December's Been and Gone

 Here's some of what we want to remember happening this December!

I tried and tried and finally got it right...mmmm, chocolates (now can be found on my chin, hips, butt and stomach)!  Yay!

We spent Christmas Eve & morning with Uncle Brian (the only immediate family member who didn't desert us for Wales, blah to the rest of you).

I made (successfully I might add) my very first turkey all by myself!  I am very proud of this, hence the oversized picture!

We then headed to Edmonton for 3 days of fun filled excitement for all (except maybe Ffion who had her right ear drum burst, poor baby).

(The Waterpark)

Tuesday was spent at the Waterpark, it was Shannon's 9th birthday too!  She had a great day.  Jam packed with swimming, eating and watching Tangled in the Cinema with Dad and her sisters.   

(The Jacuzzi in our Room)
Yes we did all fit in here, still prefer my jetted tub though!

(Galaxyland)
Oh the joy of going on rides and feeling sick - Richard and I clearly aren't as young as we once were!

(The Build a Bear Experience)

If you've never done it, you're in for a treat.....though your bank balance isn't.  Here's the girls 'loving up the hearts' to go into Ffion's monkey.

Despite having a month of ear infections, finally resulting in a ruptured ear drum, she still manages to smile & enjoy most of her 1st Christmas.  

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Merry Christmas from us!

Open wide and say Awwwwww!

That's right, it's the annual trip to the dentist for the Worsey girls - we'll 2 so far!  Rylee pretty much had a great time, loving every bit of it.....Aylish did not.  That's all I can say about it.

Gentle forcing to keep her in the chair and all they did was going and quickly look at her teeth!

I am praying hard that Keira doesn't need anything more than a check up and clean.  If she does, Dad will have to take her!

Shannon's Date

On Saturday Shannon and I braved the -20's temperature and ventured into Lethbridge for our date.  I must admit, I really didn't want to go (because it was freezing), but like most parents I'd do anything for my kids, and she was super excited about going, so we went.

She picked where we went for lunch - Firestone...yummy (apparently McDonalds is too babyish for her).  She's never been there before but knew I talk about it a lot so that was her choice.  She loved it, and loved the fact that she ordered herself a Dr Pepper - she took full advantage of the free refills too, let me tell you!  Every time the waitress asked if she wanted a refill she would say "yes please, it's Dr Pepper"!

We had to stop by Walmart after the date to find her some new winter boots cause believe it or not the ones we bought her in 2007 no longer fit!

Thanks for the date Shannon.....next time, you pay :)

'Sames"

Shannon came up dressed for school the other day and Aylish decided to wear the 'sames' as her.  I think she did a pretty good job picking out the 'sames' clothes.  When it came time to do her hair it too had to be the 'sames'.  

So here they are my 'sames' sisters!

Ouch

winter - that hurts!  I still can't get over the fact that a couple of weeks ago we had +21 degrees, and now look, today we're sat at 

-10....harsh.  

That's not going to stop Aylish though.  After spending 20 minutes outside I asked her if she was cold, to which she replied "no mommy, I hot in my fat pants".  

Funny, my fat pants don't make me feel hot - just fat!

Anyway, here's our first snowy picture of our house.  Doesn't our yard look great?   Manicured to perfection thanks to mother nature!  I love that my yard looks every bit as good as the beautifully landscaped ones down the street now!  

Well, raise your egg nog filled glass and toast to winter - - - here's to winter!

Took this picture to make my dad homesick.  I have a feeling though my previous 2 pictures might cancel this one out!

Tis the Season

For Skating!

Ooof, it's hard work taking a 2 year old skating for the first time (and probably the 2nd and 3rd times too) but it's just so dang fun to see how excited they get!

Aylish is VERY independent and was insisting that she didn't need my help, that was until she actually stepped out onto the ice and tried to skate off.  She learned a quick lesson on holding on tight when things get tough!  Although it was a lot of work (my back is still aching today) it's so fun to do things with them that just makes them smile, and this did.

Side note - Richard is holding her hand for this picture but that's only because I didn't want him to have to take a picture and stand on his skates at the same time.....if you catch my drift.  Bless his heart, he is getting a bit better at skating though I still think it's hilarious that for our first date we went skating!  I don't think he truly thought that one through, Canadians are pretty much born on ice, he on the other hand was more like that movie star...you know the one, I think his name was Bambi!