Coming back though is always really busy with re-connecting with everyone, getting connected again with Bible studies, relationships, school, family routine, etc etc that I have let the blog get behind me. However, I will do a few quick posts over the next couple of days to re-cap and then move on to our current ministry and life!
First off, the boys made a bucket list before we went to Canada. It had been 7 years since we were there in winter, meaning that they really didn't have any memories of snow or of a good Manitoban winter. Many of their items had to do with these things, and many also had to do with things they wanted to do with their cousins and grandparents.
So let's go through their bucket list and see what they accomplished!
1. Play "I have never".
I can't remember who they all played this game with, but we did play it had our extended Zac gathering with their cousins, second-cousins, aunts, uncles, etc and they had a great time.
2. Eat Lucky Charms.
3. Eat Rice Krispies cake.
We can't get rice krispies here and they love this cake...I do sometimes buy them the pre-packaged bars at our Costco here though ;)
4. Eat Puffed Wheat cake.
We also can't get puffed wheat here. Another cake they love.
5. Have a snowball fight.
One big disappointment for the boys was the discovery that snow is not always sticky, meaning you can't always make good snowballs or snowmen whenever you want to! They did have a couple of good sticky snow days in November.
6. Make a snowman.
They did this together with their friends, Rueben and Joy, from our Kleefeld church.
7. Slide down a snowhill.
We went tobogganing a few times.
8. Make in igloo.
We didn't make an igloo exactly, but Dallas did make them a quincey, together with his brother Dale.
9. Make a snow fort.
I don't think they counted this one as done. Their idea was to make snow fort and hide behind them to have a snowball fight.
10. Watch hockey.
Lots of hockey on TV, and we also took the boys (and their grandparents and great-grandparent and great-uncle and uncles and aunts and cousins and friend) to a Manitoba Moose hockey game for Carter and Logan's birthdays!
Dallas also went to a Winnipeg Jets game as his Christmas present from his parents.
I guess they weren't convinced they wanted to do this one ;) and they didn't, that I know of, although their cousins did.
12. Drink Root Beer.
Yup. A&W root beer, sometime they love and that we find here on a rare occasion (although it's getting to be a little more common).
13. Drink Dr.Pepper.
This we can get here.
14. Wrestle with Grandpa.
Something they like to do with their Grandpa Wiebe sometimes.
15. Learn how to sew something with Grandma.
Their Grandma Zac has cross stitched each grandchild a blanket and they wanted to learn to do this. They each cross stitched a small picture that they picked (Mario themed).
16. Put on lots of pajamas so we're not cold. :)
17. Make white cookies.
I don't think we ever got to actually making white cookies, but they ate a lot of them courtesy of their Great-Grandma Harder.
18. Go ice skating.
They got to do this several times and all enjoyed it.
19. Drink hot chocolate.
Plenty of that to go around.
20. Decorate the Christmas tree together.
Did this at both sets of Grandparents.
21. Make Logan's Minion birthday cake.
We did a small Minion themed party for both Carter and Logan with the Wiebes and some friends. More to come on Logan's birthday in another post!
22. Make Carter's Lego Batman cake.
This didn't happen....we were so busy everyday that I didn't have (or take I should say) to make them elaborate birthday cakes. The minions were just cupcakes and for the boy's party with the Zacs we had an angel food cake, which they did request as well.
23. Play with our cousins.
A ton! More to come on that yet, still going through those pictures.
24. Play Chess.
25. Play Checkers.
?? haha not sure about these, as we have these here at home also.
26. Play Poker against Risa.
Carter and his cousin Risa had this thing going about beating each other at poker :) Unfortunately we only got to see Risa's family for 2 days b/c of work situations so we made the most of it in other ways and didn't get to poker!
27. Go bowling.
The boys did this for their Grandpa Zac's work party (which they say didn't count as Dallas and I weren't there) and then we also went bowling again with the Wiebes.
28. Make a fire.
We had a weiner roast at the Wiebes one "warmer" evening.
29. Roll a big snowball down a hill.
30. Jump into a pile of snow.
There wasn't a lot of snow this winter in Manitoba!!! But they did play in snow.
31. Night of Christmas carols.
We sang carols together for our Harder Christmas gathering.
Yuummm....the boys had this for one of their birthday parties and we had them for a Christmas gathering, and several times in between.
33. Christmas painting competition.
Not a competition but they did some painting, drawing, crafting type things with their cousins several times.
34. Find a hibernating bear.
Enough said.
35. Eat Canadian Candy.
Too much of it. But it was good.
36. Make stockings for our Grandparents and everyone.
Didn't happen! ;)
37. Drink a Peppermint Mocha and get donuts from Tim Horton's.
Grandma Zac introduced them to Peppermint Mochas, and Carter and Brady are all about anything that remotely tastes like mint.
38. Open presents.
39. Bonfire outside.
I guess the weiner roast refers to this one as well.
40. Fireworks.
Instead of finding some Fireworks for New Year's Eve, we went to the hockey game.
41. Crack glowing sticks.
Pretty sure they got this from a movie, that you should crack glowing sticks in snow. Well, I bought them some at the dollar store and they sat in my room for a long time until I forgot about them....
42. Same pj's for all the cousins.
My mom tends to buy the cousins matching clothes or pj's and they all had matching pj's this year! I do need to get some pictures off of other family members yet!
43. Sleigh ride.
We went on a sleigh ride at Roseau River Bible Camp!
44. Movie and popcorn.
45. Cover us in snowmen.
haha they wanted to make themselves into snowmen. Didn't happen.
46. Buy and play Clue.
The boys like this game, and they got it as a Christmas present.
47. Punch snowballs.
Another invention in the boy's minds :) They would throw them at each other and punch them in the air.
48. Make monster cookies.
So, that's it for their list! Of course they did a ton more as well, and next post I'll update on what Dallas and I were up to during our time in Canada.
Wow. It sounds like the boys had a ton of fun and lots of memories. That's wonderful!! And what a great idea to make bucket lists. :)
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