It's beginning to look alot like christmas!

5 more sleeps until we leave our winter wonderland in Calgary and head to Victoria, which right now is covered in the white stuff also, or so i hear. Calgary is quite trecharous right now. I embarked on the 10 min journey to the grocery store yesterday and was ready to pull my hair out by the time I made it home. Lots of cars without their snow tires on, so that makes for slow travel if you happen to get stuck behind one of them..... which of course i did. Then the stores are absolutely packed and I am not finding too many people to be in a very jolly or giving mood. Just people who want what they want and won`t move out of the way to let you pass by. I told Curtis that the next time we have to go to the store we will be going in the middle of the night to hopefully steer clear of the crowds. Nice thing about the holidays is Superstore and Walmart are open 24 hours.. what other stores do you really need!!

What a trip!.....

So, let me just say first.... I have the best sister on the planet. For my Christmas present my pal got me tickets to see James Blunt in Vancouver. Elle and I got to go for a pre christmas holiday for 5 days. We had a great time surprising everyone that didn't know we were coming. Our cover was almost blown though. Shannon had arranged for me to watch Emma on the day that we arrived while she was at work. The plan was for my brother in law to drop Emma off at my Mom and Dad's house (after we arrived and surprised them) so he could go catch a ferry. It just so happened that as Shannon and I were making the short 5 minute drive from the airport to my parents house, my brother in law Rob and my Dad had been talking on the phone. Apparently, I was going to be looking after Emma at my parents house that day, or this is what Rob let my Dad know. My dad was a little bit confused since I live in a different province. He was wondering how that was going to work. Rob thinking I had already arrived at the house and realizing he may have blown the surprise told my dad he wasn't sure where he was supposed to drop Emma off. My Dad rubbed it off on the account that Rob can be a bit of a scatterbrain sometimes! Shannon, Elle and I got to the house just before my Dad had a chance to put two and two together. Surprises are my favorite thing!
Shannon had planned a family dinner that night so Elle could play with her little cousins and that they did. Elle also had her very first ferry ride over to Vancouver which she loved. She is very interested in her surroundings and just stares and squeals in delight at new things. One of the highlights of our trip of course was James. The concert was FABULOUS I got lots of Video footage and us girls had a great night out.
Here's a taste for you.

Sneaky Little Monkey

When you have a new baby you are constantly comparing them to every other baby you know, to see how ADVANCED yours is....... And yes in case you are wondering, our findings have come back positive for "Gifted child"
Along with that I am learning quite quickly that when your eyes wander from watching your baby even for the slightest second it can turn into trouble.
Now keep in mind that most of the 3 year old kids I look after day to day cannot open their own granola bar wrappers at snack time. Elle on the other hand was in the mood for a snack and wasn't going to let the wrapper get in her way!

What is this????

To many of you already on the blogger circuit, hello and welcome. To most others..... my family, I hope that you will let this page be my way of keeping you informed on the happenings of the Dry family life week to week.
Though we are so far away, I hope this will help us to be more closely connected.