Pumpkin Carving

So, we finally got around to carving the pumpkins. It only took us until the 30th of October to do it but it's done. The kids had a lot of fun. As usual, Emma wanted nothing to do with the goop inside the pumpkin but had great fun drawing out her pattern on the pumpkin. She tried desperately to use a spoon but when that didn't work she spent the rest of the time begging the rest of us to clean out her pumpkin, so that she could carve it. Natalia, on the other hand, got quite a kick out of the goopy stuff in the middle. After an initial shock, she dug right in. She was covered in the slime and loving it. In the end the pumpkins turned out fabulous and I can't wait to see them lit up tomorrow night.

I'm back!

Oh my, I cannot believe that it has been so long since I have put anything on this blog. I feel terrible about it. Thanks to Aunt Karen for her email that reminded me that I have been neglecting this blog.

Lots has happened in the last few months. Unfortunetly, after a month, we had to pull Natalia out of her Montessori Preschool. I'm not sure why but she was not adjusting at all to the school. Instead of settling in, she was beginning to have panic attacks at the mention of preschool. Needless to say, she is only 2.5 years old so we decided to pull her out and now I take her to drop in programs a few times a week. She is much happier with this situation.

Emma is loving grade 1. She is still very advanced compared to her classmates but she seems happy and she absolutely LOVES her teacher. Lately in the car, we play question games with Emma like...How do you spell, "British"? or What is 6 x 5? She is doing really well with these and loves it when you play these games with her.

Oma was here for a few weeks this month and the kids loved it. How could they not enjoy all the extra attention? It also meant that Mommy and Daddy got to go on a date. We went to see Dirty Dancing on stage in Toronto. It was pretty good.

Anyways, I will leave you with a few pics of the girls from the past weeks and hopefully I will be posting here more often.