I'm freezing. It was so nice this morning and now you can feel the weather changing... its getting windy, and its getting colder! Hopefully soon the snow will come :)

This morning was Joey's bible presentation at school. I was petrified, I had to go... I was terrified that Joey would burn up in flames when the priest handed him the bible! But it was uneventful, and all of the kids did a great job at the liturgy. I got a few pictures of the event, and of the little social that we had afterwards :) What a great way to spend the morning!

This year we've decided that the boys are going to have a shared birthday party. Joey didn't have an actual birthday party with friends until he was in school, so this year we knew that we'd have to do something for Chris. We debated whether to have a party just for Chris and let Joey have a friend or 2 over on his actual birthday, but the boys made it pretty easy for me... they decided that it would be fun to have their parties together! So I guess we're going to have a very busy, crazy, loud afternoon with 15-20 kids at a bowling alley very soon! Actually, I have to admit that I'm kinda looking forward to it!

Joey had a run-in with a metal post the other week.... I mean, he literally ran into a post! I still don't completely know how it happened, but apparently he was running and looked back to see where his friends were and the post just happened to be right in front of him! He had a huge goose egg on the side of his head and a bruise on his shoulder and a red line all down the side of his chest from where he hit the post. Somehow he whacked his hand as well, and it was so bad that I thought he had broken it. Turns out that it wasn't broken but he did do some damage to it. Poor kid, but at least now he knows to watch where he's going when he's running!

Here's some more pictures of the boys that were taken on Thanksgiving weekend. They're really growing up :( Its strange to see how much they've changed in the last few months - Chris is getting so much more grown up and his speech is really coming along. Joey is getting taller, and his attitude is getting bigger!

We went for a day trip a few weeks back to Fleming College to see where Jason lives and goes to school. Its a great place, such a beautiful campus! Jason is really happy there, and I think the boys enjoyed seeing where daddy lives and what he does when he's not at home. They just knew that daddy was away, but now maybe it will make more sense to them because they know where he his. All in all, it was a great day - a long drive with horrible traffic, but a great day :)

The job search hasn't been going so well lately. I did have a job.... until I couldn't find care for the kids for before and after school. I hated to do it, but I had to turn down the job because of it. Its really hard to find part time daycare for just a few hours a day, and the few people who do it want waaaay too much money. One woman wanted me to pay her $18/hr - she had to make it worth her while to take part time work! Doesn't make sense to pay that much though, does it? So now I'm looking for part-time work while the boys are in school, or for something that I can do from home. Its not easy.

Other than these few things, its been pretty quiet around here lately. We're all getting excited for Christmas - this year just feels different! I'm really looking forward to the holidays this year, having Jason home and being able to spend all the time in the world with the family :) December is going to be crazy, but its going to be wonderful :)