Having some "Candle Time" to chill out after supper. A good way to bridge the gap to Christmas.
Cara had to build a recycling project, so she built a cat house of Cosmo. For a cat that never does what we want, he liked it.
Cara made a terrarium at Guides and it is very cool.
Gwen's birthday party had to be postponed for a second year in a row. She had a stomach bug again so we had to reschedule. She was upset but got to spend some time playing and watching TV in bed, so it wasn't all bad!
She was feeling better by her real birthday, so she got breakfast in bed!
And a special visitor! Jill came up for a long weekend and got to experience a bit of Calgary "fall".
Uncle Jamie and Amelia came by to help celebrate!
It hatched quickly and was very exciting!
The birthday girl was all smiles!
And got the no flour chocolate cake as requested!
7 years already!
Rememberance Day was celebrated on the 10th, so the girls wore their uniforms. Cara was in the choir at her school's ceremony and was great.
With all the snow, Cara finally got to be pulled on the sled after school. The two of them together are pretty heavy!
Aunt Jill helped build some snowmen in the backyard.
It had been a while since she'd built one.
So they built three! Plus a snow cat.
I wonder why Gwen got a stomach bug? Does drinking out of toilet cause problems?
Just kidding! It's a water fountain at the Science Centre.
We laid on a bed of nails.
It wasn't so bad!
Cara facing the wind head on!
Gwen sketching Jill on glass.
Cara was nervous but eventually tried the bed of nails.
Gwen waited and waited for her turn to design an outfit. Definitely worth it!
We'd driven past this slide since it opened and the girls finally got to go on it. It was a tall climb, but they did it!
We whirled around in the melting snow.
It was a great visit and the girls never get enough of Aunt Jill!
After dropping Jill off at the airport, we had Gwen's birthday party. The plan was to see the My Little Pony Movie, but when Gwen's first party was canceled, we were worried we'd miss it. So we took a still sick Gwen to the movie on Sunday so she could see it. But luckily, there was one theatre showing it the next weekend and we booked a party and saw My Little Pony again!
Almost everyone could still come and they all had a good time!
Gwen's class has a pet hamster named Crackers. The kids are big fans and are learning a lot about taking care of him.
The girls school picks turned out great!
Adorable!
We got some family photos taken at Baker Park and they turned out well.
Freshly toothless Gwen is usually laughing.
Cara's got a great sense of humour too.
Family photo with the Bow River in the background.
We are starting to get in the Christmas spirit!
A winter rainbow!
Gwen built a volcano kit she got for her birthday with some help from Cara. It erupted successfully.
On the last weekend of November, we had a special event. Both girls went camping with Brownies/Guides, at the same place, for 2 days! Mom and Dad have not spent that much time alone together since before Cara was born! They both had an awesome time and their parents survived.
While they were at camp, we checked out the Calgary Expo Christmas Sale. There were some cool trees there like this Mario one.
Cosmo showing off his new Christmas outfit. He likes it as much as you would expect.
As November wound down, we started to get into full Christmas mode! It started with some Christmas lights and lasted all of next month!
