the kwasnys

Although it wasn’t a severe storm, we lost power during the night. I woke up at 5:30am wondering why I was so cold.  Since Cory wasn’t there to steal my covers and my bedside clock was dark I concluded a power failure. We have a fireplace downstairs and lots of wood, which Cory lights every weekend he’s home. I knew a fire was exactly what was needed, but unfortunately I never paid attention when Cory was home lighting them.

Luckily I have a very sweet husband who doesn’t mind what time I call. Cory gave me excellent play by play instructions over the phone and minutes later a fire was roaring. The power returned a short time after.

While the kids were playing outside waiting to be taken to school I took some photos. Ice was covering everything, I’m not even going to attempt to chip it off the car until the sun has done some work. Not being a native Ontarian I still marvel at how the ice covers all of the surfaces, even the bricks on our house. It’s as though everything has been covered in a layer of icing, even the branches of the trees.

While we don’t have to many holiday traditions here at the Kwasny household, we do have one very important and awesome one – Dylan’s Annual New Years Party!  Some of you might remember the Hawaiian Bash of 2010 (still getting over the hangover from that one!)  Well this years party lived up to the high standard of awesomeness that we’ve all come to expect from Dylan and her crew (Jack).  The theme this year (drum roll please…….) – THE CIRCUS!  Yes, we had clowns, games, magic acts and candy – what else could you ask for?  Needless to say, if you ever get an invite to one of these amazing events, don’t even think about missing it.

Nardine and the kids got there exercise this morning…now onto skiing!

Both Jack and Dylan had their Christmas concerts this week.  Both kids did awesome and are very happy that Christmas holidays are finally here.