Will It Ever End?

Depending on who you are and your outlook on life, you would take the title of this post to mean one thing, while I on the other hand, am thinking something else. It you are most of the population where I reside, you may wonder if Old Man Winter will ever leave this 

God for saken place. (the answer is no). 

For me, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel of hockey season. Owen is only in Mites 3 and we have been going to the rink both Saturday and Sundays since late October. In March is the end of it all - you may wonder how it all ends. It ends with 2 weeks of hockey 5 days a week and then the Mite Jamboree which is 4 games in one weekend. Owen loved every minute and didn't complain once. The last game he got to play goalie (they each get a turn).  I as a mother, think it's horrible, just watching makes me nervous...and then there's the flying pucks....

At Owen's school for Music class, they don't do a whole grade or school performance at the end of the year. They do something they call a Music Informance. Each class does a performance on the small stage in the music room and the parents all get to sit close. It's really neat.  The class first came in and sat with their teacher and sang Do a Dear from The Sound of Music.

February in Review.

Reese took a little dance class this month. She is not huge into dance classes, but loves to at home, so about once a year she takes a little class. She really enjoys it, but had no want to keep it up. She says she likes the little camps she does.

We went sledding with some friends and Owen tried snowboarding. 

He thinks he is pretty awesome.

  

Reese had a lovely time at her school's Valentine's party with a couple of her friends.

 

And Owen actually used his own money and bought his friend a valentine.

I'm not naming names, but she's kind of a big deal around here.

Five is Pretty Great.

Reese's birthday come so quickly after Christmas. I feel like I just put away all the Christmas decor and then have to get out the birthday decorations.

Reese has told me that she no longer wants to be a Mommy. She has declared that when she grows up, she is going to move up to the North Pole and be an Elf. We don't know where she came up with this or why, but we keep egging her on asking her all sorts of questions about her plans on how she becomes an elf. One day I overheard her friend and her talking about ear piercing. Her friend has them and asked Reese if she is going to get them. She responded "of course not, I'm going to be an elf". Don't know why she would think elves can't have their ears pierced; you'd think with elf ears, you'd have more real estate for earrings.

Here she is at age 4:

 and then now, at 5:

January.

The holiday season is just such a busy time, the slowness of 

January just sneaks by me....

But we did have family in town for the first bit of January:

 

  

I think we will make this an annual tradition, 

we just had a little fun...

Owen had hockey:

  

Outside ice skating:

More hockey:

And lots of shoveling:

Owen got to go to his first Wild game with Big Daddy:

And the snowman that Daddy made was making a slow decent as the temps rose, but we were able to save him and lasted another 2 months like this:

Jingle Belles 2012

Oh, Santa!

When I watch tv, I usually don't pay attention to the commercials. I may be looking at the tv, but I'm not hearing it. Once and a while, I hear Mike giggle next to me (because he actually listens to commercials) and then that perks my ears up. This is a current favorite, I just have to share:

Pretty funny, right? Well, now, how about this version?

Talk With Santa.

We went and saw the "big man" last week. We visit him every year. The same Santa, every year. We like him a lot.

 

Reese thanked him for the bunny hat he brought her last year....I wonder if many kids do that. I couldn't even remember what Santa brought Owen.

 

This year Reese asked Santa to bring her a rainbow scarf and Owen would like the new Skylander Giant, Hot Head.