Hockey Mom

The boys loved the can-skate program last year but this year they kept asking to join hockey....so we signed them up for beginner hockey.  Last night Jason and I attended the parents meeting to find out their schedule, get the rules and pick up their jersey's.  It really seems to be well organized and I think the boys are going to love it.  My mom watched them for us while we were at the meeting and of course it ran past bedtime for the boys.  When the boys woke up this morning they were ecstatic to find their new hockey jersey's.  They couldn't wait to try them on.....

Oye....we may need to take them in :)

I knew it was coming

Friends with older boys have always warned me about lego's.  They seem like an innocent toy but they slowly but surely take over your house.  They find the oddest places to hide and always seem to be under your feet.  They have started their invasion of our house.  The boys don't play with any sets yet but they have started to just build random things with the little bucket they have.  I'm glad they are enjoying this new activity but cringe when I see them all over the floor.  Oh well, bring on many years of enjoyment and imaginative play!  

This is Mathew building his dump truck hahaha yeap you have to use your imagination to see it :)

Call from the school

Yeap along with all the fun at school we have already had two phones calls from the school office.  Yeap two....argghhh.....but at least it was not because the boys were in trouble phewff!  Zach has already had two accidents at school.  The first one involved his teeth going into his lip....blood.....and a swollen lip.  It just healed and we got a call yesterday.  Zach fell (he claims he was pushed) while playing tag.  This time he has a bandaid on his head and just a scratch across his nose.  Oh boy.....these boys are sure to give this mama a heart attack!

Excitement

I took this video in our daily wait in the drive Tim Horten's drive thru.  I'm hoping their enthusiam for school stays around forever.

Books galore!

My kids are as big of book lovers as I am.  Last night was the first time we have received a book order from school.  Loving this phase of all these `firsts`.  The first week of school we placed a book order for the boys and they came in last night.  They came running off the bus jumping up and down telling me about all the new books in their bags.  So we enjoyed many new books last night and have some new ones to last us the next couple of nights!  The little things

Friends

"Life is nothing without friendship." Marcus Tullius Cicero

We all make friends throughout out live that seem to leave listening footprints in our hearts. We first met the McEnaney’s when we were both expecting our sets of twin boys.  That’s right....we both have set’s of twin boys who were born three months apart.  Tara and I spent many hours and days of the infant stage looking after all 4 boys while enjoying a glass of coffee and even better.....a friend to talk about the baby twin stage with.  All four of our boys were literally each other’s first friends.  During this year's summer vacation we had the pleasure of being welcomed into their house for a visit.  It was absolutely fantastic.  The boys (who had not seen each other since Europe) played together wonderfully and literally laughed like crazy.  They played trains, dinosaurs, cars and just about every other boy game they could think up.  Their twins taught our boys how to catch crabs.  It was the first time that our boys have actually had a sleep over sharing a room with other kids and it worked out fantastic.  It’s  crazy to see how similar these four boys really are.  Of course Jason and I enjoyed the laughs and chats with Tara and Jon after the boys had gone to bed.  We had an absolutely gorgeous beach day filled with laughs, giggles, catching fish(well trying to anyways....the closest we got was when the fish were nibbling on our toes), sandcastles and just plain fun.  My favourite memory of the visit was the boys reading together.  They were all cuddled up taking turns “reading” books to each other. 

Since the boys were little we always took the “couch” picture as we called it.  We would always squish them all together and take a picture of all four.  During the infant stage we had to prop the ones who couldn’t sit yet against the ones who could......then we had to make sure that no one tried to squirm off the couch on us....then there was the stage when they kept walking away......but this one was easy peasie.....

 

Thanks guys for having us.....we will truly miss you ....until we see each other again!

Packing

Some friends have been asking me how we organize things when we go on vacation.  Jason and I are actually rediculously fast packers.  Probably withing half hour we can have our entire family packed and ready for just about any vacation.  Our secret.....lists and organization.  As the twins get older the amount of actual stuff we need to bring has actually significantly decreased.  We don't need booster seats, bottles, play pens etc.  I always keep an up to date list of things we don't want to forget when we are going on vacation ie. sunscreen, special blankies, pea pods, bag of toys, floaters for swimming etc.  Then it's just a matter of quickly gathering everything on the list.  Another thing that takes longer when packing but makes the entire vacation soooo easy is my zip lock bags.  Every bag consists of a complete outfit for each of the boys ie each bag contains two shirts, two pairs of shorts, two pairs of socks and two pairs of undies (same in winter just winter clothes instead).  This has been a lifesaver for us.  When we get to a hotel that we won't be staying at for a long time we just grab the right amount of ziplocks out of the truck instead of the entire suitcase.  Jason love's only carrying one backpack into the hotels for all four of us instead of 4 suitcases :)  Another great feature is that during the vacation you still know that the rest of the outfits will still match and there is no thought every morning about what to wear.  Everything is ziplocked and easily accessible.  Do you have any packing tips?