Sterling and Dad's Night Out

Had a great night last night. On Thursday I received an e-mail at work that was sent to the project team of everyone who has been working on the Scotiabank/NHL partnership, that for every ones hard work, one of the Executives in charge of the deal procured an executive suite at the Air Canada Centre for the Leafs/Canadians game. There were nine sets of two tickets of which I was given a pair. The tough decision was who to take, and though I would have loved to have taken Shannon, logistically it wasn't going to happen. I decided it would be nice to take Sterling and have some one on one time. Kaeden was a little disappointed but came around with the promise of dinner and a movie with Mom and a souvenir from the game. Sterling had a great time and was extremely well behaved. He originally wanted to cheer for Montreal just to cheer against me but changed his mind once he got there. The seats were great and we had tons of food and drink and someone serving us (I'm telling you, that is the way to watch a hockey game). Sterling got into all the cheers and watched the whole game with interest. Toronto won in overtime and Sterling's only disappointment was that there wasn't a shootout. We took the train home and were entertained by some drunk guys giving commentary the whole way. Sterling thought they were just extremely funny until I later told him they were just extremely drunk, such innocence, though I gotta admit they were pretty entertaining. Got home at around 11:30 so needless to say we slept in but not to late as to go to swimming lessons today. Quiet day ahead so we may go bowling, Sterling is dying to see if I still have any game (don't know if I'm allowed to use that vernacular when talking about bowling, but I wanted to sound cool). I have included some pictures from last nights game.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Feeling bummed today. Lots of little things bothering me. Oh well, that's life, isn't it? A mug that Jessica bought me got smashed today by one young extremely blond boy that shall remain nameless. Funny how things like that really hurt, isn't it? and I don't just mean stepping on the microscopic razor sharp piece of porcelain that did not get swept up.

Things I'm thinking about today:

We're all so busy drinking bottled water to guarantee that we get our "recommended 8-10 glasses a day" that we are filling landfills with these bottles...hmmmm yeah! mother earth

PA day today - hate those things. Funny enough, I saw one of the teachers shopping at
Wal-Mart while we were there today. She must be developing a keen ability to shop. Maybe it was a shopping challenge from one of their seminars. Who knows... hmmmm

Trying to find a fine line between what the boys want to do and what works for me - another activity has popped up that a larger lovely-locked boy who shall remain nameless, wants to pursue...what to do what to do

Looked at my calendar today and was suddenly overwhelmed with my life

Is NO TV good for kids? Do they really need it or do do we just need them to need it? hmmmm
on that note - is NO TV good for husbands or do we just need them to need it?

Isn't it amazing how easily you can lose your identity when you don't see it walking out the back door? Got to keep an eye on that damn thing!

Not too much going on this weekend. No, we will not be having turkey, chicken, chicken dogs, turkey wraps, or any other fowl. We may just eat cereal. You all know us and no that we are the least celebratory people on the planet. The stores are closed though...that sucks. What do I do if I have a hankerin' for some good ol turkey jerky?

quiz of the week

OK folks - here goes:

If you could have one super power what would it be:
protect o shield so that I could protect the boys from anything OR Ms. Freeze so I could instantly chill a bottle of coke when I wanted one

What chore did you do last:
cleaned up the breakfast dishes

What do you like to eat for lunch:
Kraft Dinner

What is the nicest thing you've done lately:
Take Sterling to get a new yo-yo

What makes you mad:
when Craig leaves his work dishes in the sink instead of putting them in the dishwasher

What is your favorite book ever read:
Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

for those of you skulking and not answering - get your butts in gear!
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correction

Hi All -
that's what you get when you listen to your kids!
The woman who died on the weekend was not a teacher but a parent of a grade 6 child and a big time volunteer in the school. I know it doesn't make it any less sad but I did want to clear that up.

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sad

Hello all -
some tragic news coming out of our school today. A teacher was killed in a terrible car accident over the weekend. The accident occurred right around the corner from the school at a busy intersection. She is survived by son who is a student at our school (she may have more - but this is all the boys said). M. Avarell, Sterling's teacher left school early today to attend the funeral. As funny as it sounds, I was GLAD to see the flag flying at half mast. So often it is used only for dignitaries, etc.
Don't know if you pray or not, but please keep this family in mind. A son has lost his mom - there is nothing sadder than that.
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little blond dictators

An email from Jessica I received last night - (hope you don't mind!) I figure we actually needed proof of the dictatorship. I have come to call her Minimonster.

Well, tonight it happened. I had hoped it would take a little longer, but no, tonight was the night. Within two minutes of putting Emma in her playpen, before even leaving the room and turning off the light, she climbed out. Finally, after some abuse from her mom, she decided to stay in but take everything out of her playpen, including the mattress. I put her on the bed while I remade the playpen and she said she was going to sleep on the bed. She is still there, not quite asleep, but she hasn't climbed (or fallen) off. I guess we'll try this and see what happens.

Hmmm - so does that mean you are sleeping in the playpen, Jessica - or has it gotten that far yet?

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100th post

Today is the 100th post. Can you believe it? You've read this shit 100 times. Sucks to be you.
All is well here. Monday is always a frantic day of trying to get organized and see what is on the homework schedule for the week. TKD for Kaed today and Sterling had the rare occasion to play out with our next door neighbors. They had such fun. The neighbors were dressed up in their Halloween costumes and looked so damn cute. Speaking of Halloween. We are still trying to decide if we are doing the whole trick or treating thing or if we might head out to dinner and a movie instead. Kaed is the lone hold back, so we'll see what happens. I might have to sweeten the pot so we can get out of the whole stupid thing.
Pretty busy week this week. I was in Markham today and Kaed was at TKD. Tomorrow he may go as well as Wed and Thurs are a no go for us. Sterling is anxious for tennis to start on Friday and is loving bowling and will be doing that on Saturday. I think swimming is off this weekend for Thanksgiving but I'm not certain. 4 day weekend this week. Friday is the first of many PA days and Monday is Thanksgiving. This will be the first time in 3 years I have been here at Thanksgiving as I am always travelling. We might have to celebrate by having hot dogs for supper. Actually, we have been invited to some friend's house for dinner, so we'll see.

Well, that's it.
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