How in the world can a 22 month old open doors? And I'm not talking the lever handles but the perfectly round style. He is into EVERYTHING!! The latest... He's mastered the opening doors... especially the bathroom door. That means I'm going to have to get a child proof thing on there before he's plugging the toilet with random the remote, or brushing his teeth to the root, or washing the floor with a roll of ultra soft Charmin.
Check out the video of Brady demonstrating his newest skill on my facebook page. In addition to his craftiness you'll hear in the video he's a little mocking bird, repeating you pretty much word for word. Although its a challenge to keep up with this child, its certainly a joy to watch him make such grand discovery's.
January 19, 2010
January 18, 2010
Hockey Hot Shots
Mite 1 hockey with the Piedmont Panthers
Like I mentioned before the boys have really gotten into the game this year, and follow the puck around pretty good. It just amazes me how those little legs move so quick and precise on the ice.
Riley #18
Dylan #25
And after a long day of hockey watching, the little man has a bit of a weak moment. Fall #28 in the snow and too many puffy layers to allow for an unassisted spring back onto his feet.
Like I mentioned before the boys have really gotten into the game this year, and follow the puck around pretty good. It just amazes me how those little legs move so quick and precise on the ice.
Riley #18
Dylan #25
And after a long day of hockey watching, the little man has a bit of a weak moment. Fall #28 in the snow and too many puffy layers to allow for an unassisted spring back onto his feet.
Frozen Falls
Just got home from working a shift at the Hockey club house concession's stand (aka canteen for the Canadian readers). Pretty slow night, and thankfully got to leave a few minutes early. Met a few other parents tonight and shared stories of parenthood exhaustion. Its so nice to have people to vent with...The load feels a bit lighter now so why not make another entry on my blog? That's 2 in one weeks time!!
I shouldn't be complaining too much right now, because we are coming off a weekend of Grandma time. My mom came for a visit this weekend and then stayed home with the boys today, since schools out for MLK day.
On Saturday we took the boys for a drive up the North Shore to check out the frozen version of Gooseberry Falls. We've been there a handful of times in the snow free months, but this was our first visit to see the frozen falls. Although ice cascades down all levels of the falls, in some parts you can see and hear the water falling behind the ice...pretty cool! Not all the trails are cleared though, blue so we pulled Brady boy around in his little sled, while the big boys and I wandered off the path to explore the frozeness of Gooseberry Falls State Park. Lots of sunshine, and the temp was 40 degrees... how sweet is that for January 16th.
I tried posing the kids for a nice photo standing on the upper falls, but they were too busy watching grandmas dog dancing around some passerbys to look at the camera.
Riley standing on the island in the middle falls.
Dylan checking out an icy cliff on the middle falls.
Big boys posing in the middle falls.
OF COURSE it wouldn't be a trip up the North shore without a great piece of pie. However, we didn't make the usual visit to the Rustic Inn, instead jumped the tourist bandwagon and stopped into Betty's Pies (as seen on the the Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern show) for lunch. I had a delicious roasted garlic tomato soup with egg salad sandwich that ended with a slice of French Cream Cherry pie. Good food, tasty pie, and now I can say I've crossed it off my list of places to try along the scenic drive, but Rustic Inn still remains the fave... by far.
I shouldn't be complaining too much right now, because we are coming off a weekend of Grandma time. My mom came for a visit this weekend and then stayed home with the boys today, since schools out for MLK day.
On Saturday we took the boys for a drive up the North Shore to check out the frozen version of Gooseberry Falls. We've been there a handful of times in the snow free months, but this was our first visit to see the frozen falls. Although ice cascades down all levels of the falls, in some parts you can see and hear the water falling behind the ice...pretty cool! Not all the trails are cleared though, blue so we pulled Brady boy around in his little sled, while the big boys and I wandered off the path to explore the frozeness of Gooseberry Falls State Park. Lots of sunshine, and the temp was 40 degrees... how sweet is that for January 16th.
I tried posing the kids for a nice photo standing on the upper falls, but they were too busy watching grandmas dog dancing around some passerbys to look at the camera.
Riley standing on the island in the middle falls.
Dylan checking out an icy cliff on the middle falls.
Big boys posing in the middle falls.
OF COURSE it wouldn't be a trip up the North shore without a great piece of pie. However, we didn't make the usual visit to the Rustic Inn, instead jumped the tourist bandwagon and stopped into Betty's Pies (as seen on the the Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern show) for lunch. I had a delicious roasted garlic tomato soup with egg salad sandwich that ended with a slice of French Cream Cherry pie. Good food, tasty pie, and now I can say I've crossed it off my list of places to try along the scenic drive, but Rustic Inn still remains the fave... by far.
January 13, 2010
What the Heck... Why not?
So I know its been a while and I'm still hesitant to sit now and write. Why... because I feel like I've missed so much over the last 8 months and feel obligated to go back and cover the grounds I've missed. So its that overwhelming task that has kept me away. But instead I'll pick up today and move forward. Should I have the spare time to work my way back, then I may do so, but for now I'm moving forward.
Well January finds us in the midst of hockey season. As you can assume Brad is never home and always at work, or running back to work. We share the same bed every night, but in a recent 10 day stretch we only called it a night together once. He's working so much that I'm left with the single parent blues this time of year... we all miss him dearly.
Dylan and Riley are busy with hockey practice 3 nights a week and Jamborees on the weekend... thats hockey 5 out of every 7 nights for them. With Brad at work, I'm left to do most of this carting around, and find myself really struggling to make it though the mental and physical demands of the process.
On those days I'm done with work at 4:00, pick Brady up at 4:10, pick boys up from school 4:20, arrive home 4:30, gear up for hockey 4:40 (this takes at least 25 minutes), leave for hockey 5:05, haul in 2 hockey bags while carrying a 40 lb squirming toddler and misc snacks and/or toys, 5:10 tie skates and fasten helmets, 5:15 hit the ice, make 20 trips from ice to the warming house trying to entertain toddler for the next hour, 6:15 practice ends and undo everything back to 4:30, 6:40 make supper (hopefully well planned and its just re-heat), maybe sitting down to eat at 7:00, rush through dinner to bath Brady 7:20 and tuck him in by 7:30 (school night), then onto the big boys shower 7:35 and snack to get them into bed by 8:00. Now keep in mind this schedule is done with a 21 month old very curious, high energy, demanding, loud, wild child. Sighhhhh... This is my Monday - Tuesday - Thursday schedule
On a lighter and happier note, and the reason why I put myself through this week after week is that the boys are LOVING IT and I've found some good coping strategies. Last year they were pretty reserved and not really excited about hockey, sometimes not even wanting to go. But this year, they cheer when its hockey night and are shouting out the door to their buddies the second we pull up. They come in all sweaty and full of fun stories from the ice. They are listening to their coaches, practicing the drills, and following the puck like a champ. This certainly makes it much more fun to watch them. Brady gets in on the action too, yelling "Hockey, Hockey... Woooo Woooo" as they skate by.
In addition I'm getting to meet other women/Mom's/dedicated parents and hopefully forming some lasting friendships along the way. A good handful have toddlers tagging along, and their are 2 other sets of twin boys on our team too. Its good to have a lot of threads in common, and plenty to talk about, when you see these families 5 times a week. All of the parents in this hockey club are so wonderful, supportive and helpful and don't hesitate to step in and help a fellow hockey parent when needed. (Yes, I've been the recipient of a lending hand more than once, but can also say I've passed it forward as well) Its these pieces that make it a more tolerable experience.
Well January finds us in the midst of hockey season. As you can assume Brad is never home and always at work, or running back to work. We share the same bed every night, but in a recent 10 day stretch we only called it a night together once. He's working so much that I'm left with the single parent blues this time of year... we all miss him dearly.
Dylan and Riley are busy with hockey practice 3 nights a week and Jamborees on the weekend... thats hockey 5 out of every 7 nights for them. With Brad at work, I'm left to do most of this carting around, and find myself really struggling to make it though the mental and physical demands of the process.
On those days I'm done with work at 4:00, pick Brady up at 4:10, pick boys up from school 4:20, arrive home 4:30, gear up for hockey 4:40 (this takes at least 25 minutes), leave for hockey 5:05, haul in 2 hockey bags while carrying a 40 lb squirming toddler and misc snacks and/or toys, 5:10 tie skates and fasten helmets, 5:15 hit the ice, make 20 trips from ice to the warming house trying to entertain toddler for the next hour, 6:15 practice ends and undo everything back to 4:30, 6:40 make supper (hopefully well planned and its just re-heat), maybe sitting down to eat at 7:00, rush through dinner to bath Brady 7:20 and tuck him in by 7:30 (school night), then onto the big boys shower 7:35 and snack to get them into bed by 8:00. Now keep in mind this schedule is done with a 21 month old very curious, high energy, demanding, loud, wild child. Sighhhhh... This is my Monday - Tuesday - Thursday schedule
On a lighter and happier note, and the reason why I put myself through this week after week is that the boys are LOVING IT and I've found some good coping strategies. Last year they were pretty reserved and not really excited about hockey, sometimes not even wanting to go. But this year, they cheer when its hockey night and are shouting out the door to their buddies the second we pull up. They come in all sweaty and full of fun stories from the ice. They are listening to their coaches, practicing the drills, and following the puck like a champ. This certainly makes it much more fun to watch them. Brady gets in on the action too, yelling "Hockey, Hockey... Woooo Woooo" as they skate by.
In addition I'm getting to meet other women/Mom's/dedicated parents and hopefully forming some lasting friendships along the way. A good handful have toddlers tagging along, and their are 2 other sets of twin boys on our team too. Its good to have a lot of threads in common, and plenty to talk about, when you see these families 5 times a week. All of the parents in this hockey club are so wonderful, supportive and helpful and don't hesitate to step in and help a fellow hockey parent when needed. (Yes, I've been the recipient of a lending hand more than once, but can also say I've passed it forward as well) Its these pieces that make it a more tolerable experience.
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