John is on vacation til the New Year! We are all very excited and I am really looking forward to having help with the girls for 16 straight days. I'm going to have to try and not get to used to it or January is going to be very tough. We don't have anything planned (besides Christmas!) except cleaning out the condo and getting it ready to put on the market in January.
Yesterday we went to Sears and bought all the appliances for the house. You hear of all these new houses that come with 5 appliances but we quickly learned those incentives aren't necessary to sell homes in Oakville. What can you do. On the plus side we will soon be the proud owners of a front loader washing machine and dryer, an extra quiet dishwasher, a fridge with the freezer on the bottom, a pretty nice stove and an over the range microwave. We were at Sears for 2 hours picking it up and the girls were very good. They put up with everybody looking at them!
After appliances, we decided to drive over to the house site. We had been there on Wednesday but I didn't mention it because there was absolutely no progress. Needless to say we were pleasantly surprised to find that they had dug the hole for our foundation!! We are the first ones. We were both very excited. I didn't bring the camera but I'll make sure to bring it next week.
One of the great things about condo living is indoor parking. You never have to scrape the ice or snow and the car isn't freezing. The downside is you have no idea just how cold it is til you reach your destination. Today we needed groceries so the four of us headed out. When we got out of the car we were blasted with -20 degree celcius. Emma was sleeping when we took her out of the car but she quickly woke up when the cold hit her face. The face she made was priceless - she looked so confused/disgusted but very cute!
Even though it is sooo cold we still have no snow. There is a bit in the forecast so maybe we'll have a white Christmas. I'm not overly impressed with the snow situation in southern Ontario. Growing up in Ottawa we always had snow for Christmas and it stayed on the ground until spring. Snow makes the dark winter nights brighter and makes December feel like Christmas. Twenty below with grass is just depressing!
The girls are doing well. They tried peas tonight. Emma tolerated them and Leah ate them up with her usual enthusiasm. They are so much fun now. They play with their toys and each other. They are both rolling from back to tummy all the time. Leah has figured out how to get back over but Emma seems to have forgotten! I'm sure it won't be long. They both seem to enjoy being on their tummies and they are gradually getting stronger. I commented to John that since all Jumperoos/Exersaucers have been banned it will be interesting to see how the girls develop. I'm pretty sure it's not very often a baby doesn't get to use them - every baby book I've ever read has encouraged them. Oh well - we can be the case study. At least they can amuse each other.
Leah
Emma
I like this picture 
