Noah is 9!!

I haven't been blogging lately and did not get a post up about Noah turing 9. My little baby is now 9!!!! (I feel really old!!)

We had his party this past Sunday at the pool. It was well worth the money (only $85). The instructor played games with them in the pool while we sat and watched!!

Here are a few pics.

Gaus update

We have been so busy lately that blogging has been put on the back burner! Here are a few updates about us:

* my Sens made it to the finals but didn't win the cup :(...there is always next year!!
*I love my garden!!
*the squirrels ate all my sunflower seeds...no sunflowers this year!
*Emily's baseball team is playing for the bronze medal on Sunday...(she has still not hit a ball though...but loves the game anyway!)
*Noah scored a goal at soccer last week!!!
*Rob has been so busy with an extra project that we have hardly seen him for 3 weeks!! I miss him!
*He did get a raise and a bonus this week....good job babe!
*I can't wait to go camping next week
*we need a new tent
*I am getting really tired of making school lunches...looking forward to the break!
*I have to wait 6 weeks to go on holidays!
*Emily won an effort award at school!
*it is cold today!
*Noah is nervous to go to grade 4...he thinks there will be too much homework!!
*I am having a hard time thinking about Emily in grade 7 next year!!!!

I can't think of anything else right now but if I do I will post again!

MUST WIN!!!!

Come on guys...we HAVE TO WIN tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO SENS GO!!!

soccer

Noah is playing soccer again this year. He is doing very well. He likes playing offense and really wants top get a goal. He does not really like playing defense and usually ends up where the offense are anyway!!
Here are some soccer pictures:

Stanley Cup Finals!!!!!!!

Tonight is the night! The finals start!! Ottawa vs. Anaheim.

I predict we take them in 5.

GO SENS GO!!!

Nintendo Wii

So Rob and the kids decided after Christmas that they wanted a Nintendo Wii. It is pretty expensive so they started saving their allowance and spending money (Rob). They finally had enough money and started looking. They are pretty hard to find! Toys R Us was getting some in but they go pretty fast so you need to line up early. Rob and Noah went at 7:00 am and waited until they opened at 9:00. They did get one...they were 5th in line.

They are loving it. I have to admit it is lots of fun. We have had a few bowling nights as a family. My parents have even played it and had a blast.

Baseball

Emily decided this year that she would like to play baseball. So I signed her up to a co-ed league here in Barrhaven. Turns out not to many girls want to play...she is the only girl on her team and so far the only girl we have seen on any other team that we have played!! But she is doing really well. Learning lots of new things and trying really hard. There are a lot of boys flirting with my baby girl but we are keeping our eye on that!!!

Here are some pictures:

Blogging?

Now that I have discovered Facebook, I never remember to blog!!

We took it in 5!!!

We had so much fun last night. The atmosphere was amazing. It as loud and exciting!! We really enjoyed ourselves.
Here are some pictures we took:






I should let you know that when I woke up Noah this morning, the first words out of his mouth were "who won". When I told him he burst into tears!! I tried not to gloat and be sympathetic. He was really sad!!!!
BUT...I am still glad we won. GO SENS GO!
He asked me on the way to school who we would be playing next. I said either New York Rangers or New Jersey Devils. He said "ok...I am now cheering for the Devils" Arggggg.

Do I really deserve it?

I am very lucky right now with the parents that I work for. I have had some rough ones in the past but right now, everyone is awesome. They are all really good to me and treat me well. One set of parents in particular seem to go over board with gifts (for any occasion). For example she gave me a $50 gift cert for Valentines. Anyway...she showed up at the door on Tuesday and handed me an envelope that said "To Melissa...you are the best" on the front. Inside were 2 TICKETS TO TONIGHT'S GAME!!!!!!!!! I was in shock!!!! She bid on e-bay to get them!!!

So...Rob and I are going to the game tonight. Rob had a tough time deciding to go. It is band practice night and hates to neglect his responsibilities...but he got someone to run the practice in his absence.

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!

GO SENS GO!!!!!

We will eliminate the Penguins tonight when we win!!!!!

ANOTHER WIN!!!

Way to go Sens...another win!!!!!

2-1 for us. That puts us up 3-1 in the series!!

Ray Emery was awesome tonight!!!!!

P.S. Nick...you ready to jump yet?

Much better!!

I was nervous when Pittsburgh scored in the first 52 seconds of the game. But it only got better from there. We came back and won 4-2. Woo Hoo!!!!!!

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!

Not so good

4-3 for the Penguins!!
Series tied at 1!!
We will still win in 6.
GO SENS GO!!

WE WIN!!!!

We win....6-3!!!

1 down...3 to go!!
GO SENS GO!!

GAME #1

GAME DAY!!

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry (hee hee)

So sorry to all the Leaf fans....another playoffs without your team!!!

GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yummy

Lent is over!!

I got to eat this yesterday!!!

STRESS

So as if my life is not busy and stressful enough, I did not have a good night last night. I went to take out money to go to Dollorama (they will still not accept debit) and the bank said I had no money left...weird because I know my bank account down to the penny...so Iknow there was money there. Called Rob and he checked the account online. He suggested gong over to the bank because it looked like there was a with drawl that was not either of us. Well...got to the bank and it turns out that someone had taken $500 out of my account. She gave me the number to the Fraud people. Rob called when I got home. they said someone in Montreal took the money out but because of the investigation they could not tell us where they copied Rob's card. So we both had to get new debit cards. It will take about 3-5 business days to get our money back but we will get it back..thank goodness!!!
SO...be very careful with your debit cards. It is a huge Fraud scam going on right now. Never let it out of your sight at a store and never let them scan it twice. If it did not go through the first time ask them to cancel the order and start over. We are going back to a cash budget and using out cards as little a possible.
It is scary when you know people had access to out information ...and our money!!!!

Lost

I have not talked a lot about Lost lately....but I am enjoying it more now then ever. Every episode is more exciting then the last. They are telling us more info and keeping things interesting. At least that is my opinion. Some people that I have talked too totally disagree..but I still love it!!!

We Lost

My Dad had bought 2 tickets to the Sens game last night against Boston. He unfortunately had to work late so he gave the tickets to me and Rob. I was very excited. I love going to Sens games. This one was not that exciting...we lost. We were also a little late and missed Healty's goal in the first minute of play!!! Oh well...at least it wasn't playoffs!!!!!!
GO SENS GO!!!