Sunday Pictures

Asher – 8.5 years

Chancery – 6 years

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Chancery: “Look at the book that Asher has!”

 

Asher: “Look at all of the minions that we have, Chancery!”

 

Chancery: “So funny, Asher!  Really?”

 

Asher: “Yes, look at this next one.”

 

Chancery: “Woah, that’s awesome & scary at the same time, Asher!”

 

Asher: “I know, Chancery.  Look the photos are done now!”

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Captions by Asher

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 8.5 years

Chancery – 6 years

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Chancery: “Ooh, you have a dog!”

 

Asher: “You’d better be careful, or my dog will attack you!”

 

Chancery: “If by attack, you mean lick, then I totally agree with you!”

 

Asher: “That’s exactly what I mean, Chancery!”

Snowflake Factory

We’ve been busy making snowflakes here.  Some are being mailed to the Grandparents, but we’re just having a lot of fun figuring out how to make different shapes & designs.  Here Asher demonstrates how to make a snowflake…

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 8.5 years

Chancery – 6 years

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Asher: “Daddy has been building Lego with us, & he built this cool truck!”

 

Asher: “And also this cool truck!”

 

Asher: “I’ll put the trucks behind me so that Digby doesn’t try to eat them.”

 

Chancery: “He doesn’t want to eat them, Asher.  He just wants to play with them!”

 

Digby: “They never let me have any fun!”

“Pulling A Sherilyn”

When PChad & I lived in London, we lived with Geoff & Margaret, an older couple that we met at church.  They invited us to live with them since they had a big house & money was tight for us.  We gratefully accepted, & became part of the family.

At the time, I was working in a Solicitor’s office & I would get home from work around 8pm.  Since I had a work uniform, I’d often go upstairs & change into my pyjamas before supper, so Geoff & Margaret became accustomed to seeing me in my PJs relatively early in the evening.

One night, as PChad & I were watching TV after supper, Geoff popped his head in the TV room, & asked if it would be ok for him to put his pyjamas on.  “Of course!” we replied.  He came downstairs a few minutes later wearing a nightshirt, nightcap, & slippers…


We still stay in contact with Geoff & Margaret, & from time to time they let us know that Geoff still likes to ‘pull a Sherilyn’, meaning he gets his PJs on early.

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 8.5 years

Chancery – 6 years

**********************************************  Asher: “Christmas is not over yet, but our tree is gone!”

 

Chancery: “The wisemen came at Epiphany, which is Jan 6th, but our tree was getting pretty dead!”

 

Asher: “I suppose we don’t need our tree to celebrate Epiphany…”

 

Chancery: “Since the wisemen brought Jesus gifts, do you think we’ll get presents too?”

The Gift

Since my brothers & I all live far from where our parents live, my mom sent us a few presents for Christmas.  My mom has a tradition of buying the same/similar things for us (to keep it even so we don’t fight!), & after she sent our packages, she wanted to make sure they had arrived.  She sent us a group email…

 

Mom:

Hi Everyone,

Did everyone get their book we sent?

Love to all.

Dad and Mom

 

Me:

It's a book? Well now you've ruined the surprise!

 

Brian:

We have received the present but have not opened it yet.  Isn't one of the best parts of Christmas the anticipation? :)

 

Me:

Oh for sure!  I felt the present & had a few guesses...  Something from Ikea, a ream of paper, a package of cookies, I can't WAIT to find out what's really in there!

 

Kurt:

I thought maybe it was a book but it was wrapped so I put it under the tree since there was nothing else there yet.

I guess I could have smelled it, maybe it is a box of chocolates. (life is like that)

Love Kurt and family.

 

Mom:

Well you might be surprised!  I was asking because I sent it media rate, which was a lot cheaper, but I didn't know how long it would take to get to you.  They also told me they could open the package to check if it really was media and I better not have anything else in there!

 

The anticipation was killing us, but we held off opening until Christmas.  It WAS a book after all!  My uncle had recently written his memoir, & my Mom got us all signed copies!  (She had also included him on the email thread, so he could see all the excitement building for the big reveal!)