Two S#@Ts

Recap: Aaron's beloved DS all of 4 months new old; bites the dust after being dropped.

Splintered screen.

Long story.

This past Tuesday:

Aaron: 'Hey Dad.  If I score a goal today at

 hockey, do ya think you could buy me a new

DS?'

James: 'Well, Aaron......'

(Me: Throwing James the hairy eyeball)

'If you score three goals, I'll buy you a new

DS.'

James: Feeling particularly confident as Aaron is on a 7 month long no-goal slump.

Me: Shaking my head.....

Early that evening:

(Aaron, yellow pinny, playing centre & taking the face-off......)

This being Aaron's second goal of the night, hence the

profanity escaping James' mouth. 

Yep.

Lesson learned.

Bribery is effective.

Also this past Tuesday:

Whilst merrily driving down my neighborhood street, minding my business....

Me: 'Oooh, lightening!'

2 seconds later/after brain fart....

'Aww, S#IT!!'


Photo Radar.

I'll be expecting my portrait in the mail.

10 Things from the Last 10 Days

1.  I was wrong about summer.  It's just as busy as any other time of the year.

2.  Aaron started summer hockey camp last Monday.  I was a smidgen concerned it might be over-kill considering he just finished inline 2 weeks ago, but the little guy was pumped to get on the ice.  Maybe it's the new skates?!

3.  Ava's got her own important schedule as well.  Swimming lessons began on Tuesday.  From what I gather, getting the kids to successfully dunk their heads under water without fear or hesitation is the main focus of the 'Sea Turtle' class.

Sounds advanced.

Maybe I  should have signed up too.....

(Yea, she's crazy like that.  Shera, Princess of Power!)

4.  Lessons have been going so well we decided to reward the kids with a night at the movies.  In hind sight, maybe a bad idea...

Warning to all parents:

Toy Story 3.

Great movie, however.....

During the movie, Ava broke into tears as the toys were seemingly coming to their (SPOILER ALERT) fire-y demise, stating 'I wanna go home and play with my toys!'?!
Weird.

She also commented, in a mildly uneasy manner, on 'Big Baby' looking oddly similar to her own baby.....

Resemblence?

Aaron kept us company in bed that same evening (the first in a long time) due to fear of the crazy-eyed, cymbal-bashing monkey.

'Do I frighten you?'

5.  It was my eldest neph-y poo, David Jr.'s 2nd birthday last week, as well as my niece Nevada's 8th.

Happy Birthday kiddos!

Nevada & Me, Kananaskis.  Luvs her :)

Baby Davey Jr.!

6.  James and I finally watched the season finale of LOST.

You Should Know- I'm ashamed to call myself a fan having waited this long to watch the last episode.

Bad fan!  Very bad fan!!

It was sad.  I was sad.

James was equally depressed,

stating he was not sure he'd be able to attend work on Monday.

RIP Jack Shephard.

7.  I received my Stella & Dot Soiree Earrings this week and they were just as lovely as a I had imagined...

SPARKLY :)

8.  We attended James' 10 year high school reunion.

Which made me wish I had attended my own reunion.

Which actually was cancelled due to lack of interest from a large number of my former classmates, including me (guilty),

......Which had me super relieved at the time.

I'm glad he/we went.  No one likes regrets :)

9.  Cray fishing is fun.

Until you fall in.

Just ask Aaron.

10.  I've been stumped as to what to blog about these last almost two weeks.

I assumed nothing all that interesting had gone on.

I think maybe I was wrong.     

Real Busy-Like

Whatta week!  I figure a photo montage would be the best way to deliver the goods.

First, our darling daughter started ballet this past Tuesday- Yay!!  Ava has anxiously been counting down the days for her classes to start and was jazzed about her first session.  I wondered about being a little over the top with the whole 'outfit', but I was pleased to find the other little ballerinas were equally frilly and pink (sooo adorable!).  The weather was really crappy that day so I wasn't able to get the best photo of her so these will have to do!

Aaron instructing her on achieving the perfect diamond shape... I have to say, the boy was paying attention.  He'll be hanging with me while she has her classes, which I'm very pleased about as Ava has spent countless hours attending hockey-- she's more than done her time!

So cute!

Wednesday, I tagged along with Aaron's kindergarten class on a field trip to the greenhouse (I was hoping to get picked for this one!!).

Goofing-off on the bus ride.

Man, how did he get so cute?

Get ready for it.....  GLORIOUS rows and rows of the most beautiful, luscious hydrangeas I've ever seen!  I took at least two dozen photos of them-- I couldn't contain myself.

Some fancy editing.....

Counting down the days 'til the May long weekend is finally here so I can get my garden on!

Wednesday evening-- Inline Hockey evaluations.  It's a bittersweet thing really.....  Hockey season just ends and inline just starts up.  Still amping myself for a 2-3 evenings a week schedule....

 

He's gonna have bigger pipes than me at this rate.....  And check out the sweat he worked up?!!

And, last but not least...  A pic of me and my sis from a birthday party we attended on Friday.  I love her bunches and we have alotta fun together :)

 

And who can deny James and Dustin's affections...... certainly, not me.

Skills Competition

Aaron participating in this last weekend's skills competition showing off his mad skills. Go Aaron!!

Sharks Tournee Pics

Professional pics via the BC Lions professional sports photographer.

Just got them today!

Sharks Take Home Trophy

Aaron's second hockey tournament of the year took us to the lively town of Wetaskiwin, where cars cost less.  We'd done good winning 2 of our 3 games.  I should mention, the game we lost was to a team stacked with 8 year olds.....  not exactly a fair match.  The best moment of the day: watching our team of tiny little hockey players enter the ice to 'Crazy Train'. 

Last Week in Review

We had sooo much going on last week that I haven't been able to catch up on getting it all blogged-out. Tuesday, James and I took the kids to get our H1N1 vaccin-ations. We only had to wait in line for about an hour so that part wasn't too discouraging, but the whole needle ordeal was less than desirable. But, we survived and once the day came to a close I was feeling mostly relieved. That same day, Dave, Kim and their kids arrived in town. Kim and I had a bit of a girls morning the next day visiting Kirsten at The Beauty Parlour so Kim could get her hair did (looks FABULOUS, by the way!). Friday, we had dinner for James' dad at Japanese Village to celebrate his 50th birthday; this also being the purpose for Dave and Kim's visit. Dinner, as always, was excellent-- Love their Chicken Terriyaki and the 'Happy Song' is always a hoot (Haaaappy Birfdaaaay to You ;)! The weekend was all hockey and at this point it seems for the rest of my life, this'll be the case. Oh, forgetting to mention Halloween Saturday evening (see 'Halloween Apples!' below). Sunday evening, my girl Shelley treated me to a night out at Joey Tomatoes with Kim and Brandee keeping us company. And I suppose to finish the whole crazy week off, we ended Monday evening with a bang, literally-- Fireworks at the farm!

Officially a Hockey Mom!!

Today was Aaron's first ever Timbits hockey practise!!! Unfortun-atly, a good friend of James' had passed away earlier this week and we were set to attend his funeral this morning, so good ol' Uncle George went in our place (Thanks George! ;). I'm thrilled to report he had a blast! He walked off the ice sweaty as ever and with a smile from ear-to-ear! My sweet-as-sugar niece, Sierra, took these photos and video of Aaron for us (And thanks Sierra!! ;). Keep your eye open for #28!!! Future Oiler?!