Draft Pick 2023

We are officially a Hockey Family...and we love it (except for the cold rink part ha!ha!) Steve filled out all the required paperwork so he can be out on the ice with Michael...which Michael obviously LOVES but Steve is in Europe right now and Thursday was Michael's first practice flying solo (sans Daddy). I was a little nervous dressing him, wanting to make sure I had all the equipment just right.  I had made a Shepherd's Pie to warm while at the practice (5:15 to 6:15) so when we came home it would be ready to go. I pre-heated the oven while I dressed Michael in his gear. I had Michael almost all dressed when I found the &$%# shin pads at the bottom of the hockey bag! ARGHHH!!  I had to take the whole bottom half of his equipment off and start over. In the excitement, I forgot to put supper in the oven! For the love!!!! I was halfway thru practice when I remembered! Anyway, Michael was AWESOME out there by himself. I was so proud of him. And instead of Shepherd's Pie for supper...we had KFC! lol! Successful night overall!

Here's Steve getting Michael's skates on! Michael is #17 (but #1 in our hearts!)

The boys getting their instructions! Steve's there too - far left.

Michael's best buddy Jacob is also on his team. They have so much fun together! When one falls, the other one skates over and lays on the ice too. They are about the same level of skating which is a bonus too! Isn't this picture adorable!?!

I'm a proud Greenwood Bombers Mommy!

Halloween 2009

What a treat to have Halloween on a weekend this year! The weather was amazing! 17 degrees...so warm...definitely windy but a nice warm breeze. We spent a wonderful family day together enjoying the Fall festivities. First stop was Noggins Corner Farm in Wolfville. Abbey and Michael had a blast (and so did Steve and I). Noggins has a huge corn maze, apple orchard and a big play area for kids, among many other things. Here's Michael and Abbey sliding in the play area. These slides are SUPER fast...Steve and I both tried them...only ONCE!!!! The kids loved them though and did them over and over again!

Along with the corn maze, they also have a rope maze. Looks easy...but looks can be deceiving! 

Michael was busted cheating! teehee!

Family picture in the orchard taken by the tractor driver!

Pumpkins carved...now ready for Trick-or-Treating! woohoo!

Here's the gang. Michael, Ethan, Abbey and Eva ready for their Halloween treats! It was a great day, great evening, great FUN!

Pumpkins!

or as Michael says "PUNKINS!" I love carving pumpkins! I love the smell, I love the seeds...and it's just so much fun!!! Here are Michael and Abbey with the pumpkins they chose from the farm patch.

Here's Steve, Michael and Abbey getting started on

 the pumpkin cleaning. Last year, Steve was away for all this so it was extra fun for him to be able to share in the excitement with the kids. 

I love this picture of Steve and Michael. They look so happy to be working together! I'm ecstatic that Steve gets to be here for Halloween this year. Should be a blast! I'll post pictures tomorrow! Happy Trick-or-Treating Everyone!

Thanksgiving Feast!

Grandma always prepares a huge Thanksgiving Feast for us! Here's Michael helping Grandma cut up a loaf of bread for stuffing. The first time I helped with this job 11 years ago, Ann gave me plenty of instructions...don't squeeze the bread, make sure the pieces are a certain size, etc. but Michael was allowed to do whatever he wanted with the bread crumbs. What you'll do for a grandchild eh?!? ha!ha!

Here's Bob carving up our huge turkey! It's the second year that we order a grain-fed turkey and I must admit...it's awesome! Worth every penny! 

Thanks for the great visit Grandma and Grandpa! Looking forward to next year already!

Our Thanksgiving Tradition...

Every Thanksgiving my in-laws, Ann and Bob come visit us in Nova Scotia. It's always nice to look forward to their Fall visit. Part of our tradition is a visit to Dempsey Corner Orchards to pick apples. The apples go from tree to pie (and apple crisp too) all is one day. DEEElicious!!!

Here's a picture of Ann, Bob and Steve in the middle of the orchard contemplating how many apples will be needed for the said pies! bahahaha!

Here's Michael sampling the apples...just to make sure they are okay for Grandma's pie! lol!

Walk of Fame!

Taken at the corner of Hollywood and Vine in L.A. during my parents trip to California. Too funny eh?! LOVE IT!

Corn Maze!

Last weekend, we went to the Evan's Family Corn Maze with our neighbours and had so much fun! The kids LOVED it and had a blast running around to all the different stations to get their stamps. The problem was that they literally wanted to run...so we had to try and keep up. With the corn stalks being 7 feet high, it's quite conceivable that you could lose a child in there. Yikes! We didn't let them out of our sights!

Here are the kids at one of the stamping stations. They had 8 stamps to collect and they were displaced all over the maze. (See map pic)

Here we all are at a dead end. Luckily Steve could lift the kids so we could find our way out!

I think Fall might just be my favourite season. The colours, the weather, the activities, the turkey feast!!! Ah who am I kidding...summer wins hands down...two months off is hard to beat!

Here's the Laurel Street Gang in the maze! 

BONUS: We bought our first bag of Honey Crisp apples of the season right after we left! Yummy!!!!