Many Posts in One: A Photo Dump

 We'll start with Ben.  A mild eye injury caused by Joe and his mini-stick:  crazy-glued at the hospital.

 If you have no teeth, you might as well have stitches.  It's a rough life.

 Cheeky.

 The Santa Claus parade:  Jacob played St. Joseph and refused to wear his winter hat; he was freezing when he arrived home.  Joseph played a little boy wearing a Santa Claus hat. The others were too shy to be on public display.

 Finally, photos of Joseph and his inclusive birthday cake.  After this shot, Dave said, "No.  Better smile."

 So, he gave a better smile.

And an even better one.

 These three boys spend many an evening watching the Ottawa Senators on the iPad.  Hannah made a schedule for Ben which he keeps in his drawer and checks daily to see if there is a game that night.  Once the game is over, he marks the score and draws an x through the date.  Such dedication.  (And another neon wall in our house.  The paint was the previous owner's decision; I tend to go for neon greens.)

 Pardon the many photos of the blog author, they are for my mother.  Pardon the slightly pregnant-looking tummy - I blame the way I am standing.  This is the wrap dress from Old Navy, Mom.  It looked better in person.  And, no, I don't dye my hair black.  I say that because when I saw this photo my first thought was that I look like I dye my hair.  Rather, it seems to be getting blacker as I age.

 Why not throw in a What I Wore on Sunday?  Same skirt as another post; same boots; Reitman's sweater from before Isaac's pregnancy.  I tend to mark the date of my clothing according to which pregnancy it was bought either before or after.  Thus, when I still regard "Ben's shirt" as new, I know that I might need to go shopping.

 Amber earrings bought in Sitka, Alaska at the Russian-American store while I was on NET in November of 1999.  (They are turn-of-the-century!)  I rediscovered them last year in a jewellery box in the basement - lucky find.  The necklace was my parents' Christmas gift from last year, also amber.  (I am having no problems teething...)

 And, Sarah!  No Sunday post is complete without a Sarah outfit.  Isaac's godmother, the mother of four well-dressed young ladies, sends me bags of age-appropriate clothing for Sarah.  These boxes excite me to no end and I wake up in the morning excited at the prospect of dressing Sarah.  This dress is especially meaningful as our god-daughter wore it to Isaac's baptism.  What goes around comes around.  The shoes Sarah is wearing were Hannah's and hold a special place in my heart.  We bought them at Sear's shortly before Jacob's first eye surgery at 18 months.  My good friend, Jaclyn, babysat Hannah during the day-long surgery and it was the first time that the twins were apart.  We had bought the shoes hoping to distract Hannah with clothing and start a life-long fetish. I remember that Jaclyn said that she took Hannah for a walk and little Hannah would alternate between pointing to her shoes and asking for Jacob.

Mother and daughter dressed for the second Sunday of Advent.  Enjoy the day.