The Stick

My kids love to go to our local hockey games...they like Chuck a Puck. Pay $5, get 6 rubbery pucks and hurl them for the target in the center of the ice and the person with the closest puck wins a prize. Last Saturday night, we went to the UAH Chargers game, got the pucks and the kids waited anxiously for the break between periods. Towards the end of the second period, Greg saw a co-worker who has a son that just started playing hockey in the "Learn to Play" program and took Matthew to meet him. They were busy talking and it was Chuck a Puck time...you only get 30 seconds to throw the pucks. I was screaming at M to get his attention and he could not hear me...Finally, at about 5 seconds left, M scurried through the people to throw his 3 pucks, his last puck was thrown right when the buzzer went off. He started screaming he won, Greg said he won, and you could not find one happier boy if you tried. Then the judge went out to the center to call the winners names...four names were called and I began to panic that the judge picked another winner since M wrote his name on the puck and he has a kind of chicken scratch thing going right now. Finally, the judge said "And the grand prize winner is..." Yep, he won. He got the autographed goalie stick. You wanna talk about chicken scratch? You should try and read the names on that stick...I can only make out the players' numbers.

One of the boys on M's hockey team is a coach for UAH and he is going to ask him to autograph it also...he used to play professional hockey for the Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadians and Chicago Blackhawks..M is so so so happy.

It was so sweet all the people around us were cheering him and patting him on the back.

Oh, the best part of the game for me was sitting with M...he explained the game and strategy to me for all the game...my heart was so full. I love that boy!!!

Pictures Pictures Pictures!!!

Ugh, I just went through 500 photos on a disc one of the parents gave me (and I have one more disc to go...) Here are the three best I found of Matthew...I think there were 50 pictures out of the 500 but most were his back or his leg...I am so glad he has gold tape on his stick, it makes it easy to find him when playing AND in the pictures!!!

Howdy

Hello, just doing a blog check. My friend is having problems with her blog so I am seeing if mine is working...seems to be...

Picture of Matthew eating his snowman pop tart. Pop tarts have gotten so fancy!

My Pretty Daughter

Just in case you were wondering what is happening with the oldest daughter...she provides continuous audience support for all H&M events....hockey, ice skating, Church Programs. We try to reward her with a free dinner or something for her loyalty. I just had a Big Bang Theory episode flash through my brain when I wrote that...let's hope the oldest daughter doesn't check in on my blog for awhile or she may begin to think I am comparing her to Pavlov's dog...

Christmas Program

Last month, my camera died... Last month was my wedding anniversary...I got a camera for my anniversary. Yay... however, as I age and technology becomes more innovative, I face having to learn how to operate one more thing that any 6 year old can master but I cannot. I have decided that technology is like languages...easy for the young to master...not so much for the older set...Especially the older set that doesn't work outside the home and deal with a computer on a regular basis...It's positively nerve wracking or possibly tear producing (Yes, I cry when at the pinnacle of my frustration level. And yes, I know "pinnacle" is usually used to define a high point of success but in my case, it is a high point of lack of success that induces gut wrenching sobs.)

The first outing with my new camera was the Children's Christmas Program at Church. Not the best time to use a new piece of equipment. I aimed and shot a picture...nada...or I would aim and shoot and hear click click click...my mind wondered if I just took 3 pictures of the same thing...so I have no idea what pictures I took or what if any video was recorded that night. We will both find this out together. I am going to click on the add picture icon and we will find out if there is actually anything worth putting on my blog...perhaps I should put the not so blog worthy photos and we can roll on the floor laughing together. If I were really savvy, I would have just typed...no make that keyed "ROFL."

Ready? Here goes nothing.

More Elf

Roo says I had too much fun with the Elf. I think she is right. It hurt my brain to think of different things to do with the Little Guy but the kids got so much fun out of it. It was hysterical to watch them look for the elf, find it, and proudly show it off to the other Searcher. Alas, it is time to put Mr. Elf away or as we call him "Buddy." I may have to put him next to the phone first with a little post it saying "Buddy, the Elf. What's your favorite color?"

Oh Yeah, The Elf

This year, Roo and myself wandered around a place called Design World and came home with elves for our tree...they were so cute...This prompted M to beg for The Elf on the Shelf (he is so scary looking! The Elf, not M) So, me being me, caved to The Little Guy with the big eyes...And me, being me, couldn't just put him on a shelf...I had to embellish...must come from my love of embellishing things...stories, cards, life...

(And do you see how much cuter our tree elves are than Mr. Elf on the Shelf???)