What a Workout

Hannah takes ice skating lessons once a week. It is an hour long with the first half being free skate. I go out and skate with her for that first 30 minutes. I try to get her to practice the skills the are learning in class. I am not a great skater myself but I can keep up with her at least.

Noah is in a hockey program as well. He does skills & drills followed by a cross ice game. He is ok but struggled to keep his ankles straight. A few weeks ago he got orthotics and therefore needed new skates. OMG what a difference the combination of those two things made!!

To test out his new skates prior to his next hockey session, I took the two kids to public skating yesterday. WOW -- what a workout!! I was racing Noah around the ice and he was kicking my ass!! SO SO fast compared to what he was doing only a few weeks ago. I was literally sweating at the end (about an hour). Let's see how he does in the league now!!

I wasn't planning to do any real "get in shape" resolutions this year b/c I know I don't ever keep them but after yesterday, maybe I will! I am even a little sore today!

Macabbi Basketball

Today was Noah's first game of his basketball league. The teams are comprised of 1st and 2nd graders. While they don't "technically" keep score, our team kicked some butt today.... 17 - 6. Noah looked pretty good out there. They ALL have a lot to learn but as far as skills, Noah looked awesome. Now, if I could only get my camera to work as well!! If anyone knows of a good camera tutorial site, let me know. I have a really nice camera and a fantastic lense but I still get a ton of blur (even in sport mode).

Abby Cadabby

Hannah can be the sweetest little girl...SOMETIMES! While we were in Sea World (nov 08), she found Abby Cadabby from Sesame Place. All sorts of kids were running over to say to Abby. However, Hannah grabbed Abby by the hand and pulled her across the way so that Abby could meet her little sister, Sarah. Sarah was scared to death of Abby but how very very sweet of Hannah. She just wanted to make sure Sarah didn't miss out on meeting Abby!

Playing S'more

So I bought these papers way back when, purely b/c the marshmallow man was just too cute. Well, after we decorated our Christmas tree, the kids begged to light the fire and roast marshmallows for smores. PERFECT!! Now I could finally put these papers to use!!

These are pixs of my ds and one of our neighbors -- they always come over to help decorate since they don't celebrate X-mas. They have a blast decorating and makes it that much less work for me!! A win-win in my book!