Big Owie!

First of all....Caleb is fine!!

We had quite a start to our weekend.  We went shopping at the local grocery market and as usual, Caled climbed into the shopping cart.  He normally does this and enjoys riding down the isles pointing at what to buy.  This time unfortuately, he decided he wanted to walk and when he stood up, he lost his balance and came crashing down.  Caleb landed hard on his head and withing 5 minutes, this big welt started to develop.

Needless to say, we rush to the local children's hospital and spent the next 6 hours in emergency making sure Caleb was ok. The wonderful doctors and nurses said he was fine, the x-rays came back negative; it was a relief for all of us.

We did learn a valuable lesson today; never let your children think the shopping cart is a toy.  Also parents, don't let your children treat the shopping cart as a amusement ride; they can get hurt.

On this Canadian Thanksgiving, we are thankful it is just a deep bruise and nothing more!

An Outing at the BC Sports Hall of Fame.



Caleb was recently invited to a birthday party thrown by one of his classmates; the venue was the BC Sports Hall of Fame.  They had so many different activities there for the kids and adults, it was hard to determine who was having more fun.

Caleb discovered the Greg Moore exhibit.  They had one of his race cars on display, some great pictures and other interesting race memorbilias on display.  What interested the kids most was the racing video game; it was so fun.  Caleb was totally mezmorized by the game, he could barely reach the gas pedal!

We Miss You MMAC Blog!

It has been a while since we posted anything here.  As I read the blog and reminisce about our journey with the boys, I can't help but feel a little sad that we were not able to continually post on our site.  Facebook seems easier to post rants but, in the end, there is nothing like a blog.

The year has gone by quickly.  Since our last posting, we have seen both Andrew and Caleb grow up so much.  I cannot believe they are in grades five and one respectively; it only seems like yesterday that they were babies.

Andrew joined his first team sport just recently.  He's playing soccer with the school team . . . go Sabres!  Caleb is learning chess and is picking it up quite quickly.

The school year started about a month ago and we are slowly but surely getting back into a routine.  My husband really enjoys doing drop-off every morning.  He gets a lot of joy spending that time in the morning going over the day's agenda with Caleb and then reading a book to him before the bell rings.  As always, he is very busy with work and truly treasures this special time.  As for me, I really get a lot of joy picking them up from school for 4 out of the 5 days.  They have such huge, radiant smiles on their faces as they lug heavy backpacks and gym bags.  More often than not, they automatically reach out to hand me their things.  Their "mule" has slowly learned to say, "no, you carry your own things!"  We feel blessed to have boys who generally love to learn at school.  All the very best to everyone during this school year!

Boys Having Fun

The boys had fun skiing on the local mountains during the Christmas break. They spent the afternoon on the slopes and shot this video to show me what I missed.

One Heck of a Surprize

The boys and I surprized my wife by getting her the ultimate gift; a leg of procuitto ham. It is safe to say that she has never received one of these before. When Anders came and presented her with a whole salami the other week, I felt like hitting him over the head with it! For a few minutes Anders and I were on the same wave length or something like that.....funny, I don't remember taking the few teaspoons of MSG that gives you that buzz.

Grouse

The boys had a wonderful day of skiing today, the day before Christmas. There was virtually nobody on the mountain as too many people may have been busy getting those last minute gifts. It gave my hubby a chance to spend some time with the boys.

The boys did have lessons and at the end, they all skied "the Cut" together. They had a great time and left me to run a few errands today among st the crowds. Those that were not skiing were obviously at the malls.

This will be a day they won't forget. Andrew won the race down the hill; Caleb was a close second.

We're Back

Can't belive the year has come and gone. The family has been extremely busy this year and that was oone of the reasons we didn't post. We are also are trying to maintain our facebook account so one social media outlet seemed enough.
This a picture of the boys in Kaui this summer; notice the tan that they got. The weather was great and I have to say that of the islands of Hawaii, so far Kaui seems to be the best. It is so laid back and not yet commercialized.

The food was great too.