Connor's first hockey game.

Connor's first hockey game.
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

Here he is folks! His skating has improved a lot, and he's working on the stick-handling. He's scored 5 goals in the last 2 games! The kids and I missed them, because they were at 7:00, and Aidan had his ear infection. But he's sure enjoying it.

December already?

Sean has been trying to post, so I haven't done anything. Somehow his login got messed up though, and I may have to invite him again. Oh well.

Colleen and Rocco and Bianca are back! They sound very happy but tired. Bianca sounds terrific. I can't believe I'm going to have to wait a few months to see her! Pictures have been promised, but haven't yet been e-mailed. Guess Colleen doesn't have quite as much time as she used to... :)

Poor Aidan has an ear infection. He has some antibiotics and seems okay, but woke up on Saturday morning saying his cheeks hurt. Took me a while to figure out what it could be (especially at 3 in the morning)! Definitely a sinus cold and now an ear infection.

Connor is working on reading really, really hard. He loves hockey and still likes violin, but he thinks his teacher gave him too much work to do. He is really doing great though.

Delaney is still dancing away - her party is coming up and she's all excited. All three had parent-teacher interviews and are doing well. They all seem to be working hard this year, so Santa should be good to them.

Sean took some live action shots of the kids at basketball and hockey but has been having trouble getting them posted. Not sure why, but I'm sure it will work out.

Still have a lot of Christmas shopping to do - yikes! And Bianca's birthday is early next week so have to get something in the mail for then. It would be nice to send Christmas presents too - I'm not sure how I can manage that though.

Well, must go, Sean's home and everyone's hungry!

The Incredibles

We went to see the movie yesterday and all thouroughly enjoyed ourselves! It was very good.

We were also excited to hear about Colleen and Rocco and Bianca. I guess they got her their first day there and were exhausted and jet-lagged and poor Bianca had a cold and was teething - sounds like they have had to be pretty incredible themselves. Talk about being thrown into parenthood! They'll be home Thursday so we hope to talk to them this weekend.

Not much else is new. The kids have been off since last Thursday and we're all ready to go back to work/school/whatever! We all seem to have this cold where we are tired and grumpy. This is entering week three for me - I'm going to curl up on the couch with Delaney and hope that we can recover.

Went to the Rememberance Day ceremonies here. I always find them very emotional, especially seeing the veterans who are fewer and fewer and older and older. The pipes led the march and they are so impressive. At the end, we went to put our poppies on the wreaths and Connor disgraced himself by gathering all the poppies he could. I don't know, he seems to be at a stage where he thinks everything is a big joke, but nobody else thought it was very funny!

We also had a dinner party on Friday night where friends brought their 18-month old. What a cutie! But busy... you forget how busy they are at that age. Definitely cures me of wanting another!

New Safari Room

New Safari Room
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

This is from the door towards the window. Connor has a shelf for a head-board too. And all the drawers for their clothes are underneath, with extra storage for toys. They also have a fake tiger-skin rug and are getting some spiders that will march across the wall. Connor is sleeping there, but they have to quit chatting!

A's shelf and bed

A's shelf and bed
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

This is from the window looking towards the door.

D's princess bed

D's princess bed
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

It just seems to finish the room, and she was feeling a little blue because the boys got a new room.

Halloween

Halloween
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

Here they are going to school on Friday. The Vampire, the Grim Reaper, and the Scream!! :) She didn't get to dress up, they all went in black or white or orange and had their faces painted.

Bianca

Bianca
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

Here she is. The next picture will have been taken with Colleen and Rocco or by Colleen and Rocco!

HalloweenNight

HalloweenNight
Originally uploaded by LisaOH.

Here's the kids going for candy with Aidan's friend.

Pictures, pictures, pictures

I added a Flickr feed so that the last 5 pictures I've loaded to Flickr will show up on the 'blog. I know, I'm pretty sporadic, but it will show what's up. I'm going to actually blog some photos, 'cause there's one of Bianca just before Rocco and Colleen are going to get her (on Monday! they'll have a little girl on Monday!) and there's some of the kids' bedroom that we worked so hard on.