It was only a light dusting, and they are predicting more over the next few days, but we were excited to have our first real snowfall this week. All our Canadian friends say we're crazy to be wishing for the snow, but this might be the only time we get to experience a white Christmas, or at least a white lead-up-to-Christmas. It may be a nuisance to get snow, and it may make driving and everything else a bit more troublesome, but it really is beautiful when everything turns white.

A lot of the houses around Oakville have started putting up their Christmas decorations over the last few weeks. At first, I thought it odd that they decorate their houses so early... it was still mid November and plenty of homes had coloured lights and blow-up Santas out the front. But today I realised why they do it so early... it gets too darn cold if you wait until mid December!

When we get a bit more snow I'll take a few night photos of all the pretty lights...