Apparently I was not going to be able to get a photo of Sophie's face today... sad.


Day 322, November 18/09
Molly is such an easy subject! All you have to do is say "sit" and "stay" and then call her name, and she looks right at the camera! If only the children were so accommodating.

Day 323, November 19/09
I guess Shane isn't very good at Leapster... Both girls were giving him hints & suggestions...

Day 324, November 20/09

NEW MOON! YAY!

I was so excited to finally go, I'd been less-than-patiently waiting for so long... I got our tickets almost two weeks ago (and lucky I did, as all the showings were sold out this weekend), and we went EARLY to line up so we could be sure to get good seats. It was all worth it, I loved it!!!

Day 325, November 21/09

My family! (And some little pumpkins).

Days 307-315

Day 307, November 3/09
Sophie's turn in front of the tree! Since Sophie won't be getting "school" pictures like Emma will, I've been trying (less than successfully) to get a nice "portrait" shot of her. I love her smile here, but I guess I need to pay more attention to the sun, since her left hand is completely blown out.

Day 308, November 4/09
Emma agreed to do a mini photo-shoot in front of the window for me today. Pretty soon there won't be enough daylight after school to do this... sad.


Day 309, November 5/09
Lily has taken over Sophie's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse chair; much to Sophie's dismay! Every time she catches Lily there, she literally dumps the kitty out of it.... But Lily is patient and will just wait until Sophie's not watching again... It's somewhat of a vicious cycle, to be honest.


Day 310, November 6/09
Sophie is doing her "work". She takes it quite seriously. She told me, "I can't talk right now Mommy! I am too busy doing my homework."


Day 312, November 8/09
Sophie told me, "Mommy look! I got pen on my hand! Take a picture!" She's finally realized that if I take a picture of her, she can SEE it right away on the little screen. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Day 314, November 10/09
More homework! At least Emma doesn't give us too hard of a time (usually) about doing it anymore. Even if she's less than happy about it.


Day 315, November 11/09
Remembrance Day
Molly is stalking the cat, (who is sitting on top of the dining room table). Or, so she thinks. The cat baits her a lot. It's funny most of the time, except when Molly is being quiet & good and Lily comes up and gets Molly going... that doesn't exactly make me a happy person.

Days 305 & 306

Day 305, November 1/09
We watched Monsters Inc for the zillionth time tonight... And the girls wore matching pj's without any planning.

Day 306, November 2/09 (A and B)
I took a ton of photos today & couldn't decide between them, so I chose two!)