Happy New Year!!!!

Wow. I am so NOT starting out 2010 on a good note in the blogging world am I?!?! I just don't know where to start! I left off at Christmas Eve and was hoping to add Christmas with pictures but alas. Just haven't had time. Christmas morning was good! Santa brought a TV to Connor's room (we moved our bedroom TV to his room and bought a new one for ourselves). He didn't even notice it when he woke up LOL! Santa also brought a kitchen set to the girls and an electric quad for Connor. The first thing Connor saw when he got in the living room was the kitchen and went straight for it. Emily on the other hand went straight for the quad! Too funny. Poor Taylor. She still wasn't feeling well and ending up not being a happy camper that morning. Emily ended up opening all the presents for the two of them (which was fine by both!). They got way too much stuff. They sure are spoiled and will NOT need anything new until their birthday's in November! Seriously!!!

After we spent the morning opening and playing with presents, we headed over to Uncle Harjinder and Aunt Edith's house.

Mona, Aria, Taylor, Emily & Connor

These two pictures are courtesy of Bigi. She emailed them to me and then gave me the rest on my computer so once I get them uploaded to Shutterfly or something, I'll be able to share those and mine with everyone. All the cousins LOVED playing together. Here they are in the office watching Yo Gabba Gabba (their new favorite show!). The girls LOVED being dressed up in their dresses. The minute Emily put hers on, she started twirling in it.Too cute!! So all in all Christmas was a wonderful day!

New Year's weekend was very jam packed. New Year's day Surbjit's cousin got married so he went to that. We figured the kids sitting for a 2 hour + Indian ceremony was NOT going to happen so they stayed home with me. I took them to the park and we played for about an hour and then sat down for a picnic lunch. It was a nice day.

The 2nd day of the New Year dawned and we had two events to go to - Katrina's 4th birthday party and then Surbjit's cousin's wedding reception. It was definitely a jammed pack day. The birthday party was at 2pm. We then left at 4pm so we could go home, eat dinner, and then change and go to the reception which started at 6:30pm. The kids did really great eating lots of fruit (there was a TON at the reception) and enjoying the music. Of all the kids, I have to say Emily enjoyed it the most moving her hands and wiggling her body. Mona and Connor also loved to dance around the table. Of course considering my kids go to bed early, they did get a little tired. At one point Connor had his head on the table and was ready to fall asleep! We ended up leaving at 9:30pm and all three fell asleep on the way home. Even when we brought them inside and changed them into their PJs they still were sleeping. Taylor ended up sleeping in until 9am on Sunday!!! THAT is UNHEARD of!

So that was our busy first weekend of the New Year. If that is any indication of how the rest of the year is gong to go, we will not have a non busy weekend!! In some respects, that's nice to keep us out of the house and going places etc but sometimes it's just nice to sit down and relax too. Hopefully we'll get to do both this year!!!!

Christmas Eve

Well, I keep writing posts in my head but I never seem to come here and actually post. I keep saying I'll wait for the pictures but right now we have had the sickies invade our house so who knows when I'll get a chance to post pictures. So let's do one day at a time. =)

Well, unfortunately Taylor had a fever on the 23rd and we got a call from preschool saying she was falling asleep and had a fever. So they gave her tylenol and let her sleep. I guess when she woke up, she was fine so they never called me back and Surbjit picked her up at normal time. I don't remember if she had a fever later that night but definitely Christmas Eve morning, she had a fever. Luckily I was already off that day and I was going to spend it with the kids, making cookies for Santa and appetizers and dips for us to enjoy all day. Well, Taylor decided to nap all morning and Connor and Emily played together (quite well I might add! There wasn't much screaming or yelling going on that morning. It was so nice!!!). I ended up taking Taylor to the doctor and she was diagnosed with a bad chest cold. So not much we can do. Went back home and she napped some more.

While she was napping that afternoon, I ran to the grocery store real quick and then Connor and Emily helped me make chocolate chip cookies. Yum yum!! They turned out so good thanks to my little helpers. I think we will do that every year from now on. =) Bigi also joined us and spent the night. The kids later got to watch Polar Express before going to bed and also got to unwrap ONE present each. All three went to bed in their cool new Christmas PJs and we slept until about 5 am the next morning. Thankfully Taylor did ok that night but she still had a fever on Christmas and was NOT into opening presents!!

Stay Tuned for Christmas!

The Christmas Musical 2009 @ Crescent Ave. Preschool

So the Christmas musical was a HIT! Well, at least I think my kids did awesome! =) There was a little crying but it turned out well!!

Connor in his angel costume:

Taylor in her angel costume

Emily in her angel costume

Connor sitting down getting ready to go perform with his class.

Connor walking into the church. He saw us sitting there and waved and said hi. =) I didn't really get a picture of the girls. Taylor had started crying and I didn't want her to see us for fear she'd want to stay with us. Emily was FINE. Taylor stopped crying when they got on stage and things settled down a bit. That was more than I could say for this one girl who cried throughout the ENTIRE musical. =( Poor thing! There was even another boy that the parents ended up taking out about 1/2 way through the performance.

Connor getting ready to do his speaking part. He did awesome! Very loud and CLEAR.

Emily with her teacher Miss O. She LOVES Miss O. =) She was supposed to be on the OTHER side of the stage with her sister and other teacher Miss Gina but apparantly she had a mind of her own. =( =D

Taylor with Miss Gina (where Emily was supposed to be too!). Taylor loves Miss Gina so it works out good with the girls having the two teachers! =)

Connor standing at the back. He must be a tall one to be put in the back. =)

When he noticed Daddy taking a picture (at this point all the kids were just standing on stage and the parents were like paparazzi standing in front taking pictures!!!!) he had to be his funny self. Of course, he was goofing around with Connor W (the boy next to him) during the performance too. But he sang and did mostly what he was supposed to do!

Emily

Taylor

And as part of their festivities, they had tables set up for each classroom. They asked parents to donate baked goods and holiday crafts for sale with the proceeds benefitting the classroom. These were the cookies, peanut krackle, fudge and brownies that I made!

It was a good night and we were able to share it with Bigi, Uncle TJ, Auntie Debbie and Mona. Plus we were lucky to have Jackie, Brian and Grant there too!(They are the twins old daycare providers - well Jackie is. Brian and Grant are her sons). Uncle Harjinder and Aria were supposed to join us too but unfortunately Aria got sick so they had to pass. No worries! We taped the whole performance (well almost all of it!) and I will try and make copies for everyone's enjoyment! I know the kids had a blast and really had fun. I think I have some blossoming singers, dancers, and actors on my hands. =D

Christmas Musical

Tonight is the kids Christmas Musical. I'm so excited to see them dance and sing. The last couple days I've been asking the girls if they dance and sing in it and to show me. They start singing softly and moving their arms in movements. It's too cute!! Connor even has a speaking part! He's had it memorized since basically the first day. He even knows the girl's part before his.

It was too cute this morning I was talking to the girls about their musical and how much fun they are going to have singing and dancing. Then I mentioned brother having a speaking part and Emily said she wanted a speaking part too. =) So I said his line to them and Taylor and Emily repeated it to me. So cute! Not that they could memorize something this young but maybe next year!

We are definitely going to videotape it. It's supposed to be a short program and then they have a Holiday Boutique afterwards. They asked the parents to bring Holiday crafts and/or baked goods so I made a bunch of baked goods this past weekend (cookies, peanut krackle, fudge and brownies). Each classroom has a table and the proceeds from the sale go back to that classroom. Apparently they are even going to have crafts the kids made for sale to their parents. =)

Connor was so excited this morning and kept asking who was coming. He was so excited to hear that Bigi, Uncle and Aria were going to be there. He kept telling his teacher this morning that his cousins would be there. He asked if his Aunties and Mona would be there but I couldn't tell him for sure and didn't want him disappointed if they didn't show up because it sounded like he really wanted everyone there. Whoever doesn't end up making it, we'll have it on video!! =) Hopefully I can figure out a way to take bits and pieces out to share with everyone because I doubt I'll be able to upload the whole thing to the Internet. It'll be too big a file. But stay tuned. I'll definitely have pictures to share!!!

Christmas Decorating

The kids helped us put up the Christmas lights outside in the front yard.

And they helped me decorate the tree inside. (Well Connor helped and the girls threw ornaments).