Fun in the Snow

I was going to do a post about how I got all mom-angry and pulled Loic out of preschool last week, during the Christmas concert no less, but decided to do a fun post about the day we had today!  I sent the preschool an email and will update next week when I am hoping to get my post dated cheques back and my deposit.  We shall see.  No one puts my kid in danger and should expect not to hear about it.

Today we started out by decorating the tree and the mantel, both of which look lovely.  We then decided to take the kids and the dogs up to Hollyburn for a hike in the snow.  Loic, Tyler and Toby had a blast in the snow.  Maelle had fun too, although she was in the Ergo so other than looking at the snow didn't do too much of anything else :)  We hiked for an hour and Loic fell asleep briefly in the car on the way home - it is a lot of work to walk in the snow when you are 3.  The dogs ran and ran and ran and are now asleep on the couch.  They are so funny on this hike - they run ahead and back and ahead and then dart into the deep snow chasing squirrels (real and imaginary).

Here are some pictures of the fun we had today.  We are planning another trip back soon; if it isn't rainy we might go up there again on Christmas Eve with some hot chocolate or something.  We are debating spending the $80 to go up Grouse Mountain but might wait a year, we just can't decide.  Loic loved the snow today and it was free :)

We put both kids in a snow drift for some pictures but couldn't get them to sit together at the same time

Snow baby!!

Snow Loic!  Rob threw him into the snow bank and Loic thought it was quite funny

Snow black lab!  And a snow terrier in the background

We have been taking the dogs on this trail every year to enjoy the snow

Loic smiling for the camera.  Kind of.

Oh and yesterday we made a Gingerbread House!  Well, we bought a kit and put it together then decorated it.  Rob made a back deck, a hot tub and a front path while Loic and I decorated the house (Maelle watched from the safety of her high chair).  Pretty sure we wouldn't win any awards with our house, we had Loic eating every second candy as we went along :)  He also asks every few minutes if he can eat the house yet. 

The other side of the house says LOIC

We are getting ready for the big party we are hosting on the 23rd and since Loic is no longer going to preschool I am now going to have to find him daycare starting in mid-march.  He was going to be staying at the same place he was at for preschool but that isn't going to happen now.  Oh well, I will work on it next week and if I don't have any luck, will have to really get moving on it once we get home from Hawaii.

(Barb maybe you can just move to Vancouver until Loic is in kindergarten?  We will pay you!! :)  Or Jody, we can pay you too!! )

-E