Singing in the Choir

Brooklyn has joined the Church Choir and sang for Saturday's 5pm Mass. I am sorry I missed it but look forward to the December performance. Papa, Daddy and Erin were able to enjoy the singing. They said it was great.

Mom's weekend away

On Friday, I left for Erie Pennsylvania with some friends and family - well, there were 50 of us. My mom and I have organized a bus trip for about 10 years from Canada. I met the bus at the hotel. Brad brought the kids and I so they could visit with their aunts and all their Grandmas. Papa Duguay came and stayed at our house in Ohio while we were in Erie.

Friday night we shopped at Kohls and Walmart. Saturday morning we went to Kmart and Cracker Barrel. Saturday afternoon, we went to the Millcreek Mall. We went out for dinner on Saturday night at the Quaker Steak and Lube. Sunday morning, we went to Target and Babies R Us. Brad met us there and we headed home to Ohio, only after buying a new washer and dryer at Best Buy.

We got some amazing deals on clothes and fun stuff for the kids. Christmas Countdown is on.

Practice makes almost Perfect!

Brooklyn has been working hard on her sight word list from school. The teacher gives the children a list of words to memorize and then they are quizzed on them monthly. Brooklyn made HUGE improvements this last month going from 28 out of 50 to 67 out of 75. Great job!! Our goal was 80 out of 100 by the end of the calendar year and now we know that won't be hard to do!

Erin's School Pictures

Her school pictures arrived.

Things you can't get here...

I know a lot of Canadians come to the United States to buy things you can't get in Canada. Well, the same is true, as there are things you can not get here (that I know of) that I enjoyed in Canada. Here is a start of a list.

• Ketchup Chips
• Tim Hortons (none in Ohio yet)
• Diana Sauce for sweet and sour meatballs
• Kraft Dinner (they have Kraft Macaroni and Cheese - it is not the same)
• Skor Bits (for baking)

We do have many other benefits like 1 gallon of milk for $1.99 and turkeys for as low as $0.40 a pound. Can you imagine that in Canada?

Getting ready for the Colts game today

Since Daddy is at the game in Indy, I thought I should get the kids ready for cheering on the Colts.

Family Portraits

We finally had our family portraits taken today. We haven't had it done since Peyton was 6 months old.