Christmas Party at the Yatch Club

Well this is the 3rd year that we've been going to my grandpa's yatch club since meeting my dad.  It's for the kids and they have fun every year.  This year was set up a bit different.  Usually tables are set up for the kids to do crafts but this year they had the whole floor area and did a scavanger hunt and found christmas goodies to put in there tin they were given.  The boys and our cousins Leila and Connor did great and had a good time!

After that they enjoyed some lunch while Mrs Claus sang songs while waiting for Santa to arrive.  Ryan was choosen to go up and sing with Mrs Claus and got to wear the special Santa Hat :)  He had to much fun and looked so cute!

After a bunch of songs Mrs Claus said that Santa was on his way and that we better look outside and sure enough Santa was on a boat headed our way.  The kids were so excited waiving and yelling at Santa.



Santa finally arrived and the kids were so happy!  Santa came with a bag of goodies for the kids and the kids all gathered around and waited for Mrs Claus to call out the kids names.

The boys couldn't wait for there names to be called, they stayed really close to Santa to make sure they didn't miss a thing.  Once there names were called they got to sit on Santas lap and receive there gifts.  Both boys received model cars.   The boys, Leila and Connor had a great time and loved there gifts.

After the party was done at the Yatch Club we headed down to my grandpas yatch to visit for a bit before heading out.  The boys had a great time checking everything out and playing captin!

(That is cousin Shay, she stayed with us for a few days :) )



Welcome to the World Greyson!

My friend Tanya had her baby boy at 34 weeks.  Greyson Winter gruszecki was born December 17  at 12:37 6.7 lbs born at 34 w and 2 days preemie, 21 inches long.  His due date was Jan 26 but decided to show up early...kind of a good think cause she was getting big!  Her pregnancy reminded me of mine with Ryan, my belly was growing and growing and I didn't know how much longer I could take, or if and when i was going to explode!

Tanya asked me to watch her other son while she was having Greyson so Graham stayed with us and played with the boys, they had a good time!  So fun to see all the boys playing together and giggling away :) 

Lunch Time!

Showing there artistic side ;)

Snack and a movie ...Toy Story 3 ...of course!!

The afternoon after Greyson was born I got all the boys ready and headed downtown to see Tanya and the baby.  Ryan really wanted to see the baby but because he was born early he was in nicu so he wasn't allowed to go in.  He was sad :(  But I was happy, I got to see a new little baby...I love babies :)

Isn't Greyson adorable?!  I hope to take more pictures of him soon :)

Cookie Trees and Cupcakes!

It's that time again, time for lots of baking yummy goodies!

I found some cookie cutters to make a cookie tree with so I did that one night.  I used all but 2 of the biggest cookie cutters cause I ran out of dough but had just enough to make 4 trees which was perfect!  I liked how they turned out and can't wait to make more next year!

I made all 4 the same but will do different colors next year.

Thanks to pinterest...my new addicted site where there are tons of ideas from organization, to arts and crafts, to cooking and of course baking!  I found some cool ideas for christmas cupcakes this year and they were a big hit! 

How awesome are these cupcakes?!!

These have to be the cutest cupcakes i've made to date!  I was really happy with how they turned out!

Painting!

I found a cool art project I did at preschool with all the kids and I wanted to make one at home with just the boys.  So Elvin helped mix up paint colors and we got to work.

I kind of let Alex do his own thing while I worked with Ryan on our project and brought Alex in when i needed him :)

I painted the boys hands and they stamped them onto canvas to resemble a tree, I added a star and a tree trunk .....

and bam, a handprint christmas tree!! I love it!!  This will be so great to pull out of the christmas box every year!!  Good memories!

Look, It's Buzz and Woody!!

OMG, are these not the cutest boys in the cutest pj's!!!  Love love love them!  They boy have a pair of Buzz and Woody, can't wait to see what they look like as the opposite characters!  ryan really suits Wooody and Alex really suits Buzz!

Elvin

Well, day 3 is better late than never!  Elvin made his apperance at the dinner table and joined the boys.  Ryan was happy to have him with us, but Alex didn't care too much.  I explaind why Elvin is here and that he watches to see if he's naughty or nice and reports back to Santa after he goes to sleep.  He was a bit confused...like really?  I like the Elf on the Shelf idea but I have to be honest it's hard to remember to do it lol!  This is the first year so we'll see how it goes. 

After the boys went to bed Elvin decided to hop in the truck and go for a spin ;)  Not sure what the boys are going to think as it's my sleep in day tomorrow!  i'm sure they'll think it's funny :)  I hope I can keep up with the silly ideas, it does seem like a lot of fun.

Christmas Party

Kevin's work had a christmas party tonight, it was at the Vancouver World Trade and Convention Center.  It was nice inside, lots of people.  Kevin tried to find someone he knew, but that didn't go so well as there were a lot of people and he is new himself, he only started in September. 

There were a few empty tables so we grabbed on of those and just waited for the dinner to start.  It started at about 6:15, they brought out soup first and started some videos on the company...some were funny but as they kept going it got really boring.  Dinner came along and they played videos of people who have been with the company 5 years plus and gave out awards, dessert came, and more videos and awards.  I have to say...as nice as I can, it SUCKED lol!  This was suppose to be a christmas party, not an awards ceremony...if this is how party's are i'm sure not missing a whole lot.  We wanted to leave right after dessert but we stuck it out to the end which thankfully was after about 10 minutes.  Then that's it, party over.........REALLY!  That's it...that's all??!!  I've been to some boring work partys but i think this was by far the worst.  I don't like big gatherings or work parties...especially if it's not a job that I work for...and this is a huge company so I was suprised that it was actually so boring! 

Ok, well enough of my rant...good thing is I got to dress up, look my age instead of a mom in sweat pants and Kevin got to dress up and  wear a tie <3  lol.  I set up my camera and took a picture of Kevin and I before we left.... are we a cute couple! :p

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Santa!

Me and a friend took out boys to see Santa!  How cute are they?!  Actual Santa pics to come later ;)