1000 games

Last night I celebrated Alfredsson's 1000th game with all the Sens fans at Scotiabank Place. It is an awesome accomplishment to have played 1000 games in the NHL, and all with the same team. And to be the Sens all time leader in goals, and points, as well as the longest serving current team Captain too. It was great to see all the fans wearing their red Alfie t-shirts and giving him a huge standing ovation {there was a t-shirt for every fan on their seat}.

R is a big Alfie fan, and he loves to watch all the Sens games lately. While I was at the game thinking R was at home snug in bed, he was really convincing Grandma to let him stay up late to watch the game! It was a fun night and it was the last game of the regular season

and now I can't wait to see the Sens in the playoffs!

he did it again

I'm allowed to brag, because it's my blog...

and I'm just so proud.

He was awarded the hard hat for 'Hardest Working Player' again {and I think he was the only one on his team to get it twice...he's a rock star}!

When he won the hat, he also won a batch of coupons for fun stuff. Like $5 off at Lone Star, so we took him for our favorite fajitas. And $5 off at Hockey Life, so R used that to buy himself a new pair of hockey skates when he outgrew his old ones {well, K had to put in some of his money too, heehee}. And just this week Grandpa took R for a haircut at First Choice, because they gave him a coupon for a free mini hockey stick - he was so excited about that one!

the first tournament

R's first ever hockey tournament took place this week during March Break. He has been counting down the days, he was so excited.

His team played three games, with an hour break in between each. For the first game, R was chosen to be the goalie...

and then he was a 'regular player' as he calls it...

I sit in the stands and watch my boy in amazement. I am amazed at how big he has gotten. At how much he loves the game. At what a natural athlete he is. At the way he loves to be part of a team.

I love to watch him play hockey.

I love to watch him do anything, really.

skating the pond

On Friday night we were invited, along with a group of friends, to skate on the pond behind Christine's house. Actually this pond is behind our house too, much to my surprise. Christine's place backs onto another section of the green space that runs behind our house...

If we worked really hard {just as Christine and her boys did to clear this section of the pond} we could make a path to skate from our home to hers...

And I thought the trees behind our home were just pretty. Little did I know the area contained all this!You can see the pond was a little slushy from the spring-like weather that day, but it did not stop R from skating. Miss S skated a bit, and played in the puddles a bit more...

After our skate we enjoyed some chili and hot dogs, and when it got a little darker we roasted marshmallows on the bonfire.

It was a perfect winter day!

go canada go

We just got home from his hockey...


and then lunch with friends.
And now we're ready to watch the game...

and see Canada go for the gold medal!

Go Canada Go

the day he was the hardest working player

and he got to bring home the hard hat...

He ♥'s hockey.

He scored 3 goals at his last game {and that wasn't the day he won the hat}.

He tried to wear the hard hat to bed.

He makes Daddy and Grandpa so proud, to see him play.

He talks Grandpa into buying him hockey cards from the machine at the arena.

He shares the quarters for hockey cards with his friends too.

He gets a toonie from Grandpa for every goal he scores.

He earns one for Miss S each time too {because he's fair like that}.

He is saving up his toonies to buy something 'cool'...like new Lego sets.

He just got another new pair of skates {heat molded, even} because...

he is growing like a weed!

He is my boy.

the day he was goalie

It was 6am.

Before he is even usually up.

He was so excited he was wide awake.

He was a natural.

He ♥ hockey.

I ♥ my hockey player.

family fun day

{Miss S and R}

On the official Family Day weekend, we had an unofficial family fun day.

We were invited to a BBQ and skating party on the lake at Monique's parents house in Chelsea, Quebec. It is a beautiful area, just a short drive across the river from downtown Ottawa {most of the area consists of Gatineau Park}.

R and Miss S had so much fun, skating and playing hockey for hours with their friends. The only time they stopped skating was to sit by the fire to eat. {Actually Miss S may have been more excited about the hot dogs, hot chocolate and marshmallows part, than she was about the skating part...}Christine brought her three boys along, and Cathy's Dad came too {but Cathy and her family were too sick to make it}. We had such a great time!

Family. Fun. Day.

Very cool.

go sens go?

Last week at Scotiabank Place.

Sens vs Flames.

The only time the Flames play in Ottawa this season.

{All my photos on this post were turned into 'poloroids' using Poladroid}

Oh, the dilemma.
Who should I cheer for?


I took my Dad and we sat just a few rows from the ice.
K took a few of our friends too.
Uncle VW texted to say the Flames were going to "destroy the Sens".
But they did not.


It was a great game.



I cheered for both teams.
Secretly.



In the end, I was happy the Sens won!


{Although I did really love to see Iginla and Kiprusoff again}
{And I am looking forward to watching Iggy play in the Olympics}

pages

Some recent layouts...

Old photos from a camping trip along the west coast. In between all these random photo layouts, I have been working on an album of this trip {I will post those pages when I finish them all}. I love these photos of K and R on the beach at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon {we camped right across the street from this gorgeous beach}...
{This photo of R trying to catch a fish with his red plastic fishing rod is one of my favorites. He really believes that the way to catch a fish is to tie a strawberry to the end of his line...he was entertained for hours this way}

Pages for Miss S's baby book...
Miss S's baptism gown was sewn by my grandmother for my mom's baptism, and my mom passed it down to me. The buttons used on these pages were from my grandmother's button jar {the jar that now sits in my scrapbooking room}...

A page I did when I scrapbooked with a neighbor. We have been saying we would get together to do this for so long. She is one of the neighbors that I get together with for coffee mornings and Desperate Housewife nights, and R is currently in love with her daughter {they are in the same grade at school but different classrooms}...

{When R proudly gave his great grandfather one of his hockey photos at Christmas, he was thrilled to find out that he and his "Poppa" wore the same jersey number when he played hockey...how cool is that?!}

A page I made while scrapbooking at Renee's. I did not get very much done that day, as I spent most of the time chatting with her and Mellisa {I always seem to get more done when I scrap alone, but scrapping with friends is more fun!}...