Lego Master

Nolan's Lego Creation.

Crocs

Jarom is a Strate through and through. He has been cursed with super wide feet, which over the years has presented a problem in finding sandals he can squish his ample feet into. I’ve never really succeeded in finding a pair, so this year after contemplating what to do for him in regards to summer footwear I decided that Crocs were the way to go. We headed off to the store, where I tried to convince him that black would be a lovely color for him to buy, but he insisted on the shiny bright blue ones.

Jarom has loved his Crocs, he wore them everywhere without me begging and pleading with him to put them on, always a bonus.

Yesterday he went to put them on and we realized that during the cold weather last week when I had to turn the heat on, he had left them on the vent and the hot air had melted them. Grrrrrrrrr.

These pictures of Jarom are him trying to look sad about his crocs, but since I already bought him a new pair he didn’t succeed. I thought the pictures were cute.

Killer Bunnies Update

Ok, so I really hate to say anything bad about my favorite game on earth Killer Bunnies, but the purchase of the green deck was a huge disappointment to me. The green deck introduced the Zodiac cards, which I feel do little to improve the game. If it was possible to skip this deck I would suggest it, but it’s not. HA HA

However, the introduction of the Twilight deck has renewed my love of the game. Lots of fun new cards that make the game take new twists and turns.

Victoria Day

I guess I’m developing a bulk blogging system. It seems I don’t post forever and then I post more than I really should.

Victoria Day
Since the weather man predicted such horrible weather for Victoria Day we decided that taking our kids mini golfing would be a wonderful way to spend a rainy afternoon. This was our first time to the Golf Dome and the kids loved it; Nolan’s little introduction to golfing, a couple of days before, had him unusually excited to participate in something I suggested. We all had a good time… I of course would like to say that I was the champion but it would not be the truth, I was a close second… ok maybe third… alright I was the big loser. It doesn’t really feel all that good to lose to a four year old, although he in counting challenged so that may be a factor in my fourth place position.

When the last putt was sunk, and the kids had enough of pretending to play the video games we ended home. Since the weather man was WRONG and it turned out to be a beautiful day, we decided it was perfect weather for a backyard weenie roast with the Northcotts, our first one of the season. A very enjoyable way to spend an afternoon.

Golfers

Many of you may be aware of Spencer love of golfing. He patiently waits for the boys and me to head to Alberta for the summer so all his spare time can be spent on the golf course. In an effort to be able to spend more time on the golf course Spencer has been plotting to get Nolan his own set of clubs. What mother would say no to quality time spent between father and son? Thanks to our friend Ryan, Nolan is now in the possession of a set of golf clubs. Saturday morning, Spencer took Nolan and his friend Leon to the driving range. Nolan loved it; he had more of a hockey approach to hitting the ball, whacking it as far and as hard as he could. He still needs to master the finesse that goes into golf. I’m sure he’ll be a pro in no time.

BETRAYAL

As many of you may be aware there has been a feud going on between Anne (my sister from another mother) and Shane (my brother currently residing in Thailand). Shane has been vying for top spot on my blog link list for quite some time now. Because of my deep bond of friendship with Anne, I was VERY reluctant to change the positioning of my links. A private e-mail sent me from my brother begging and pleading with me to change him to the top of the list, combined with the birthday present my brother so gave me, tugged at my heart strings and even though I knew it would be causing pain to my best pal, I relented and moved him to the top spot.

Imagine my surprise today, when I was merrily reading over everyone’s blogs and I happened to notice that on my brother’s blog I had been demoted to second place. I refreshed the page many times thinking that something had been mixed up in the loading of the blog page, but I kept coming up second. Then I clicked on the link thinking maybe he has just miss labeled, but it wasn’t my blog page that appeared.

The gloves are coming off.

Soccer and Baseball

The kids and their spring time sports are well under way. I think this time of years just flies by, because we run from one sporting event to the next.

Nolan decided to play baseball this year instead of soccer; a choice I was very surprised at, but I thought it was probably good for him to try different sports. He loves it. He seems to be a natural, and with the genes he inherited it’s not really a surprise. My grandpa Blumel was an awesome baseball player.

This is Jarom first year playing soccer. I think he loves the idea of soccer more then soccer itself. He is very excited to put on his uniform and shin pads, but when he gets to the field, he loves to lie on the ground, play with the feather floating around the field and tackle his own team mates. If it was someone else’s kid I would think it was very funny. Not so much when it’s your own.

Happy Day!!!

Nolan’s front tooth finally fell out. It was a happy day. I’ve been trying to get him for WEEKS to let me pull it out. But he wouldn’t consent; he wanted us to pull it out while he was sleeping. The tooth was so loose I know I could have pulled it out with my fingers, but every time I tried he locked his jaw shut.

Where have all the snake gone?

A couple of week-ends ago we loaded the kids in the van and headed off to the Narcisse Snake Dens (located about 1 1/2 hours north of Winnipeg). This is an attraction I have always wanted to see here in Manitoba. It is the largest gathering of Red-sided garter snakes in the world. Right here in our backyard!!! How could we not go? I’ve always heard tales of there being so many snakes that they were falling off the tree branches in huge clumps, the dens were covered with hundred, even thousands of snakes sunny themselves and searching for their perfect mate.

Well, this was not the case, the one Saturday we were able to go. It was cold, and raining and the hundreds of snakes crawled back in their dens and waited for the sun to shine before they were willing to put on a good show for the tourist. I think we saw maybe 4, ok there could have been a little more, but there was no where close to the numbers I had been expecting.

On a brighter side, because of the cold weather the snakes were very slow moving and the kids were able to handle them. Nolan wasn’t to sure about the snakes, but in the end held one long enough for us to take a photo. Jarom loved the snakes, a little too much some might say. He was letting the snakes crawl all over him, putting the snakes over his eyes and kissing the snakes. It was great!

Radio Troubles

Lately I've become more aware that my kids are listening to song on the radio.

Nolan is frequently humming the tune to and singing the lyrics to “Don’t Cha” by the Pussycat Dolls. Spencer and I have tried to stop him, but he seems to have passed his musical talent onto Jarom. At least Nolan limits his singing to home and the van, Jarom on the other hand thought that the passing of the sacrament was the perfect time to loudly sing “Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?” I’ll let you imagine the mad scramble that ensued to cover up his mouth.