The Harper News: October 2011

Monday, 31 October 2011

Grace's Hockey

Here are just a few pics of this past weeks practice - Grace skating the pylons!

Happy Halloween

Halloween is NOW!! – the girls and Mike are off! I have some time in between trick-r-treaters so free time equals blog time!

Another blur of a week is behind and one is upon us! Today was a fun day with me volunteering Grace’s kindergarten class. It was nice to put names to faces, although there were quite a few Disney princess, transformers and iron men to decipher! We had a great time and I loved being back in the classroom.

Grace had a great week last week and earned her “White Ribbon” in baton – she is very proud of it and shows it off to everyone. She is still loving hockey and this weekend brings a 6:45 AM practice (not sure if Olivia and I will be making that one!)

Olivia is doing well and learning new words everyday – her latest…MMMMMM, for

M & M’s obviously! She has a major sweet tooth and I’m sure will be suffering from a sugar coma this evening!

Mike only has 1 Flames game this week – which is nice!

Friday we are hoping to put a dent into Christmas shopping and then heading to see Dannie, Dayna and Leo, as they are heading to Bali to visit Ashlan and Sam! Saturday brings Uncle Bill’s 60^th Birthday Bash – looking forward to a family gathering!

Enjoy pics of the girls in their homemade (by me) Halloween costumes and the cupcakes for Grace’s class!

Monday, 24 October 2011

What a weekend!

Phewf! That was one busy weekend – but it seems like now a days all our weekends are! We started early Saturday morning with a trip to the rink – Grace is loving being a “Timbit” (Tyke Hockey), and doesn’t even complain about being on the ice at 7:00AM on the weekend! She looks super cute out there and is one of three girls on the team! Right now they are just doing hour practices. Starting in November they will be playing ½ ice games and then in December full ice. Like I said – she loves it, and this is truly her sport.

After hockey Mike had to go into the city to work with his friend who is a physiotherapist.Mike assists in teaching children with motor delays a variety of sports skills. Becky and Nana Bev were off to a jewelry party and Gpa Norm looked after the girls!

Sunday brought Olivia’s much anticipated 2^nd birthday party! With 2 other cousin birthdays in September it’s hard to find a weekend to celebrate. So we waited until things calmed down (a bit) and everyone was ready to party again. Everyone had a great time and both girls were in bed and asleep by 7:00pm – Becky and Mike were not far behind!

This week brings another whirlwind; Grace has hockey twice, baton lessons, and school. Mike is busy with work, work events, Calgary Flames volunteering in the press box, and more sport skills Saturdays. Becky is busy getting the girls Halloween costumes put together, making cupcakes for Grace’s class, and celebrating her 32^nd birthday! Thank goodness Olivia is a good spectator, and just likes to go with the flow.

Some pics are included of Olivia's party on Sunday - enjoy!