Picnic in the back of our new minivan!!! (While transfering carseats in the showroom)

Picnic in the back of our new minivan!!! (While transfering carseats in the showroom)

Whenever I guess any of the new words James has learned he laughs like a super villain.

It rained last night and froze, so it was very slippery out.

It rained last night and froze, so it was very slippery out. We were driving to swimming lessons, and Sara was testing the roads by braking hard a couple of times to see if it was slippery. When we got out of the car, Nate wiped out on the ice.

Me, "On no, Nate. Did you slip?"

Nate, "No, I was just checking to see if it was slippery."

Nate, "It looks like there's blood on the floor."

Nate, "It looks like there's blood on the floor."

"No, that just marker, it's red, so it kind of looks like blood."

"It wasn't me. It must have been James, he's the naughtiest boy.."

Goofing around at the mall.

Goofing around at the mall.

Nate this morning, "When I was just a little baby in Mommy's stomach, I always hoped I would have a big Dad .

Nate this morning, "When I was just a little baby in Mommy's stomach, I always hoped I would have a big Dad ... and you're the biggest Dad ever."

In a similiar vein, A couple weekends ago, Nate had woken up early and I was going downstairs with him, so we wouldn't wake up Sara and James, and he stops halfway down the stairs and goes, "You're the best Dad ever!"
"Thanks, Nate. That's very sweet. That makes Dad very happy."
"... but sometimes you're the baddest Dad ever."
"Oh."
"... and sometimes you're a good and bad Dad."

James is rapidly learning new words.

James is rapidly learning new words. For example, he said, "cat", quite clearly just the other day. But for whatever reason he still refers to milk as "bop!" and popcorn as "bap-boo!!!" (the exclamation marks are a key part of the pronunciation). They're actually quite catchy, and I found myself using them sometimes.

Awwwww, yeah!

Awwwww, yeah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM

Nate pretending to be a lion at the dinner table, "This is buffalo meat and we're drinking buffalo blood.

Nate pretending to be a lion at the dinner table, "This is buffalo meat and we're drinking buffalo blood." Referring to our curry and drinks. Later, while eating candy canes, "These are buffalo bones."

Nate, "Dad, let's play a game. You will be a knight, I'll be a dragon, and James will be the princess."

Nate, "Dad, did you just see smoke coming out of my head?"

Nate, "Dad, did you just see smoke coming out of my head?"

"No, why would there be smoke coming out of your head? "

" Cause I was just dreaming. "

" Oh, just like in story books, when someone is thinking of something you can see it in a cloud? "

" Yeah! "

The first big snow (halfway in).

The first big snow (halfway in).

Uncle Geoff comes to town.

Uncle Geoff comes to town.

James and the yogurt moustache.

James and the yogurt moustache.

Brothers being brothers

Brothers being brothers

Backwards day.

Backwards day.

Photos from last night.

Photos from last night. Their favourite part was handing out candy, but they didn't quite grasp the concept of even distribution, so they would just keep loading up the kind in front until I told them to give candy to the next kid.