Hockey Practice

  It was a super busy weekend for us and it’s not even over yet!  Gma and Gpa Wikoff and Auntie Lulu are here for Chandler’s hockey tournament in Brainerd.  They were all delighted to find out that Dylan had some hockey entertainment to provide for them as well!  This is the first practice of his that I have been able to attend.  Normally, his practices are at night on weekdays, so I just stay home with Avos.  So you just know I was the crazy mom with all the cameras!  Here he is getting his stuff on with Coach Wikoff.Avery enjoyed playing with random kids and running up and down this ramp a bunch of times.  Grandpa thinks she just likes to stomp around in her boots.  Could be. A

bout to hit the ice!

Gliding along!  Can’t believe how far he has come since last year.  Last year, he moved so slow and now he glides across the ice with ease!

Dang kid turned his head before I could get a pic of his face!  I think he likes the “play” time at the beginning of practice the best.

Avos definitely enjoyed all the extra attention from everyone this weekend.  There was no shortage of arms to hold her.  She befriended lots of strangers too () and we heard lots of “she’s so cute!” comments.  Sorry peeps, she’s MINE!

Here is Dylan and his best buddy, Evan.  They go to school together too.  

Grandpa says that we’re gonna have many years of him looking to make sure that Mom is watching.  Hopefully this doesn’t cause him any bodily harm.  Watch what you’re doing, D! Ooooooh, its Coach Wikoff!  I will have to make sure to get his autograph later!

Then it was time for drills.  I could tell he was tired and not as interested in it.  Staying up until 10pm when you normally go to bed at 7pm will do that to a guy.  Avery hamming it up with Grandma. She was laughing SO hard here.  Cheap thrills! Chandler is getting to be s

uch a grown up young man!  The team isn’t doing so well this weekend.  So he’s been a grumpy gus.  Oh well!  Ya win some, ya lose some, Chanz!  

And we’re hoping today’s game is a WIN.  It is early this morning, so I better head to the shower before the rest of the peeps get up and a line forms.  Later!

Rude Awakening

 

Today started out interesting!  And no, it wasn’t because of the snow.  Nothing makes a parent shoot out of bed faster than the sound of vomit hittin’ the sheets!  Yep, Dylan came up to lay with us around 3am and the next thing we knew, our bed was covered in puke.  Too much information for some, I’m sure.  But whatever.  Deal.  And then the snow came.  Not too much, but enough to make it look purdy and make me have the “I want to decorate for Christmas” itch BAD.  I might give in.
I wish someone with a very tall ladder would come over here and decorate that tree.  I always think it would look fantastic with lights on it!  Eric?  Are you reading this?  Wait, who am I kidding – I put up the lights.  Dang it!
We went to town this morning so Eric could try to pull a fast one on the hockey equipment people and scam a pair of skates for our nephew Reed.  It didn’t work out.  Then we went and did some Christmas shopping and had lunch.  And finally, we went to the YMCA (cue the dance) and went swimming.  They really need to do something about the temperature of the water!  Don’t make me bring some band aids next time, Y!   Anyway, once we arrived back at home – you know what had to happen IMMEDIATELY.  Playing in the snow!
And for those who know Avery well, I bet you can guess how she reacted to it all.Yep, not a fan.  Not a fan of cold.  Not a fan of the puffy get up, not a fan of mittens, not a fan of boots.  Hated our wonky sled.  Yep, pretty much hated it all. 
I’m sure she’ll warm up to it. Hey, at least she looked cute! Ahhh, much better! See them building snowmen in the background?  She was perfectly happy to watch from inside. Yeah, so what – picture is taken thru the window!  The wind was way too cold! Finished product!  A smaller, more creepy snowman was also built, but it was too dark to photograph him when he was completed.  Maybe tomorrow.  There – gives you something to look forward to!    Well, time to go be lazy!  Later!

Distraction

  So I hear I was missed?  Yay!  It was only ONE day, Danny.  I think you can live without your grandchild fix for ONE day!    Truth be told, not much happened yesterday.  We baked some Peanut Butter Kisses (Dylan’s fav) and waited for Gma and Gpa Puppy to arrive for a quick visit before they head to Mexico (jerks).  This morning, Gma and I dropped Dylan off at school and then went SHOPPING (Gpa and Avery stayed home)!  Woohoo!  Sweet, sweet freedom.  Christmas shopping in the Brainerd, people!  Be jelly!  My main agenda though, was to find some shoes to go with Avery’s Christmas outfit.  Mission was accomplished and other mission’s I didn’t know I had were also accomplished.  I’ve had my eye on these cute little purple shoes (coincidently, the style is called “Dylan”) and just had to have them for her.  Um, apparently she doesn’t like them?

Ok, is it time we have the “you are a GIRL.  Act like it!” talk again?  She is dissing SHOES!  What is going on here?!  She screamed like there was poison seeping into her feet from within the shoes.  

“How do I get these things off?!” Finally, I was able to distract her with music and she forgot about them for a few minutes.  

Dylan tried to help with the distraction plan.  I think I was more amused than Avery was.  “Do it again, Dylan!”  He happily obliged.   Then it was time for food.  Spaghetti was decided on.  

And wine.

And bread.There was a minor distraction in the form of a tap, tap, tap on the window.   And a glass of wine later, spaghetti was ready. 

The rest of the wine is now being drunk, so I must supervise the drinking.