What do you call these?

Your answer is nearly always a giveaway for where you're from. 

So what do YOU call them?

I called them donut holes once when teaching Sunday School, and my students swiftly corrected me. 

"These are NOT donut holes.  These are Timbits."

Timbits.  Sold at Tim Horton's.  The salted caramel variety is seriously the best pastry-sold-in-a-ball-form I've ever had.  Other than that, they're just okay.

The funny thing is Helena corrected her father recently, telling him they're Timbits, not donut holes.

Family Visit!

At the end of March we had John's brother and family come visit.  What a fun time it was!  

The pool was a hit with the kids, as was to be expected, but it was also a lot of fun or us adults.  We had some great games of Marco Polo!

We did some adventuring around town, like going to a Toronto Marlies hockey game and visiting High Park.  Our Buggy Board came in handy, as it allowed the younger girls to ride together!

The most fun was had at our apartment or in their hotel, though, with making Easter birds' nests,

 

playing in the hotel room's special hideout,

playing electronic games,

or helping take care of Benjamin.

We are looking forward to moving closer to you guys.  Thanks for visiting!

Where is Benjamin?

Spring has arrived!

There's no turning back now.  Spring has arrived, and now, no matter how cold it may get, the winter coats are not coming back out.  Wearing winter coats until April 11 is just not right.

So how better to celebrate Spring by posting a few snow pictures?

 

I am so thankful for our stroller.  It has served us so well as "our car" for 5 years.  There's no stopping us, even through snow!

The snow was actually pretty limited this year.  We had a bunch in November and then none until end of January.  When we finally got a massive snow fall in March, we got our sled out and had some fun.

March 6: D-Day

The defense of the dissertation - the event that John has worked up to for 5 years - happened on March 6.  Not only did it happen, it was successful!