Here Come the Oilers

The NHL season is finally underway and ...



 

So we clearly don't have the time to hit up every game the Oilers play and so have decided to share our season seats with Graham's friend from work.  However, we were able to attend the season home opener together, just Mr. P and I.  It was sadly not a game that ended in the Oilers favor but it was fun none the less. We were able to catch up with Ron and Julie aka 'Our Winter Family' (they have season seats in front of us).  It was a fun date, reminiscent of our pre-kid life!

 

 There were super cool ice displays outside the arena as we entered.  The whole area was just buzzing with excitement.  All hockey fans were crazed the night of the opener!!

  Ohhh and the arena, Rexall arena will soon be a place in Edmonton history.  Just last week final approval was granted for a new arena in our Capital city.  With the young, talented team the Oilers have and a new arena on the way, what an exciting future for hockey in northern Alberta.  Does that sound a bit hard core?  Well, I am married to a dude who is TOTALLY hardcore!!!

 

Go OILERS!!!!

~ Mrs. P

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for Kids

 

Oh Facebook can be a good thing....a friend posted that she had two tickets to give away to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: Symphony for Kids and was anyone interested??  I didn't even know this existed and totally jumped at the chance to take my big girl.  It was a wonderful afternoon.  We got spiffied up and headed downtown to the Winspear to watch the performance.  They had activities in the lobby surrounding the theme FLAMENCO!  So Mia and I made a fancy fan and then found our seats.  There were Spanish dancers and a group Compania Azul that accompanied the orchestra for some songs.  It was sooooo good!!!!  Just over an hour so the perfect length for kiddos.  Even though we had two seats Amelia spent most of the show sitting on my lap which I think we both enjoyed! A good day, good memories.

~ Momma P

Making Happy Memories in the Midst of Laundry

Some silly snaps of happy laundry 'helpers'.  Yes, that is right 'helpers'.

 

 

In all my geekiness I am reading a book called 'The Happiness Project' by Gretchen Rubin and it is awesome.  It has inspired me in a ton of ways and really has me thinking about my children, how do I help them develop healthy habits of being happy people? She focused for a year on learning to be more HAPPY!  It almost sounds silly but the research she shares and the insights she gained are fascinating.  Something that has recently been a light bulb to me is my obsession with photographing our ladies BUT here is the thing - people who have pictures of happy memories AND look at them frequently or are surrounded by pictures of happy memories are more likely to focus on the good memories instead of the depressing memories.  This was added incentive to keep capturing the sweetness of our days, our ladies and all of their silliness.  Incentive to work on my family albums and get them printed and then enjoy looking through them (which they totally do).  Anyway it was a good light bulb moment,  I want to help my women in anyway possible to be happy people.

 

Rubin also talked about taking the time to enjoy the things, sometimes little silly things that bring our children joy.  Again a light bulb,  I try to be present and cherish them but striving to look at things through their eyes is a good goal.  I want to try to put aside my adult agenda a little more as I try to rush through my to do list... instead, stop and enjoy the soft pile of clean laundry. These pics of my girlies also made me think of this quote from President Thomas S. Monson;

Mrs. P

The Sibling Battles Begin

 

Oh how angelic these ladies look, sitting together having snack at their little table. 

Well, we recently had a monumental event at our house...the first real deal, screaming girls, sister fight and it was over this darling red tea set.  I thought it deserved a blog post.  I have been having trouble uploading pictures to blogger and it is driving me crazy but of all the recent happenings in our home I thought this would be something that would make us smile when we read about it someday.

 

The fight went down like this;

1. girls playing downstairs while I was cleaning the kitchen

2. I hear screaming and ask "what is up?"

3. Screaming continues and I start the march down to the playroom

4. Come upon the screamers both with a super grip on the red tea pot

5. Negotiate, discuss turn taking, model vocab

6. Ha, so it begins!!!!

 

Distraction and trading of toys are no longer an option for the big sister.  Stella is fully aware what she likes and doesn't, apparently she will stop at nothing to make it known. 

 

 It makes me smile that both of our girlies are firecrackers in their own way!  Challenging at times but brings a smile after the smoke clears.

 

Love these ladies so darn much! 

What a pleasure it is to watch them grow and see their personalities develop.

~ Momma P





Happy New Year

H  a P p Y         N e W         Y e A r ! 

New Year's Eve was actually spent travelling up to Fort Mac to join my parents who had brought up Alyson and Jacey a few days earlier.  But we just had to do something special that night.  We made some hats and had some fun snacks to make it special!  Grandpa worked during the day so waiting until he got home at 8:45pm was the goal.  The kiddos looked adorable in their hats!  Fun times!

 

Love crafting with these peeps!

~ Mrs. P