SKIS!

So, we got Acer a pair of skis for Christmas... He's been talking about skiing and how he needed to get some skis pretty much since the first snow fell. Today was our first day on them. Here's a couple of pics of him trying them out for the first time. We tried them inside first to get the feel for it and then Allan came home and couldn't wait to take him outside. They're outside now, in the blustery dusk :) We'll add more pics of his outside skiing adventures soon :)

Halloween!

Hey There Everyone!

I thought you all would enjoy some of our Halloween pictures from this year. We spent the morning here at the house putting finishing touches on our costumes before heading off. Acer was NOT impressed with wearing a costume, even though he decided what he wanted to be and he helped make the costume. After some bribing and some crying after we finally just decided to put the costume on anyway, we were able to get him to keep the costume on. He was the only one who kept his on all night! He even wants to wear it now and then :)

First went for a quick trick-or-treat at the Taylors. Acer had his first taste of real candy when we let him open one of those small bags on m&ms... He ate them all very happily and proceeded to ask for more. It was pretty tough distracting him the rest of the night when he asked for more... AND for the next 3 days he would ask for chocolate just about every hour :) We would find him "sneaking" over to the basket where we had maybe 5 more pieces and trying to find them on his own. We ran out pretty quickly and the chocolate craze is now over, thankfully.

After the visit with the Taylors, we headed to spend the evening with some friends close by. Acer's friends: Noah and Mayla were there along with their parents and new brothers... We had a really great time playing, eating, and carving pumpkins with our friends. It was a really fun Halloween!

Enjoy the pictures and I'll try to write again soon!


Here's a picture of Basil (Kristen's cat), who Acer LOVES, and a picture of Acer in his costume! He decided to be her for Halloween, so Acer and I made a vest and put some ears on a hat that he wears all the time.


Here's one of Acer and Allan all dressed up and ready to go. Allan was a bat. He made the costume with an old shirt and umbrella. Pretty cool. Somehow I went the whole night without getting a picture of my costume. I made and wore a mushroom hat... Even cooler :)


Here we are doing some pumpkin carving with friends. They all had a lot of fun pulling out all the innards...

These are the finished pumpkins. Mayla's is on the left (done by her dad, Kyle). Noah's tractor is in the middle (done by Allan), and Acer's car carrier truck is on the right (done by me).

Apple Picking

Hey there...
I'm still working on getting some pictures to the right computer for posting, but it has been quite a challenge! Anyway, here's some pictures from earlier this month when we went apple picking with some friends at Shelburne Orchards. We picked macs, empires, and GIANT mutsu apples. So far we've made: an amazing apple pie (with only 3 of the mutsu apples), applesauce, applebutter, and cranberry apple chutney. We've also eaten MANY apples :) Acer seems to have inherited my love for apples.

Here's Acer trying out a Macintosh. He ate 3 apples that day... I may have eaten just as many. They were really amazing!


Acer and Noah were working together to use the apple picker...


Here's Acer with one of the giant mutsu apples. I didn't let him eat one of these, his stomach would have burst :)

Technical Failure

So... we finally got around to updating the blog and we're having some issues with Picasa. It's being incredibly slow and I can't seem to get any photo albums uploaded. I'll try again tomorrow! In the meantime, here's a taste of the pictures to come:

Acer likes to ride his bike in the house now. Watch out Jack!