No.356: Christmas Stockings

We love stockings at Bungalow'56.  Santa obviously knows what our girls like.

No.355: Christmas Eve

After attending mass, we had a wonderful evening with friends.  A few gifts were opened and lights out after 1am.  Youngest was thrilled to be going to bed so late.

No.356: Christmas Ready

All the stockings are hung in the hallway with care...

No.354: Bokeh Lights

The Agronomist and I went looking for a new camera.  It is a Canon 7D and has so much potential.  Now to just learn how to use it to its full capacity.  I have so much to learn.

No.353: Santa Ornament

I went out today and bought new ornaments for our tree.  It looks so nice.  A huge sale at Michael's!  I also dropped my camera today and it isn't working.  This photo was taken with my iPhone.

No.350: Gingerbread Houses

A Christmas Tradition. The two youngest girls did all of the work.  Dad helped to assemble. The turned out beautifully.

No.342: Heart Bokeh

Eldest saw this tutorial and wanted to see if she could get heart bokeh.  She didn't stop until she got it.  It took a couple of tries and the heart shape needed to be smaller than the example given. But it turned out great.

No.341: Kris Kringle

I blogged about this poor guy here.

No.333: Christmas Tree

Youngest had been asking to put up the tree since November 24th.  But with birthday parties still in the works we kept putting her off.  Finally tonight was the night, but the tree, we realized, was too old.  There were some tears as she doesn't like change.  We received a call on our cell phone by her to tell us she liked the old tree. But after the new tree was decorated, by herself and middlest, she was very happy with the outcome.  We had to promise that the old tree would be put up downstairs. This picture was actually taken by my Eldest.  I think it's perfect.

No.331: Santa Parade

I couldn't choose between the two.  It was a mild day for the parade and we went with some friends.  Eldest had to stay home to get some homework done.   I blogged about it here.

No.328: Trumpets

Middlest had an early birthday sleepover. It just happened to be band day, so all the instruments came along with the girls.  We had a five piece band practicing "The Eye of The Tiger" in our basement.  I'm sure it will an experience we never have again.

No.323: Birthday Cake

She was so excited, because she got to pick out a bought birthday cake.  Who knew?

No.322: Presents

Watching their sister open her gifts.  An early celebration so that Auntie and Uncle could be there too.

No.321: Notebook

A favourite birthday gift. Blank pages = lots of creativity.  Thanks Auntie!

No.314: Remembrance Day

The Mounties walk down our street to meet up with the Cadets ahead.  The outdoor service begins at 

11:00 am. 

No.313: Poppies

Preparing for Remembrance Day.  We all bought Poppies.

No.303: School Halloween Costumes

The Eldest went as a Hippie.

Middlest went with her best friend as a Good/Bad Fairy duo.

And Youngest went as a Gypsy Fortune Teller.

They all created their costumes from old dance recital costumes and clothes from the dress up trunk.

It's always so much more fun to create something rather than buying it pre-made.

These were slightly different than the ones worn trick or treating, except for Gypsy, who looked exactly the same.

This post will be linking up with SITS Halloween Parade.

No.297: Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins today.  I tried using a smaller fstop with a slower ISO since the lighting was a little low and I wanted a crisper shot than a 1600 ISO would give me, so my daughter is blurred.  I like the effect though.

No.294: Fall Decorating

I don't normally do a lot of decorating for fall or Halloween.  It is such a short lived season, it just doesn't seem worth it.  But my youngest was noticing other houses and kept asking why we didn't have anything in front of our house.  So we went to Micheals and found this scarecrow.  I have to admit it really does make our home look a little more welcoming.

No.239: Home Away

We were getting closer to home but not quite.  While we stayed in the city for our nephew's baptism, we stayed with The Agronomist's cousin and her family.  We always feel so at home and welcome.  The kids always get along well.  And for this visit, she even prepared her own birthday meal for us to enjoy. Thank you for always opening up your home to us.  We always look forward to our visits.