Getting ready for Christmas - Part 2

There never seems to be enough time to get things ready for Christmas but we did manage to tick off a few things on our list such as making a Gingerbread train.
We had a train left over from last year so we decided that we would tackle making it one evening. Well it wasn't so bad except that i don't think everyone was really committed to building it and the icing was not cooperating very well. Daddy decided that it needed to be runnier so he added some water but then it was too runny so mummy added some more icing sugar. Me, well all I really wanted to do was eat the candy! After some grunting and some veiled threats that we wouldn't do this train next year we (meaning mummy) finally finished it.




We also fit in a little skating party and my cousins even came along with mummy, daddy and me. I needed to teach my cousin Craig how to stop so i thought a little game of tag would be the best teaching method. Not sure if he ever did manage to stop but it was fun anyway. Mummy had to teach Meagen how to skate too but I'm not sure if her method of "helping" is endorsed by Skate Canada! Tessa already knew how to skate cause mummy taught her when she was little so she helped hide stickers.


Daddy also felt the need to show his skating skills but he ain't no Kurt Browning, maybe more like a Toller Cranston wannabe!

Christmas sure does involve lots of fun things to do

Slide and crash and burn...

Last Tuesday, Mommy had an awesome idea. There was fresh snow on the ground and it was our first chance to go tobogganing down our favourite spot, the driveway. Our driveway is a cool curvy hill that ends down by our bridge... that's where the trouble all started.

Everything was fun while Mommy and me cruised the driveway together in one of our sleds but then I had a thought: What if I rode solo??

Well, after some consideration, Mommy decided I could try sledding by myself, with some precautions. So, we went halfway down the driveway so I wouldn't zoom so fast, then she put me on the little slippery surfboardy sled with the handles. I grabbed on for dear life and off I went.

It was sooooo cool zipping down the bottom part of the driveway all by myself but just when I thought I'd be stopping, the sled had another idea.

At the end of the flat bottom section, beside the bridge, there's a steep embankment about 20 feet long that drops down to our creek. My sled, and Newton's laws of physics (which Daddy promises to explain to me someday), decided I should explore the embankment that day. So, over I went, dropping from Mommy's sight. Later, she'd say it made her feel nauseous... I think that means happy. Lucky for me, my sudden highspeed acceleratation was cut short by some soft friendly branches, rocks and blackberry bushes before I made it to the icy creek. Boy was I lucky!

Mommy called Daddy to tell him the exciting news and we all met at the Emergency Room to celebrate. A nice doctor wrapped me up in a blanket and gave me three presents he called 'stitches'. It seemed nice enough until he said he was taking them back in a week. That made me cry! Daddy said we could go out for lunch to celebrate some more and I had a chocolate milkshake; nothing else... but Mommy and Daddy didn't seem to mind.

The next morning, my left eye decided to sleep in and he didn't open very much that day. He musta been tired. Daddy said I looked like Rocky after some guy named Mr. T smacked him silly. Anyway, I still think tobogganing's fun and I can't wait till next time. I hope we get to celebrate again. Mommy says we'll try a different hill.

Tree, tree oh glorious Christmas Tree

We went and picked out our Christmas tree a few weeks back and our excurison had a few bumps involved such as trying to find a phone battery, having lunch and having a dead car battery. When we finally did get going again we had a nice drive up to the tree farm and eventually picked out the best tree there.
I got to help chop it down and help push it over and then we got to take it home and decorate it all up.
We decided to move the tree this year since we are having family over for Christmas dinner and so now it stands nice and tall in a special spot. After daddy got it all centered in the stand we got to put up the decorations which is my favourite thing to do. .
Mummy told me I had to be careful and i really was cause I didn't break one ornament (I did unfortunately erase my message from last year on my 2008 ornament which made mummy sad) I'm getting really good at putting up the ornaments but not so good at spreading them around, I like to put them all together so that they have friends.
I also like to put them really close to the bottom of the tree so the cats have something to play withSo now we are all ready for Christmas and mummy has even put tempting presents under the tree but since i helped with the wrapping I know that none of them are for me. So hurry Christmas, cause I've been a good boy!