Yay for Y!

In "Y" weeks, we ate yam fries, yolk, and lots of yogurt. We drove past Yorkshire Terrace, yawned, and even yelled. We found two awesome yodelling videos on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDEk2AMJAI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9oxbyLlAYI&feature=related!

The kids made their own yachts:

Jacob, in learning to navigate the computer, kept finding himself back here at Yahoo:

We made yak crafts:

We went out for dinner (to a restaurant that was called Yoshi Sushi a few months ago!). We ate chicken yakisoba:

... yakitori:

... and tempura yam:

Jacob played in the yard at Grandma and Grandpa's house:

Madison and I made a fancy bingo blotter "Y":

We read "Y" books:

And coloured Y pictures (yawn, yucca, yellow jacket, and yarn!):

We had a yellow balloon party:

We wore matching yellow shirts:

We watched and listened to lots of music videos on:


Such as "Yellow Submarine":

and "Yesterday":

We ate a yorkie cake:

Visited yorkie puppies in the pet store:

And Madison played with her yorkie Webkinz:

The kiddos also tried out our yo-yo:

Jacob and Madison made yellow yarn Y crafts:

This week was really busy for our family so we didn't get to the Nanaimo Yacht Club, Yawning Acres, or down to Yellowpoint. We also could have visited our naturopath, Dr. Yim, eaten yellow squash, or researched the country of Yemen!

X-treme "X"

Probably our most challenging week thus far, hence the single blog post for 2 weeks of "X". Dad found us some "X" music by a composer named Xenakis and another piece titled Xivarri.

This week we played "Xs and Os":

Read "X" books from the library:

The sports ones in this photo are all about an annual event called "The X Games"... who knew?:

We coloured "X" pictures such as the xenops bird and xiphias (swordfish):

Jacob said at breakfast one morning, "Look Mom, I made an 'X'!":

Madison and Jacob glued 2 different "X" paper plate crafts (xylophone and x-ray):

I created an "X marks the spot" scavenger hunt for the kids, it was awesome to see their excitement running from room to room looking for the clues:

We made a really neat x-ray fish craft that I found the plans for online:

When we played Speed Scrabble with Nana, I got stuck with "X":

Jacob made a xiaosaurus (it really is a dinosaur!) toilet paper roll craft:

And we of course, brought our xylophone out to play with during "X" weeks:

Winter Wonderland!

This weekend was weird since winter arrived way too early. Middle of November, and we were stranded because of a snowstorm. Snow fell to about 4 to 6 inches where we were, and the kids went crazy. I loved watching their wonder and feeling their excitement as they watched the flakes fall outside of the windows. Even better was hearing their shrieks of fun and laughter once they got all of their winter gear on and went out there to play in it! The first morning, we all woke up early, and I am positive we were the first family outside, and for sure the first to build a snowman in our yard! Warren tried to make them wait, but there was no keeping them in the warm house. On Sunday, Madison spent a solid SIX hours outside! Jacob was keen in his warm winter clothes, especially to eat the snow, but he didn't last as long as Mads did outside. After all of the fun, we warmed up with hot chocolate and whipped cream. Here are some photos from our first weekend of winter - a full month early!