Merry Christmas

December 24th Day/Christmas Eve.
The day when Dawson tracks Santa on Norad. He just loves that web site. He did spend 1.5 hours at the rink playing shinny/skating, to let out his high level of energy & excitement. He has trouble sleeping on Dec 24th. First he is scared of Santa coming in the house, then he hears reindeer's on the roof, then he questions if he will get what he wants, then he hears Santa putting stuff in his stocking, then he has to run to the washroom and he is afraid to go by himself, etc etc etc and before you know it, the time is 4:30 AM. Yes, he woke up at 4;30am ! I didn't let him get out of bed till 6am. The joys of kids and Christmas.

The following photo should bring back memories for some. The cookie of my childhood. I remember my Mother holding her tree decorating parties and we always used to hang these cookies on the tree, along with a string of Cranberries. I usually don't hang them on my tree but Dawson just loves them, so this year I carried on my mothers tradition. It was a nice walk down memory lane.

Yup -some things never change. As I am hanging cookies on the tree, l am reminded that kids enjoy other things about cookies. I remember being the same way as a kid.

Christmas School Concert

Well this is our last school concert unless we change schools next year. Our school has decided only to have a Christmas concert every 2 years. We are a lucky school as many schools now don't have Christmas concerts anymore. Here is D looking happy and ready to perform. In grade 5 the students get a chance to join hand bells. D rang the smallest bell but had the biggest part.

Even the Principal remarked on how well he played his part.

The grade 5 class sang the song: Your A Mean One Mr. Grinch. We were so proud of Dawson for his participation in the concert this year. It was a wonderful evening.

Grey Cup Festivities 2010

The Grey Cup parade. Look at those Roughrider Fans behind the signs. They just kept coming and coming and coming in the parade. The Commisioner of the CFL and Dawson.

Dawson's favorite team.

Dawson in the kids fun zone.

The famous Zip Line.

Now, who will win this years Grey Cup?????

Back on Track

I wanted to come home and post my many photos of my recent trip. But sometimes life throws you curve balls. The past 4 days since my arrival home have been very hetic and stressful. I am sad about my Grandpa Ort and now I am minus my appendixs. Yes, that is right, I had my first every surgery. I underwent surgery on Sunday night at 9 pm for acute appendicitis. Let me tell you, I was in sooooo much pain. Thank goodness it is now over. I am ready to be healthy. So back to posting photos, look for some at the end of the week. As I am following doctors orders and resting. (Reading everyone else's blogs.)

In Memory of Grandpa Ort

Today is a sad day. Unfortunately we have lost a wonderful family member in my life, Grandpa Ort Geiger. (Ken's Dad.) He passed away November 13/10. He was 80 ish and had been slowly slipping away with old age. I am so glad Dawson & I got to see him in July. I talked to him just before we left for holidays and he was so glad to hear from me! He was always so happy to get a call from us. We used to talk about the weather and he loved to talk with Dawson about how his hockey was going. We even have the hockey puck he sent Dawson in a special place! Grandpa, I will miss you, but never forget you.

Goodbye Snow

Hello Disney! Yes, our "magical day" has finally arrived. We leave tonite for our long awaited trip to Florida. Jam packed with many special events, I will try and blog some photos during the trip however we have no computer access during the first week. So when I find a computer I will jump on and try to post. Happy Halloween everyone.

At Least Someone LOVES this weather.

Yes, our first snowfall! Dawson was quick to eat his breakfast and get ready to play outside. And yes, he is wearing his Dad's gloves. ( We have to buy him new gloves.) I hope he is happy, as it is supposed to be warm the rest of the week, more my type of weather . And of course Wednesday is the big special day. Our magical vacation begins! Oh we are so excited!