CHRISTmas Morning

Daddy getting ready during the calm before the storm.

Merry Christmas!

See these hats? They kept them on all day long.
Working together.

Waiting patiently for the next gift.

A crazy full box of boxes from some incredible princesses in Calgary. The BLT rocks and they love the books!

And now for the grand finale. Last, but definitely not least (especially in weight and amount of space it takes up!) ... Merry Christmas, boys. (Mommy and Daddy have not gone insane, this was a generous hand-me-down and we're not installing the battery.)

Within seconds of seeing it.

Clamoring in.

Make sure to close the door and buckle up.

Alpha: Bravo, can you take a look under the hood?

Bravo: Gladly!

Christmas Eve

What a full day we had.
For lunch, we went out for Brazilian all-you-can-eat with A-ma, A-ma and A-gong. Wow, there was a lot of meat!

After dinner, we went to the Christmas Eve service. While Mommy and Daddy were lighting the Christ candle, Alpha was doing his best to blow out the candle in front of him. Then during the children's story, Alpha and Bravo decided to venture over to the Christmas tree and pace/run back and forth... many times (and not that silently). There's something special about Christmas Eve services.

We came home and welcomed the C&C carollers in our bathrobes. It was beautiful to hear Christmas carols outside our door.


Look what else they can do.

Visitors from Paris and some

We started off the day with some visitors from Paris. Bravo and Alpha shared their toys with L and D.

D helped fix up the tree

and show the boys how to make a fort.

Later that night, we had friends and family over for turkey. And of course, the requisite MJ session. Hmm... what happened to taking it easy this year?

Advent IV - Love

We enjoyed an early Christmas dinner with family.
Awwww #1 - what a nice picture

Awww #2 - how lovely

Awww #3 - we're pretty sure there's a photo of A-jik when he's a kid with the same expression. Now we just have to find it to compare.

Not the one we were thinking of but you get the idea.

We think that Cousin Foxtrot should open up a hair salon. Customer #1.

Customer #2

Customer #3

Customer #4

Cousin Hotel wrote and awesome Christmas ode to NCIS. It was very impressive. Due to our weekend immersion, we understood about 90% and only had to ask a couple questions to clarify.

A good time was had by all.

Haircut #2.5

Mommy started the process and Daddy finished it a few days later.

What has them so attentive?
Thomas, of course!

Bravo

Advent III - Joy

It was a cold and chilly afternoon.

We stayed warm with Keys and O-a. They took us to Bright Lights at Stanley Park.

Mommy and Daddy got to come along as well.

The lights were beautiful and well worth the trip out.

Horse and Carriage

What are we waiting for?
There are free horse and carriage rides in Kerrisdale
(outside Shoppers for the next 2 weeks)
Bravo with A-ma
Mommy and Alpha

Yeah for horseys!

Advent II - Peace

B&W photos make things look so peaceful. Daddy was testing out the camera and took these shots.
Bravo



Alpha














Bravo
It's very peaceful (read = quiet)when the tv is on.

Random pics

Here are some random photos from the past week.

(The bottom of) Our Christmas tree

Alpha likes his pockets

A photo of Mommy

Must be getting close to CHRISTmas