Twas the Night Before...

Santa Claus is Coming to town..

The Happy Campers

As the Christmas Holiday approaches, there have been multitudes upon multitudes of boxes arriving for the Moloko Siblings. The highlight to last Friday's delivery was from our beloved Okinawa, Japan. Aunt Michelle, Uncle Dave & Cousin Dave treated the kids to a box of presents, which quickly went under the tree. The highlight was the Japanese Okashi (goodies) included. What was once familiar treats in their pantry, is now considered a luxury. They were ecstatic with the arrival of these sweet treats and they are slowly savouring each and every bite.

December Highlights

Goodness, this month has flown and I am stupefied that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I had the best of intentions to sit down on numerous occasions to update the blog. (Guess I know what my New Year's Resolution is going to be.) Therefore, I decided I would sit down and just do a brief review of December.

This was a photo of our first dusting of snow. The Moloko siblings have SO eager for a BIG snowfall as they have never had the experience to play in the snow. Big Sister's eyes were full of excitement and merriment as she tried to catch the snowflakes on her tongue and she worked hard scraping snow off the car to form a snowball. Unfortunately, the flurries did not last long, but, the kids enjoyed stormtroopers blanket the cars and sidewalk.

Big Sister is growing up so fast! Here she is heading out to friend's birthday slumber party. She had a fabulous time but nothing could have prepared her for the sheer exhaustion she would fell the next morning. She was returned to our care with her 'fun-meter" pegged and sleep deprived. We tried to get her to nap/rest, but, she resisted as she felt she was too old to nap. She is already planning her B'day for 2010...a Slumber Party.

Big Sister is all smiles at the St William of York Christmas Program. The First Grade sang several songs and she could definitely be heard singing on her favorite "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."

The Little Dudes are modeling their new school t-shirts. As Preschoolers, they are not required to wear a uniform, but, they so wanted to show their "Panther Pride." They were all smiles and wanted to wear them again the very next day!

The Little Dudes have become extreme fans of all things "Speed Racer." Little Dude B wanted to make Shrinky Dinks and suggested we make ornaments for the Christmas tree. The Little Dudes quickly navigated me to the Speed Racer website so I could accurately draw and color their favorite car characters. It was a great activity and the ornaments look fantastic on the Christmas tree.

Big Sister LOVES to dress up. This particular afternoon, she was Mary and was headed off to Bethlehem for Jesus's birth. Moments later, she decided she was Saint Lucia.

Needless to say, it is never dull in the Moloko household!

Another New Smile

Not quite sure what is going on at the Moloko household, but, we are sure keeping the Tooth Fairy busy. In the past month, we have lost four teeth amongst the three munchkins. The latest to loose a tooth was Litte Dude B, and it was his first. He lost one of his bottom front teeth and his initial reaction was not one of smiles and cheer. He quickly recovered as his brother and sister reminded him of the monetary gift the Tooth Fairy delivers.

Immediate Reaction

It's Gone

Realizing he was going to be rewarded for his tooth!

Little Dude B wanted this photo!

Little Dudes and their "New"Smiles

Oddly Comforting

This past Tuesday, I had a crew scheduled to arrive at 9am to replace hard wood floorboards throughout the kitchen and living room. I so LOVE my wood floors and during the past two months noticed that some were splitting. Although we were well past our 45 day follow-up walk through, I contacted our builder. He quickly responded, assessed the situation, and contacted the company who installed the floors. Not sure if we just got unlucky with a "bad" lot of wood, but, over 40+ boards needed replacing.

I was prepared for a LONG Day and had taken my Motrin in anticipation of the noise. When the crew of four arrived, they quickly removed their shoes, cautiously brought in their equipment, and scattered about the rooms to tackle the job. What was oddly soothing was how comforting it was to hear them communicate amongst one another in their native language.
I quickly assumed these gentlemen were Japanese as they bowed me up and down, inquired about photos hanging of the munchkins in kimono, and questioned me on the Japanese art acquired while in Okinawa. They quickly set to work and finished within 4 hours, not the projected 8.

As they were so carefully cleaning their mess, I quickly discovered it was not Japanese they were speaking amongst each other, but Korean. If anything, for a few hours my mind escaped to the sights, sounds, and smells of Japan.