Kimi makes snowball

It was snowing and Kimi went out excitedly to play. I had to watch Kenzo inside and was suspicious as to why Kimi was so quiet. I checked outside and to my surprise Kimi managed to start her own snowball for her "snowman". Such a keen observer... Last time we played in the snow, I was figuring out how to make a snowball (Yep! I don't know how to do it then too!) and she was just watching me make a ball then squeezing it with my palms to make the snow compact and tried rolling it to make it bigger...

This is her doing her snowball... I am so proud of this little girl... I hope you can catch lessons in school just as fast ;)

* Don't mind me... I know I sound like some birth doula helping someone giving birth with my "PUSH" instructions... he he! I didn't realize I was doing it until I was watching this video...

* Kimi did this all by herself...

* Kimi and her trophy snowball

A patch of color

COLORS! amidst the snow

Finally! After weeks of white all around... it's beginning to melt down and some patches of colors are finally surfacing...

Another Snowy Sunday

Because of the continuous snow, we were surprised to see that we were the first one in the children's room for the Sunday's mass...

ALL ALONE

*THANKS AUNTIE COL FOR THE WINTER JACKET
...it finally fits just in time for winter :)

...white car?!

Just after a trip to meet our friends... and a couple of hours parking INSIDE the mall...

This is what our car looks like!...WITH THIN LAYER OF ICE

WITH ICICLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SIDE MIRROR

Brrrrrrrrrr................

The Perfect day to play out...

It was a sunny day finally with a snow-full of backyard here in our home. We decided to take advantage of Kenny and Alanna's last day and play outside to fully enjoy the snow this winter. We took out our pail (a planggana in our case) and fill it up with water to make the snow harder.

KIMI WAITING FOR MOMMY TO GEAR UP
* Thanks Uncle Bri and Auntie Sab for the Thick and pretty coat :)

MOMMY AND KIMI...
Together always... *Kimi is mommy's shadow (he!he!)

Kenny and Alanna went ahead and started building a snowman but instead they made a stonehenge (he! he!)KIMI ON TOP OF A SNOW ANTHILL...
Behind: The Snow Stonehenge
created by: Uncle Kenny

* A stonehenge is a prehistoric monument that looks like two vertical columns and one
hotrizontall columns forming an upside down U.ALL SMILES! I LOVE THE SNOW!

After the snow...

After days of snow, it finally stopped (...or paused) for people to shovel and take out some snow out of their houses... The tent on our neighbor's house is almost caving in from the heavy weight of the day's worth of snow. This was a picture taken of our neighbor's roof and his for hire shovellers in an attempt to shovel from atop the shed.

SHOVELLERS FOR HIRE :)

I got one flyer which says that they shovel for $20/hour.... Whoa! With 3 men coming in to shovel it would be a damage of $60/hour from his pockets. PRETTY EXPENSIVE!

On Christmas day...

For Christmas this year, we attended the Christmas mass at Our Lady of Mercy. The front of the church was decorated with an elaborate poinsetta arrangement and a potted poinsetta hanging every side column from the front to the back of the whole church. Two huge christmas trees stand on each side of the big cross that is the reason for the whole celebration. It was really cold out but the inside of the church was warm and comfortable.

ALTAR OF OUR LADY OF MERCY

Afterwards, we had lunch at Dai Tung Chinese Restaurant for an elaborate lunch to mark the birth of Christ. The whole meal was really good with each dish better than the next and ending with a tasty fried rice to fill up all our tummies.

Dai Tung Chinese Restaurant

Dai Tung Chinese Restaurant

108-1050 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC V5V 3C6

(604) 872-2268

It was finally time to visit Uncle Alfonso and Auntie Felissa's house for their gift opening traditions. The kids tore opened their presents excitedly and immediately tried on their new boots. they also got their favorite Dora toys, not just a doll but a wholed house with seperate furnitures too fill up the whole house. Kimi was already asleep then, exhausted from all the excitement of playing during lunch time. She lay contentedly in her car seat without an inkling that it is Christmas day.

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SANTA BABY

On our way home, we spotted a can with a snowman right in the back of their car. i couldn't resist but get a shot of it for here :)

SNOW MAN IN A VEHICLE

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Snow....Storm?

The snow this year was one of the worst ones in a long time here.... The last pile of snow hasn't melted when another snowy day arrives which adds up to the un-shovelled snow driveway. The Result? Take the public transportation! But... everyone reaches that same conclusion and taking a bus means having to wait for a loooooong time.

Winter Tips?
1. I learn that parking with the back inside and the hood out front makes going out of the driveway easier especially if you are driving a two wheel drive car.
2. Make use of the steel shovel for breaking the ice and use the plastic shovel which is lighter for scooping the snow.

OUR HOME w/ WHITE ROOF

TWO SNOW DWARVES HARD AT WORK :)

KIMI and GRANDPARENTS CHEERING ONFROM ABOVE

ME and MY SNOW HERO!

....I thought winter would mean a break from the gardening chores.... Winter has it's own chores to attend to which is harder than mowing the lawn ;). Where are you spring?!

Church in Winter attire

We went to church before picking up Kendrick and Alanna at the airport. Although it was not snowing that day. It was pretty cold and there were some remnants of snow from the day before. Kimi was all covered up with the hat given to her by Nana Mary. There were some kids playing snowballs by the open field infront of the parking lot. KIMI w PAPA INFRONT OF THE CHURCH

A glimpse of snow

Finally! it was snowing when Kimi and I woke up. I ran excitedly with Kimi in my arms as I put her on our window ledge so she can watch as snow dropped to our once dark colored backyard. it is my first close encounter with snow and realized that it is not the perfect ball of ice that drops down from the sky but more like small shreds of ice that looks like circles from afar.

A WHITE BACKYARD

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Yesterday, I got a Christmas Love package from my good friend, Honey. I was so happy to see all the swiss miss with extra marshmallows pack inside that box as well as four pretty tin cans with different swiss miss flavors for me to try... It was perfect timing getting those swiss miss which I am enjoying a hot drink with the snow outside...

KIMI MAKING A CLAIM OF THE PACKAGE

KIMI EXCITEDLY CHECKING OUT WHAT's INSIDE

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Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

KIMI LOOKING OUT AT THE HOUSES COVERED
WITH SNOW

Poinsettia: The Flower of Christmas Eve. Nana's Plant overlooking the front of the house.

THE PERFECT COMPANION TO A COLD WEATHER

Kimi can't get enough of the sugar puffy balls (marshmallows) inside my hot choco. She really is my daughter. I have to fight to taste some of the marshmallows. Baby has a swet tooth...