Multi Tasking

Eva playing hockey with Papa and Isaac, couldn't leave the game for a few minutes to brush her teeth. Had to play hockey and brush her teeth at the same time.

 

Well It's about Time... Finally

 

It's All About The Poop

Observations from today...
1. Isaac woke up early this morning and was watching TV while I got ready for work. As I came out, my senses smelled something was wrong. There sat Isaac wearing his shirt and a smile, that's it. I asked him if he went pooh,he said yes. On closer observation, he had neglected to remove all of the said pooh. It was on the chair and the cushion. He informed me that the pooh was in his pull-up, he took it out and put it in the toilet and threw the pull up in the garbage. I asked him how he got the poop out and he said... "With My Hands" I was going to ask another question but I didn't think i wanted to know more.... We are choosing to keep the identity of the "Poop" chair hidden. Sit down at your own risk

2. Tonight at supper, Isaac finished early and then got some toys and was playing at the table. A half hour after supper was done, we were still in the kitchen reading and Isaac pipes up "May I Be Excused" I couldn't stop laughing

3. After supper, Eva and Isaac were racing down the hall and we hear a thud. As we came around the corner, there they both were flat on the floor, Eva just ahead of Isaac and Eva was sobbing uncontrollably. We questioned him, "what did you do" to which he replied "Nothing". The boy has a lot to learn. He should have at least taken his hand off her ankle.

chantal kreviazuk

Chantal Kreviazuk was in concert tonight at the empire theatre. Really enjoyed the show. Would have enjoyed it a lot more if i was sitting a little closer to the centre of the theatre... our seats were kinda of to the side.

 

Babysitting with Papa

Gramma And Grampa Mackay have come over tonight to babysit the kids while we go to see chantal kreviazuk. Here Isaac, Eva and Grampa are playing hockey. Eva has to be in the middle of all the action.

 

Eva in one of her christmas dresses

Gramma Jones, here is a picture of Eva in one of her new dresses 

Still Talking

Tanya and I had family pictures on the weekend, picked out a christmas tree, put it in the tree stand... (twice) got it decorated .... and I'm happy to say, we're still talking to each other.

Festive Tim Hortons Cups

Ok, this is silly but it's true. I get right giddy when the holiday christmas cups come out at tim Hortons, almost more so than roll up the rim. Dumb I know but true. Anyway, last week I saw a few of my employees with them and I got excited. Went to tim hortons ordered my large coffee and got the traditional brown cup. Noticed they were only giving them out in XL for the festive cups. Then went on saturday to Newcastle and on the way, stopped to get my first christmas cup of the year... again, only got the brown yet I saw all kinds and people carrying the christmas ones around. So today, i said for sure, i'm getting the christmas cup... walked up to Tim Horntons from the office, ordered an extra large and got it in, you guessed it the brown. Today it was mediums and Larges they were giving them out in. Now I guess I could have turned around and said to the cashier, I'm actually only here for the festive christmas cups, can I get a smaller coffee but seeing as he had tatoo's up and down his arm and upteen body piercings, he was 40 and wearing one of them "In Training" badges, I could only assume he's just gotten out from 5-10 in "training" up at Rikers so I took my extra large and moved along 

Getting Ready For Church

Isaac came out ready for church this morning wearing his church shoes, hockey jersey, tie and a smile. That's It. 

Later that same day....

45 minutes later the tree as down 

Isaac Helping Cut Down The Tree

I usually get teased when we cut down the tree because my brother in law is built like an ox and two swipes of the saw and his tree is down. Me on the other hand.... well, hey, i'm an insurance broker. It takes me a few more cuts than normal. Isaac had to get in and help daddy out. 

Isaac & Uncle Trevor

Isaac Loved running between the trees and yelling, "How bout this tree Mommy" He has yet to learn that Mommy needs to look at 50 trees at least and compare them all before she gets the "Perfect" tree. It's just part of the experience. 

Eva & Gramma

Eva and Gramma out hunting for the perfect tree 

Kenia Posing with Her Tree

 

Just Around the Corners

We were up in the middle of no where on the tre farm and only 1 other family around... as we got closer i realized it was the Corners (My sisters sister in law) 

Wagon Ride

As we were going for the tree, Isaac just had to wear his new hockey gloves. He's obsessed with those things 

Going For the Tree

Bear with me... Blogger has changed and it now takes forever to post Photos if they post at all. Rather frustrating. Anyway, yesterday we went on our annual pilgrammage to Courtice to get our Christmas Tree. Always a fun experience 

It's A Christmas Miracle

 

Trees

 

Beta Blogger

If you get a chance to update to Beta Blogger... don't do it. I updated my version last night and haven't been able post multiple pictures since. As well, i constantly have to keep putting in my passwords and updating single photos take a really long time

Fun Dip

Remember the ol Lick & Dip candy we used to get on Saturdays? The one with the candy stick that you would dip in 100% flavored suger? That used to be so much fun... I can't figure out why we weren't allowed to have that stuff very often. Regardless, we at the Mackay household have taken the fun of the Lick & Dip and made up our own... THE YOGURT AND DIP. Eva has decided spoons are for people under 18 months old. She takes great joy in jamming her fist into the yogurt cup pulling it out and licking her hand. Believe me when I say, it's fun for the whole family... Everything she touches... yogurt. Fun Times, Fun Times.

Two Goals

So this kids slept just GREAT last night. For those of you who can't read the sarcasm in that statement, you obviously haven't been reading my blog long enough. I don't know that i've ever felt this tired.

Anyway, Grampa got Isaac some hockey gloves at a garage sale and gave it to him yestereday. Isaac had to wear his gloves to bed... he gets mixed up easily and puts the gloves on the wrong had. This morning, just before seven, there he is at the gate yelling his little lungs out for me with his gloves on... on the wrong hands of course.

So I was a little excited to tell him, that yes indeed I did score a goal for him. The reaction wasn't quite what I expected... "Did you get Two Goals Daddy?" Ummm... No. "Humm.. Oh. " My balloon has officially burst. 

Growing Up Too Fast

Today I pre-registered Isaac for Junior Kindergarten for Next Fall. How can this be? I can't help but feel a little sad. Obviously not as sad as I was when I was shut out from the People Magazine Sexiest Man of the year, but none the less sad.

Eva is officially 18 Months old today... I'm 429 Months old and Tanya is 408.

Busy weekend ahead... tomorrow is the dreaded family photo's. Mom, how did you make it look so easy when we were kids carting us in to Pascals at Carfour? Its always a treat trying to get everyone to smile and stop screaming. After the pictures, we're heading up to Newcastle to do our annual cutting down of the christmas tree tradition. We've done it for years now on the last weekend in november... a little early i know but december just gets too busy and there's just something to be said for having to vacuum up all those needles after christmas. The holidays wouldn't be the same without it.

Well, I promised Isaac that I would score him a goal in hockey tonight, a promise which i fulfilled. The story he'll hear is how daddy heroically dipsy doodled around two defenders, fought off another and buried a shot past the goaltender to help win the game. In actual fact it was in the dying minutes of a blow out game, it was a chipshot from behind the net that somehow hit the goalie and went it. It wasn't pretty at all. I'll probably forget to tell him that the goalie was a girl too...

Icicle Lights & Christmas Vacation

Have you ever seen the movie Christmas Vacation? You know the one where Clark W. Griswold doesn't get his christmas bonus so his dimwitted brother in law delivers his boss to the house with a bow on him?

Well this year for christmas, i would like the president of noma christmas lights delivered to my house with a bow him. You know the guy that invented if one goes out they all go out. I just tested the blinkin things on saturday and this is thursday and already the ones on the peak of the roof are completely out.

Just once, i'd like the president of NOMA Christmas lights to go up on the peak of my roof and fix my stinkin icicle lights.... that's what I would like for christmas

 

Heading to Lauren's House

When Isaac grows up, he wants to be a jumper guy (Ski Jumper). Just had to have his ski goggles on this morning to head to lauren and baby anna's house. 

Frost

Overheard at breakfast this morning....
"Daddy, did you cut the grass"
No
"Why is the grass like that"
It's frost, when it gets cold, the grass gets like that
"I like the frost, who made the frost, did God make the frost, I like the frost"