Poor Elmo!

After seeing the Elmo pinata get hit over and over again at Scarlett's birthday party, Philip figured that it must have been okay to abuse Elmo after all. Philip is a big Sesame Street fan so he has quite a few Elmo stuffed animals at home. Here is our little guy tormenting Elmo even more with one of his construction toys. "Poor Elmo" he says as he's doing it too... oh dear! Paul thinks it's funny (and secretly so do I) but we better try to correct this behaviour soon before something bad happens to the red guy with the funny voice!! hehe.

Gong Hay Fat Choy!

After Scarlett's birthday party, we headed over to my parents' place to celebrate Chinese New Year. Uncle Jouky, Auntie Eileen, Alexander, Lucas and "baby in tummy" (yes, Eileen's expecting #3! Congrats guys!) came up from Michigan for the occasion too! We had a fantastic home-cooked meal followed by lots of playing around for all the boys. It's confirmed that Eileen is carrying a girl though so she'll finally break the "all grandson" trend! Yay! We hope everyone enjoys lots of wealth, happiness and prosperity in the Year of the Ox!

Scarlett's 2nd Birthday

We went to Scarlett's 2nd birthday party and it was a blast, except the birthday girl was asleep through most of it, the poor exhausted little one. Philip enjoyed playing with all the kids and toys there, and got to hit a pinata for the first time, although he wasn't too happy about hurting Elmo! hehe. Happy birthday, Scarlett, with lots of love from your "boyfriend" Philip! xox :)

Robbie Burns Dinner at The Old Mill

Paul and I decided to celebrate some Scottish tradition by going to the Robbie Burns dinner at the Old Mill. We were joined by several of his relatives and their friends for an evening of Scottish food, entertainment and fun while Auntie Ami and Uncle Daniel took care of Philip (thanks guys, we can always count on you!). Paul wasn't feeling well that night so it must have been the reason why he liked the haggis (read: sheep innards) so much, because I really wasn't a fan! It turned out to be a double celebration as it was his Aunt Deborah's birthday that day too, and, as a bonus, Aunt Lynn won a door prize for a dinner for four at the Old Mill! Congrats again, Aunt Lynn, and happy birthday, Aunt Deborah! :)

More Shovelling

More pics of our little guy hard at work. We've had a lot of snow so far this winter, and it's only the beginning of January! :(