Port Elgin had its Parade and, along with Shaun's parents, we took the kids to see Santa!!

Waiting for the parade to start: Kathryn loved the parade. She was really 'into' it. And she loved the free goodies that were handed out. We got quite the haul of candy canes and lollypops. Even McDonalds was handing out little packs of cookies:

Patrick really enjoyed the lights and music too. There were lots of bands.

Eagerly waiting for Santa to come by:

Taking it all in with Daddy by his side:

We built our first snowman ever today!!

Yesterday we attempted a build, but I got the 'head' on and the whole thing collapsed! The snow was too wet.

But today, it was better! A bit colder and packed better.

And here he is! He has Autmn Seedum eyes, a pine branch nose, and a dogwood smile.
The kids really enjoyed building him!

It started to really pelt down snow right after we finished up. It looks pretty in the picture but it bounced when it hit!

Patrick decided he needed a hat. For some reason he thinks this mini-putt cup and flag is really neat and he's been playing with it in the snow. It makes a great 'feather-in-his-cap' hat for our snowman.

This is the first time in ages the kids actually wanted to use colouring books. I snapped this for posterity. Usually they just want to draw on blank paper.

This is such a sweet picture of Isis snoozin'. She looks so content!

This is just such a cute picture of Ms. K
I took this one for my Grandpa's calendar since Shaun and Kathryn are both January babies.

And Shaun's Mom took this one for Grandpa's calendar for November.

Here's Patrick using the leapfrog letters to spell "hexagon"

AND I got a snap of this gorgeous snowman that Patrick drew before he could erase it! We love the magna doodle because we're saving so much paper, but its hard to 'preserve' the good stuff!!

Kitty Pictures!!

The Twins are getting so big!!! Anubis has a good 3 lbs on Isis now, you can really see the size difference.

Here they are lounging on the living room carpet:

And this is Anubis' new favourite napspot! Fortunately, Patrick doesn't mind.

Shaun took some pics of me getting K ready to go play outside.

Unfortunately, although this snowsuit still fits her really well, it fits better in the torso then the legs and when she bends over or sits down, it pulls up away from her boots and exposes her little bear legs. Fortunately my friend was able to loan us her daughter's snowsuit for the rest of the season!! And in exchange we are loaning this snowsuit to her son! Friends rock!

The kids got into some mischiff the other night climbing up on top of the bookcase and being all cheeky about it. At least they were together (happily) for a picture!
Ms. K's cheesy grin. I just love it!

All dressed up an no where to go!

K loves the kitties. Her love boarders on smothering sometimes. Ramses is the most patient of the 3.

Story Time with mommy. I was actually singing. Aren't you glad this isn't a movie?

More pictures of the elusive Anubis. Its hard to get pictures of a black cat....
Here he is in 'tick-tock-clock" position in the window:
And an eyes open picture!

Typical weekend scene in the kitchen:
I think Shaun was making Chili:

Happy Hallowe'en from our house to yours!

Mr. P is a conductor this year, and K is a princess (surprise!).
This is K's hair. I made a clip using a Christmas bow.

The pretty (cheesy) Princess!

And the conductor!

Say Cheese!!

Ms K. is looking very grown up here, I think. This shirt is new from Gramma Dorothy - she brought it back from her trip to the USA.

The twins really like eachother now. When they're awake they race around the house after eachother and they play fight - very cute. I especially like it when one stalks and surprises the other - very funny.

here is a sweet picture of them sleeping together in the bay window behind the couch. I had put a blue blanket there for Isis as she has been sleeping there for quite a while, but I guess she approved of Anubis sharing her space too!

This is from the outside looking in:
And this is inside, looking behind the couch:

Nubie is hard to see since he's entirely black when his eyes are closed!

I found Patrick at the fridge attempting to spell his name for the very first time! I snapped a picture as soon as I could....
And then got him to pose with the final product! WAY TO GO PATRICK!!!

There was ZERO help from me at all - it was all Patrick initiated! Yay Patrick!

More kitty pics.
We three cats: The only way to get them all together at the same time for a picture is with food.
The twins:

Anubis with his eyes (mostly) open:

Our newest addition!
This is Anubis. He was Isis' litter mate, and although we were originally told all 3 were girls, he is definetly a boy!
We decided to adopt him since he was the last one at the petstore, and they had just gotten a lot of new kittens... it was unlikely he would have been adopted after that.
So, he is here with us now. He is very sweet and snuggle. He startles easily, but after you say hello to him he comes over to rub your leg.
He really likes Ramses, and followes him around like a shadow... Ramses isn't too fond of all this attention, unfortunately.

We have yet to get a picture of Anubis facing forward with his eyes open.

This is a typical morning scene in our house. Kathryn prefers to have her pancake on the counter watching me cook the rest of them. Not sure why!!

On Thanksgiving Monday, I took the kids to my cousin's place for Fessy Thanksgiving. Shaun was sick with some sort of stomach issue, so he opted not to make the 2 hour treck and instead stayed home to die quietly.

Patrick was not feeling photogenic, so there are no pictures of him! Crazy!

My parents and Ms. K:
Kathryn and Uncle Derek.

And a lovely shot of triplets in 3 generations! My mom, myself and my little girl:

Shaun and I had a little Thanksgiving get together here with his parents. Unfortunately his sister and soon to be brother-in-law were unable to come due to car trouble.

Gramma brought the kids fire hats! K loves hats!!
Here's the chef!

Post thanksgiving dinner, Gramma, Grampy and Kathryn attempt to put the Bob The Builder puzzle together!

As usual, I didn't take enough pictures.