Health, Food and more snow

On our list of things to do today was:  winter tyres for Huffle's car, bank for Credit Cards, Health Cards.  

Huffle took his car to the garage and walked back.  After a leisurely breakfast we went to our local town to get our health cards and stood in line with everyone else, produced all our documents, only to be told we needed to be somewhere else, half an hour away.  We went to the bank to get a credit card.  We have been trying to apply for credit cards since we have been in Canada but they keep declining us because we have no credit history here (good rating in UK but nothing here unfortunately).  So the only way we can get one is to take some money from our account and buy a Visa Gift Card.  Use the Visa as a credit card but only up to the limit we have put by.  Doesn't make an awful lot of sense but it does allow us to get a credit history here, so one day they may allow us a proper grown up credit card.

The boys playing on the IPad whilst waiting for us (Moo's shoes next to them keeping a watchful eye)

Off we went to Newmarket and sorted the cards.  A bit long winded but a friendly helpful person sorted us out.  We should get them in February, in the meantime Huffle's work is sorting us with temporary ones.

We had lunch at the Pickle Barrell.  We had a booth all to ourselves.

Moo and I in our booth 

Huffle and Small doing a wordsearch

Moo had soup and bruschetta shaped like a tee pee!  (the Bruschetta not the soup).

Smallest had bacon and eggs with toast and it looked like a face!

Smallest's cheeky looking dinner

It has been a very foggy day today.  No more snow (after a good sprinkling last night) and quite mild.

Foggy snowy fields

Then we came home and played in the snow.  We sledged, snowballed, snowboarded and ran around like idiots who hadn't seen snow before.

Huffle pulling sledge with the boys on

Looks like they are being nice to each other but that can’t be right - that never happens!

Moo sledging - a bit blurry but I had to add this one - I think I am laughing alot

We got the snowboards out - Huffle and I used to snowboard before the boys were born so we were a bit wary.  Huffle had no problems.  I was a bit shakey but not too bad.  It wasn't much of a slope though.

Smallest's first attempt at snowboarding - not bad, no fear but a tumble at the end

Small's first attempt - good, don't think it will take him long to master it.

Huffle looking thoughtfully into the distance - oh and I managed a bit of a tree too

now, remember I said that Huffle was now Mr Fixit?  Well this is he trying to fix the satellite dish, and yes , that is a snowball in his hand and not a hammer!!

Tired boys dragging the sledge back

Action shot of Smallest being pulled by Huffle - they were going very fast.

Moo waving - I was lying in the snow to get that shot

Ooh another tree.  Lovely

A caring shot of Smallest, looking after the stone duck.  This was on the ground but Moo picked him up cos she thought he might be cold (yes the stone duck!) and Small wanted to cuddle him (almost!).

I skyped LizzieDotDot this evening.  She is looking very well (not at all like someone who has just had a baby).  Both doing well.  Ahhh it was nice to see her and chat just like we used to (only a bit further away!).