"Bet yer never smelt a real school bus before"

It rained in the night (apparently it was freezing rain), there is a difference between freezing rain and snow!  

This is how our car looked first thing this morning.

Look at those icicles

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr - actually it didn't seem so cold today - the sun was out

We achieved lots of things today.

We had a trip to the Bank to get temporary debit cards.  Got me a new phone (hurrah).  Bought the boys some snow boots.  Smallest got a pair of jeans and some pants (No, briefs).  Picked up Huffle's new work phone and met his new Personal Assistant who was very eager to help us with anything at all.  Set up Huffle's Social Insurance Number.  Went to see the Driving Licence people (not sorted yet) and the OHIP (health) people (not sorted yet).

We drove past the boys school again - I think they are missing the routine of school.  Small says he wants to take his time and go once he's settled (I think he's heard me say that) and Smallest wants to go NOW.  He has JUST had a manic tantrum - I think he SHOULD start school very soon.  Use some of his energy up!  

He is very into drawing and writing at the moment, well they both are.  We bought them some felt tips and paper today.  Smallest keeps drawing pictures of Him and Small and Me and Huffle.  Small keeps drawing pictures of Dinosaurs.

A woman in a shop gave them a Sears Catalogue the other day and they have been looking through it avidly. Today they cut out pictures and stuck them onto pieces of paper and labelled them.  This is their Christmas Wish List.  They were very careful to only choose things under $100 (although some things were priced at $99).  I heard Smallest say "I don't need to write a letter to Santa, I'll just give him my pictures!"