Skating, Swimming and Rocking Out.

What to do when all of the regular activities except for school are cancelled? Skate during public skating, swim during lap swim, and rock of course!

New Room, Late Posting

 After many years of sharing a room with one of her siblings, our first born finally got her own room. Over the last few weeks we have been decorating and furnishing our rarely-used guest room. The room colour is “Swimming” by Benjamin Moore, and a nod to one of her favourite sports. We are still waiting for her new grey bed to arrive, but here are a few photos of the work in progress:

Of course now, our middle child is jealous and has asked for a “new room”...

Last Days of Fall

 Having raked all of the leaves, the children have tuned to practicing gymnastics on the grass. Here are the two youngest in the fields behind our house (the little one is wearing a pair of play eye glasses):

First Skate

 Theoretically, they have skated this season, but this was their first family skate since ringette and hockey and all team sports were put on hold:

The First Snow Has Melted

 Early Tuesday morning my 7-year old woke me up to announce that it had snowed! The girls quickly changed, ate their breakfast, and were ready for school much earlier than usual. They dressed in their snow suits for the first time since last winter. The snow has since melted, and we have had some very warm weather...Here they are in the short-lived snow:

No Trick or Treating, No Problem!

While our province did not ban trick-or-treating this year, they did place restrictions: No opening doors for trick-or-treaters, no ringing of doorbells, leave candy out in a basket, and only trick-or-treat with family members. So we decided to forgo the trick-or-treating, and instead had a party with just our immediate family members. We dressed up, had dinner, told scary stories, decorated Halloween-themed cookies, told jokes for candy, then watched a family-friendly Halloween movie. Here are a few photos:

Watching a scary movie

Getting ready for Halloween

 A few days ago, I got home from work to find that my kids had decorated the house for Halloween. My 10 year-old spear-headed the project, and the younger ones helped out. It seems that just last year, I was doing most of the work... the little one even dressed her doll up. Here are some of the results: