the kwasnys

First Skate on the Canal

cory — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:08:23 +0000

We had nice skate on the canal this afternoon. It was a bit chilly, but the hot chocolate and Beaver Tails warmed us up. Although Jack can skate, he can go faster with the bar. Since we can’t convince him otherwise we just try to reduce the number of people he knocks over.

Ice Storm

cory — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:06:25 +0000

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.

Camp Fortune Ski Lessons

cory — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:10:25 +0000

The kids had their first ski lessons at Camp Fortune today. Both Jack and Dylan had a great time skiing last year and had no problems jumping back into it today. Nardine and I were impressed that Dylan headed straight for the chairlift and that Jack nailed the snowplow, something he couldn’t do last year.

Dylan’s 2011 New Years Party

cory — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:52:35 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze5JCRpJJSI

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.

Bathroom Complete and School Pics

cory — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:48:54 +0000

The bathroom is finally finished!! Many thanks to everyone who helped out, couldn’t have done it without you. After giving the kid’s an inaugural bath tonight we have now put it through all it’s paces and are very happy with the outcome. Not sure you’ll notice much of a difference but here are the before and after pics.

On a completely unrelated subject, here are this year’s kids school pictures. Both Nardine and I agree that Jack’s could quite possibly be the most awesome school picture ever taken. Dylan as always looks stunning.

Winter Has Arrived!

cory — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:36:40 +0000

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

Christmas Morning 2011

cory — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:21:25 +0000

Hope you all had as wonderful of Christmas as we did.Â Thanks to everyone for the great presents, we all loved them!

Christmas Eve

cory — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:14:50 +0000

Christmas night present.

cory — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:09:22 +0000

Christmas Concerts

cory — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:37:20 +0000

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