Friday night had Sierra and Vero show up at the Vars rink. They were out for a few hours so they must have had some fun with friends! Ezra didn’t want to go. Vero had a hard time with him on the rink the week before (he just lied there and complained) so we will ease him into skating.
The kids made a fortress on the living room couch. The issue I had with it after a few days is that I had nowhere to sit!
I ended up having to teach them a new word to add to their vocabulary.
Later that night Sierra was playing Super Mario Maker 2 and we realized there were world records to beat at how fast you can beat a level. Maman beat it and they wanted a photo to document the moment.
We had a few extra minutes to spare on the walk to school so we checked out the rink one morning.
We had a friend over for Ezra and Sierra to play with on Sunday. This involved fort building in the basement, complaining with each other about fort building and then a hilarious game of Uno Show Them No Mercy.
We had a nice surprise visit from Anne-Marie and family who decided to come into town for a hockey tournament.
They were only in town for a short time so we met them for some lunch at the Heart and Crown and went to watch a game at the Sensplex.
Sierra even made some flags for the event!
I believe we only received two Christmas cards this year. Of course, I don’t blame the lack of Christmas spirit across my friends and family, I blame Canada Post being on strike most of December! I think they ended the strike in mid December and had a backlog of things to do.
I ended up sending my own but I heard folks received them a few weeks after Christmas.
I follow my own mother’s advice when sending Christmas cards…if someone consistently doesn’t send me a Christmas card, don’t bother sending any more. I track who sends some each year but I suppose I won’t consider 2024 in my calculations next year.
After a holiday season filled with gastro, it was nice to finally get out of the house and have some fun with friends.
We played a few games including some advanced mechanics version of Battleship which made the game a lot more fun compared to the slog which is the regular old Battleship game.
Of course the snack plate is always everyone’s favourite thing at a party
Us playing Pass the Ace which someone mistakenly typed out as Pass the Ass
I also brought my guitar out for a bit which is always fun when folks sing along and Jon is in the room playing the cajon.
It was a great night. Thanks to Jon and Chantal for the invitation. I’m not sure why we left before midnight but we did end up home for our own countdown which was fun.
An observation: It’s interesting to see how kids interact as they get older. A few years ago they would have all been together playing. At one point this year I roamed around the house and found Ezra and Sierra playing Battleship, another kid playing Fortnite alone, another kid doing artwork and another couple of kids downstairs horsing around.
First off, how did I order these two as groceries?
We were invited over to some friends for supper and it was a nice evening of good food, some laughs and some Christmas tunes played on the guitar.
Vero brought the kids over for their first skate of the year at the Vars rink. Ezra supposedly wouldn’t have any of it and proceeded to lie on the ground crying and calling for Vero the entire time that her and Sierra were trying to skate around. I guess we will need to ease him back into skating!
Christmas 2024 is more on track to being a normal Christmas weather-wise. Last year there was grass!
Because of the sudden change in weather, we’ve realized that if we ever want to do any winter activities we need to do them NOW. Case in point, sliding down the hill in our front yard!
We even brought out the mega sled to attempt the family slide down the hill again.
Success!