"I'm spent!"
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April update
March and April flew by. Ann's parents were here last week for a brief visit. LL has been riding his bike to garderie everyday with Ann and as of today has started his football (soccer) career. Nice weather is here and all the neighbourhood kids are out playing in the back alley again. Yay. Didi is doing great and sleeping really well at nights. He's also on the verge of being able to completely sit up by himself. It's the small victories that count.
soccer warm-up
LL and his friend Lily are signed up for soccer which started today. They started with some intro drills and then a short game which LL's team won 4-1. No goals for LL but he did make a pretty spectacular sliding defensive tackle to prevent a sure goal. I didn't manage to get that one on camera so the legend is already growing with every iteration of LL's account of events.
sandwich to end all sandwiches
Every once in a while the stars align and we have all the right ingredients lying around, everything is ripe at the same time and I don't screw up the egg. The result: THE sandwich. bacon, lettuce (ok I would have preferred arugula), tomatoes, Egg over easy, avocado and mayo on lightly toasted Oats and honey bread. yum.
april 25 parc JFK
the swings are finally up and it was 25 degrees today so I headed off to the park for a little bit this morning with the boys.
kanata concert
LL and Ana. Not that they're playing together, LL is just getting ready for his turn.
matty final game
Caught Matty's final championship game for the season. Unfortunately they lost 4-2 but it was a valiant effort. One disallowed goal and a few amazing saves by the other team's goalie otherwise it could have gone the other way. Photos top to bottom: Matty coming out for the pregame skate, a bit of a slide after clearing the zone, getting back for defense (we won't talk about Matty's stick that 'slipped' out of his hands in the general direction of the puck), being chased down by 4 of the other team's guys and finally (the highlight of the game) Matty coming in with some pressure on his heels and putting it where mamma hides the cookies. Good job Matty!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Still working on the scoreboard
Newest addition to the downstairs rink- just trying to get the boy interested in ...y'know......hockey.
Alberta bound!
Ann took the boys out West to Alberta for a couple of weeks (March 17- 30) while I stayed back home to get some work done. It was a great couple of weeks for all involved. I managed to get lots of work done and around the house... LL and Elliott really bonded during the two weeks and Ann got her dose of small town filled. Thanks Ann and thanks to the grandparents for the help!
Ski bunny
Ann signed LL up for his first ski lessons (she's been looking forward to this for 5 years). LL took to it immediately.... I think it's probably a lot easier than skating for him. After 3 days LL was pretty proficient and taking the Bronze chair up the slopes.
Take note
I have a picture like this of my mom and I when I was this age....I'll have to try and locate it sometime.
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Ann or LL took a series of these but this is the only one where they're all more or less un-blurry.
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Violin lessons continued on - business as usual - even on vacation. Lately Ann has had me playing accompaniment....so it looks like those 12 years of piano lessons won't go to waste after all.
The farm
Ann got her dose of Prairie skies back in the Hat with LL and Elliott. LL loved playing the van der Sloots so it looks like there will be another generation of friendship brewing there. Ann is already looking forward to signing LL up at strings camp this summer.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Last skate?
It's starting to warm up here so this may have been our last skate at the local outdoor hockey rink.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
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This year we went to Mexico (Nuevo Vallarta) to stay at my parent's timeshare. It was the first time the entire family was together in about 5 years. Thanks for the great trip mom/dad!
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Holden and his extended family were also in Nuevo Vallarta but at an all-inclusive (Dreams Villa Magna). We overlapped our stay by several days so they spent the first couple of days visiting us at our resort and then we hung out with them on the beach of their resort. Final night was capped off by releasing sea turtle babies into the ocean at sunset (sorry no photos).
Ps thanks for the drinks.
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Ann and the boys were all sick with the flu- but LL and I managed to catch a bit of the all-stars. We postponed LL's birthday party for after our trip to Mexico.
Friday, January 09, 2009
First Habs game- LL
After New Years I went with LL to his very first Habs game (vs Florida)- which they won in a shoot-out 6-5. The key to keeping a four year old entertained is apparently chips, juice, pizza and the occasional dance-off. Thanks Ali for the tickets!
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