Hockey and Elbows....

Before I start into my normal fun quips about family events and pictures of my cute children, I want to give tribute to a wonderful woman whose life was cut short today by the awfulness that is cancer.

Elizabeth Edwards died today after a six year battle with breast cancer.  She was a dignified and proud woman who led her life with grace and class.  She lost a child at a young age, and one may say she has now joined him to watch over her other children from afar.  A woman, a mother and a wife; she was all of these and she did them better than I could ever hope to do.  We will miss the guidance this woman could have offered us should she have escaped this deadly disease.  She will be missed.

I have no segue from that to just yacking nonsensically about my life and my cute children.  Sorry.

Jeff plays league hockey twice a week.  It does not affect our family life because the crazy man plays at 10:45 most nights and leaves long after the children are in bed.  Last night was the final playoff game for his Monday night league.  He made the game winning goal and got hit  in the elbow with a frozen puck going 50 miles an hour. 

Um, not good. 

 And yes, this is his elbow.  He swears it is fine.  We shall see...

Last month we went to A Night in Bethlehem at my church with our friends.

Great fun was had...

James was especially entertained!

And yes, he is wearing his Brobe headband from Yo Gabba Gabba Live.

We are preparing for our yearly Denver trip by getting out the jackets and the boots for snow.  I am a weather wimp and need no snow gear as I don't go in the snow, but the kids are a different story.  

Lilly is good to go.

Happy Holidays!

happymommy

I conquered and they Yo Gabba'd...

After yesterday's realization that I had to do something about my spice cabinent, I actually did something!  I organized.  I am not too sure why I need four Italian Seasoning mixes, five things of ground cumin, two bottles of liquid smoke and worse, six bottles of poulty seasoning.  I still have all of these, but they are at least organized!  I fought the spices and today, I won!

Remember yesterday's spice cabinet? 

While I was busy organizing and figuring out why I needed four bottles of ground ginger, Jeff took the kids to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live.  They had the time of their lives.  I have many pictures to download and share, but for now....

 They left me at home so I could conquer...

Then they arrived...

And saw this....

And so it began...

And they waited...

Until there was dancing...

Not the best video, but look at the fun being had...

And look, it's DJ James Raz..

Oh wait, it's DJ Opa...

happymommy

Monday, Tuesday THURSDAY...

We generally do not think outside the box on Thursdays.

Jeff and I spend the morning corralling the kids through a routine. It usually involves Yo Gabba Gabba, a few whines and stomping of the feet as we attempt to get kids fed, dressed and out the door for swimming lessons. I will admit that the stomping feet are sometimes mine. I am only human!

Lilly, James and I manage to get through swimming lessons and then have a late, big breakfast and then we spend the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon at the Discovery Museum. Today was one of those days. I often post pictures of this place, but today was REALLY a day!

I reveled in the sun and the beauty. Then, Lilly wanted to play in the water feature and I tried to make her wear a t-shirt so she wouldn't get soaked. And she morphed into this thirteen year old.

We did manage to avoid a meltdown and then there was lunch and playing and general Thursday fun. I think.

happymommy

And Just Because...