House League Champs

For yet another year, the Xtreme won the house league Competitive Division Championship this past weekend. It was a great season with a great group of friends and a personal G.A.A. (goals against average) of 1.00 (which is 25 goals in 25 games) to take another Top Goalie award for me. After a solid week of working those new gloves in every night while watching TV, they did the trick and felt like old friends by the time the important games needed to be played. Now to continue with our ODWHA competitive league playoffs. The Mustangs have 3 more games to play and to qualify for the championship game we will have to win them all.

With Spring on the horizon we trekked off to the Experimental Farm today. The very first thing we saw were Canada Geese flying over the barns. What a welcome sight that was after walking up the long drive way in 40 to 90 km wind gusts. What a great way to brighten a cold stormy day. Sid made some new friends and was particularly please with this gal who she named Rosa the Sheep. She even sang Baa Baa Black Sheep to Rosa.
It was a very cold walk to the dairy barn but as always it was worth it to be able to pet and brush the little calves in the calf barn.After all the mucking about in the barns we got home and Sid decided she wanted to practice her ballet. I caught a few great pictures of her in her dancing glory.

Fittings for the ballet recital in June with be happening this weekend. Sid is very excited to be in a recital even though she had NO idea what a recital is. All she knows is she gets to dress like Tinkerbell and is in group 4 with her friend Charlotte. I will have to borrow a video camera to capture this, it should be priceless.

Catching Up

We had a wonderful family brunch to celebrate Ann's birthday and our anniversary. Thanks Georgette and Bill! It was great watching the kids hanging out together and the adults had some time to catch up and chat.

The Clan

Ken and Mom

This week I was lucky enough to be talking to the right person at the right time regarding the new regulation goalie gear. As of fall 2009 I need to get regulation size gloves for our competitive hockey league and my friend had a brand new set for sale. Lucky me! Perhaps not so lucky for my team! New gloves are such a hassle. I have dreaded this day and could wait until summer to start breaking them in but hey why not live dangerously? The first game with them we won 3 - 1 and the one goal against was a clear shot right over my smaller glove... sigh.... The entire team laughed and laughed, it really was pathetic. Next game was a shutout and last night a blow out of 5 - 4 against. Gloves were responsible for 2 of the 5 goals grrrrrr. I just don't know where the puck is going to go when it hits them. This is a lesson in humility. We are just heading into playoffs as well so it isn't a great time for new gear but hey nothing like scaring yourself and your team silly!

Winter is back with a vengeance. We were teased with some warm weather and now more snow. Sid and Dad were going to go out and build a snowman but quickly discovered the snow was not sticky enough. Being a quick thinker, Daddy decided it was time to teach Sid the finer points of fort building.

Location, location, location

Camoflauge

Attack!

Special thanks to Nan Nan today who brought over a wonderful puppet theater for Sidney. She had so much fun. The first play was Bath Bunny Hops and the second was Cat gets stuck in a tree. Very, very entertaining and Sid's imagination is just running wild. Your shopping savvy is greatly appreciated!

Go Sens Go

Ya, they lost again but still it was an awesome time with just Sid and I sitting 7 rows above the ice in fantastic seats. A business associate of Ken's gave us the tickets and parking pass to the game and Ken was unable to go so Sid and I went together. It was soooo fun. Even though Sid the Kid is only 3, she loved the atmosphere and pace of the game. She watched all the first period with a quick break up to the snack bar for popcorn and a juice then we had to watch the Zamboni because she had never seen two at the same time before. How EXCITING! Then we sat through the entire second period and when the third period started Siddy climbed up on my lap and I knew it would soon be time to go because it was late, late late. With only 10 minutes left in the game and a score of 0 - 0 we headed home.We met Spartacat on our way out and it complete the fun evening for Sid. She was so cute walking through the corridors in her team Canada jersey which she decided she needed to wear to the game. We also bought her a really cute pink Sens hat to complete the outfit. We had a such a wonderful evening I will never forget!

And this is just a completely silly picture of Groovy being Groovy. She hates things that fly. They must be destroyed. Bees, wasps, flies, Frisbees, birds and now balloons are included in the list of arch enemies.

Expanding Our Horizons

Game Face

First of all, how cute are those little black and pink hockey gloves? Sid is so thrilled with them she wants to wear them to skating tomorrow! Atta girl, keep the stick below the shoulders and it isn't high sticking!

Hockey Card Pose

On Friday we went skating with Sid's friend Charlotte and her big sister Emily and their mom and dad and Sid was on the ice for an hour and 15 minutes. She was really tired after having been home sick all week but was ecstatic to finally be out having fun. Poor Emily is 5 and is just learning to skate and was devastated to see Sid out there skating without support or one of those learn to skate bars. Sid kept telling her how well she was doing and I am not sure that was really helping the situation.

The Ballet Studio

Over Christmas Sidney asked if she could please, please, please take ballet and Saturday was her first class. Again her friend Charlotte was there and has been in this class since September and will go until June. Sid signed up until June with the first 25 minutes tap and the second 25 minutes ballet. Unfortunately my camera batteries died after one picture so I got some with my cell phone. I will post good pictures after next weekends class. It was so unbelievably cute. Sidney decided she wanted to dance instead of gymnastics for the spring so this is what we are doing. I am out of my realm but she is having a great time!

Sid is the little one in the middle catching on really quickly. It i shard to believe all these kids are only 3 years old. Charlotte is left of Sid and also a tiny kid.

This past week while home sick Sid spent a lot of time doing sensory stuff like playdough and crafts. She also drew this picture of herself with a robin above her in the sky and a flower on her right. What cracked me up was her narration of her drawing. I don't remember everything she said but when she was drawing her face she drew the head, curly hair and eye bulbs that are blue.

When people ask if I let my dogs up on the furniture I wonder if they ever picture this? Now the funny thing is whenever I take Groovy for a home visit to approve a family for a rescued Airedale, she usually does this, she gets up on their coffee table. She had never done this in my home before but I think I was cooking bacon and she couldn't see what I was doing from the couch but had a great vantage point for the table. What a goof, I just love this dog!