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| Amy made many of these hairbands as well as brooches for a fundraiser. Micah and Rachel were willing to wear them for the camera. |
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| All different colors and materials. |
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| Waiting to be seated. Amy took us out for supper. Kevin had to work. |
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| Micah on the guitar, deciding what to play for us. |
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| Rachel on the little violin |
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| Danielle on the cello. |
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| Amazing how they played after just a few lessons. Fortunately they have a mom with musical instruments talent. |
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| We spent one night in Hamilton. Then off to Sarnia to babysit 3 grands while Marc and Renee went to Atlanta, Georgia for a youth leaders conference. |
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| Duet played by Sara and Leah. They are getting lessons from their parents. |
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| On Friday night we went to "The festival of lights ceremony". We all dressed warm, but not warm enough. |
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| Singing Christmas Carols. |
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| Sara wanted me to take a picture of the nativity scene. A local church with band and singers provided the carols. All the words were on screen. |
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| After the ceremony was over, the lights were turned on, followed by fireworks. Sara and Leah said they had never seen fireworks. |
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| After the fireworks, we ran back to the car. It was sooo cold. So no pics of the lights. |
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| Saturday we spent the day in Chatham. It was Michael's birthday in a few days. so the gebakjes came out. Zach digging into his favorite with lots of cream. |
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| Season, Zach, Leah and Jeremy. |
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| Sara and Leah watching Zach play his newest game. |
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| Michael helping Braden put the machinery together. A gift we brought Braden for his birthday |
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| A red eyed tree frog. Alanna, Braden and Zach were invited to a birthday party next door where they had a man showing exotic animals. So, we were also invited for the show. |
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| Tiger Salamander held by Braden. Leah is so eager for her turn. |
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| And still smiling. Leah loves animals. |
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| Sara was the only one brave enough to hold the "Rose Hair Tarantula". Comes from the driest deserts of Chile and is a common pet. |
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| Again Sara was the only brave one to hold this "Emperor Scorpion". It is native to Africa and one of the largest in the world. Also a common pet. The scorpion was shown to each child, but when he came too close to Zach, poor Zach was beside himself and Season took him home. |
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| Braden was ok holding the "Ball Python" Also from Africa. |
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| Leah with the "Corn Snake" around her neck. A non-venomous constrictor. |
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| Anything for a kodak moment. |
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| "Red Tail Boa Constrictor" 5'-10' in length, but can get to 15' Leah was holding the wiggly tail end and she did not want to hold that. lol. |
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| What a beauty. |
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| Definitely freaked out by this size. Leah wanted no part of this snake anymore. |
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| Iguana |
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| Young black and white lizard. Did not catch the name. |
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| Older black and white lizard? |
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| Birthday boy got a kiss. Love Braden in the background. |
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| Sara getting a slurp. |
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| Alanna showed up just in time to pet the Chinchilla. Chinchillas are in the rodent family and native to the Andes Mountains in South America. |
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| Sugar Glider Small gliding possum native to Australia. |
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| Huge Angora Rabbits for the kids to pet. Native to Turkey Wool is spun into yarn. |
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| Another Angora Rabbit. |
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| Bearded Dragon Lizard., they also make great pets. |
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| Popcorn snack after all that excitement. |
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| Found some pet shop toys at Value Village. |
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| More smoothie on the outside than inside. |
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| Grandpa reading two books at a time. |
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| Drum and cymbals marching band. |
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| Time to play with a hand puppet?? Guess Marc and Renee should have made your "honeydew" list a bit longer! |
