Family Day 2014

What a great idea to warm up the winter with a family day holiday in the middle of February. Happy to celebrate once again for the 7th year in a row.  Haven't missed one yet!

The new tradition of gingerbread men is welcomed by the younger ones in the crowd. The excitment of the bowling and rock climbing adventures of the past has been replaced by the thrill of a stuffed animal flying through the air and the danger of a 1 year old assessing the possibility of stepping down one stair on his own.

The Olympics warm up February

Too cold and snowy to go outside but the Winter Games and the new large screen TV stave off cabin fever. I have set up all my little Russian dolls to watch the games with us. Waiting for PK to show his stuff. 

Groundhog Day

Back at the blog again after a break for January. The year started well with snowshoeing in Muskoka with friends on New Years Day.  January seemed extraordinarily long this year with the "polar vortex" hanging over the Eastern seaboard. Netflix helped us to pass the time on the cold evenings. We have watched the whole first season of Homeland and Orange is the New Black. Excellent escapism. I guess that the pioneers knitted and whittled during the long dark winters. The squirrels are out again today which must mean it is a bit warmer. Spring is less than 2 months away!