Timbits soccer and police cars

As part of Timbits soccer, Owen’s age group was invited to a tournament put on by Tim Horton’s.  Of course the day was cool and windy — Owen’s soccer days always are – ha ha.  The kids had lots of fun and only 4 of Owen’s teammates were able to make it out, so they played half an hour of hard soccer with medals afterwards.

Thank you to our cheering crowd who braved the cool weather and crazy parking for cheer the Silver Knights on!

After soccer, we stopped for lunch at Dairy Queen — a proper treat for such hard work — and in the parking lot there was a small fundraiser going on with a police man and his police car and….to our great surprise, you could sit in the police car — pretend to be both the good guy and the bad guy.  Owen and Brandon loved it and after thanking the police officer, Brandon grinned and whispered to the police officer, “I can see your shooting gun!”.  That’s our Brandon!

May…part 2

Owen’s birthday party theme this year was pirates.  It may have started out with the boys discovering the Disney movie Peter Pan and the weekly Disney Channel tv show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates but let’s be honest…swords, eye patches, gold coins and being able to say….arrrrgh – that has to be why it is such a hit!  Pirate themed birthday stuff was hard to come by and I started in March searching for anything pirate.  I think my persistence paid off, because the birthday party was awesome.  There was the treasure chest full of coins, swords and hats, a pirate bouncy house and of course the cake!  Credit goes to Aunty Claudette, again, for doing an outstanding job and taking a day off work to do it!

The weather cooperated for us, with sunny warm weather – May is always a tough month for weather.

As the day went on, Owen got quite hot and insisted on taking his shirt off and having some quiet time with his new toys.

And of course the day of Owen’s birthday, we did a small family celebration with dinner at Red Robin (Owen’s new favorite) and then opened a few gifts at home. The dog kennel was quite a hit.

Happy Birthday one more time to my Owen!

General Silly-ness

Because I have two boys (well three if you count my husband), I have been told too many times that with boys come silly-ness most of the time and that I really need to learn to relax and let it happen….cause it’s going to happen whether I stress out or not over it.  So….I think I am slowly getting better.  My boys being boys…not at all concerned for the approaching storm…

May…part 1

May is and always will be a crazy month in our household, so I had to split this blog into a few parts…

Let’s shout out to Zoe and Owen who both turned 5 years old this month!  We spent a weekend with Uncle Derek, Aunty Colette, Zoe and Isaac celebrating Zoe’s birthday.  While in Airdrie, we made the short drive to the Calgary Zoo to see the penguins.  The Calgary Zoo really is amazing in size and the animals there.  Each year we go, we only see a small part of the zoo but thoroughly enjoy what we do see.

Mother’s Day was celebrated with three generations of Mom’s coming together for a sunny dinner on the deck.

May also brings planing for what we will do in the yard this year…this year we plan on building the boys a big sandbox, big enough for all those Tonka trucks to fit.

I also am trying my hand, again, at a vegetable garden.  Last year’s turned out quite well, learning some and giving me more confidence this year.  The boys really are getting older, they helped Daddy out with raking the grass and spent some time with GG, learning about flowers and trees.  Kosmo thoroughly enjoyed just hanging out in the yard until someone had a free moment to play.

Through the year, Owen had been invited to a few birthday parties from his daycare friends.  We thought it would be nice for Owen to have a birthday party with his daycare friends.  So a few weeks before his birthday, Owen picked a birthday party at McDonald’s.  The kids all enjoyed the playland and eating dinner together.

Outdoor soccer was our new activity for the spring months.  Owen and Brandon were a little unsure of the sport at the beginning but found their way throughout the season.  While Brandon’s Monday games saw sunny hot weather, poor Owen’s Wednesday games saw windy, cool even rainy games.  Despite the weather the boys always had a large turnout of family cheering them on.  Thank you very much for everyone who found time to come out and watch the boys play soccer.

April

Juggling all these balls in the air on a daily basis gets tough to maintain and sometimes some balls have to be placed down (not dropped) to keep everyone’s sanity!  So one of my balls that I juggle is how to keep up with my blog but keep my sanity too.  So sometimes my blog ball needs to be placed down and now I can say I can pick that ball up again….and get everyone up to speed with what we are doing but also to see my two darn cute boys, who, as I read one parent say — the days are too long but the years are too short.  So very true.

April brought Easter, which found us with Easter egg hunts, seeing the Easter bunny, getting together with family and seeing my wonderful husband baptized Catholic, after a long but wonderful journey.  Happy Birthday shout out to Aunty Colette, Uncle Derek and our pup Kosmo – who according to the vet is now considered middle aged!

In gearing up to Aunty Claudette and Uncle Phil’s wedding in June, we took the boys for their suit fittings as the ring bearers.  They were so cute in their suits and cried when it was time to take them off, because they were afraid they wouldn’t look handsome anymore!  Just watching Claudette and Phil help Brandon with his shoes…they will make great parents one day!

Taking a quiet moment with Owen, reading stories and Disney stories too!  My favorite to read, as I can remember watching those Disney movies as a child. And an equally goofy Brandon moment with Aunty!

In preparation for Owen’s 5th birthday party, we found out he wanted a pirate birthday, so in true Korsan fashion, we took pirate pictures of Owen for his birthday invites.  This one didn’t make the cut, but I love it just the same.

Happy 5th Birthday, Owen!

Happy 5th Birthday Owen!

I turned 5 years old on May 25th! I weigh 50 lbs and I am 45.60 inches tall. I am wearing size small for tops and size 7 for pants. My feet have slowed down a bit with growth and I am still wearing a size 13 shoe.  Mom feels like all she did this past year was buy me new clothes – the sleeves, pant length and in the body always seemed to short.  At my kindergarten booster shot appointment I sat really well and rang the bell really hard when it was time for the needles.  And yes….I still love my afternoon naps and they have gotten shorter and I can even go without a nap more often!  With Kindergarten coming up, Mom and Dad will have to start transitioning me out of naps altogther.

Some of my favorite foods are – blueberries, watermelon, pineapple, blackberries, pasta, chicken fingers, carrots and cucumbers.  I’ve added a few new ones, red peppers, blackberries and Kraft Dinner.  If I could and if Mom and Dad let me, I would have Kraft Dinner every night for supper and Rice Krispies cereal every day for breakfast.  I am still a pretty picky eater but then so was Mom when she was a little girl.

I have more of an opinion of what I like to wear and because of that the time has come that I have to go with Mom when it is time to buy me new clothes.  I like it when Grandma, Grandpa, Daddy and Aunty come along too, because then I get to show off the clothes in the fitting room.  I am still at the same daycare, but moved into the pre-kinder room.  This room is where I get to learn about my ABC’s, 123’s, how to spell my name, and all sorts of things I need to know for Kindergarten.  When I start Kindergarten in September I will have to leave my daycare and go to a different one, one that I will take the bus from to go to school.  It is a little daunting but it will also be a lot of fun.  I am lucky as well, because my school is being built this year, so I will be the first group of children to attend the school.

I have a lot of stories to tell and love to tell Mom and Dad about the things I remember.  I can remember the things we did last summer and now that summer is coming again, I ask Mom and Dad if we will do those things again — the Capital Ex parade and don’t forget the pancake breakfast at Mommy and Daddy’s work before the parade.  The Calgary Zoo with the baby giraffe and the Railroad museum that big tall Grandpa came with us (Grandpa Stamp).  Learning to share and play with my little brother, Brandon, is tough at times but most of the time we have a blast together.  Whether we are pretending we are the teachers at daycare, working at the bagel store (Tim Horton’s – you think Mom and Dad take us there a lot??) or reading books together, we have lots of giggles and laughs together.

I am wearing glasses and they have really helped me – I have made comments to Mom and Dad that I can see better with my glasses on.  Now we are all just working through making sure I have them and making sure when I take them off, I put them someplace people can’t step on them (my glasses have broken about 3 times this year).  I have finally mastered potty time – I told Mom and Dad not to worry I know exactly what to do once school started but they still worried – just days before my 5th birthday I showed them all how it’s done.  Mom says this a total Owen thing — I will do it when I am good and ready to do it.

I am still enjoy gymnastics and started skating lessons this past fall / winter.  I very much enjoyed skating and at the end of our lessons, Dad took Brandon and I to the hockey store to buy real hockey sticks.  This spring I played outdoor soccer; it took me sometime to warm up to the cheers and noise that the parents made during the game – I preferred to play goalie.  And at daycare we go fun swimming once a week and then on Friday’s I do swimming lessons during the day.  Mom and Dad have been able to come and swim with my daycare friends and I about once a month and I love having them there!

My likes are Superhero’s like Spider-man, Thor, Capitan America and Batman, Ningago Lego, Star Wars, anything to do with the Disney movie Cars and Transformers.  I still love puzzles and building with Lego.  And this year Mom spent a lot of time trying to find me puzzles that were more challenging!  I have a new love for coloring and tracing and playing board games!  Some of the board games I really love to play are Guess Who (Star Wars version), Candyland, Ladybug Game and Operation.

My birthday party was a pirate theme with a pirate bouncy house at my Aunty Claudette’s house. Watch for pictures from my party!

Sleepovers!

The boys have experienced and thoroughly enjoyed sleepovers at Aunty Claduette’s lately – when’s the next one?!

Now the boys want to do sleepovers…in each other’s rooms.  Being a total “mom”, the rule is sleepovers can happen on Friday or Saturday nights.  Owen and Brandon absolutely love the idea of sleeping in each other’s rooms for a night.  What I find the most humorous is that Owen and Brandon always pick Brandon’s room for the sleepover.  This is the room with the twin bed – Owen has the double bed — but they insists Brandon has the “better” room.

While it takes them a little longer to fall asleep, it is cute to listen to them whispering to each other, thinking that Mom and Dad can’t hear them!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Grandma K!

February was a busy month of birthdays for us….Happy (belated) Birthday, Grandma K! We enjoyed a quiet evening of dinner and our favorite, angel food cake.

It really is the best…just ask Owen and Brandon!

Happy (belated) Birthday Grandpa S!

Grandpa S shares his birthday with Valen-heart day (as Grandpa lovingly refers to it). We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and yummy desserts at Grandpa’s house.

Grandpa has two dogs that bark a lot; Owen is better these days and the barking doesn’t seem to bother him as much, but it still takes Brandon sometime to get use to it. On this special occasion we were teaching Owen and Brandon how to throw the ball for Benny (the dog that LOVES the ball). Once you start, though, Benny NEVER wants to stop.

Owen and Brandon likes Grandpa’s house, as he has some special and different toys to play with, of course the boys brought their army men along (Grandpa LOVES playing army men). Boys will be boys, i guess…

Hope you had a wonderful birthday Grandpa / Dad!

Happy (belated) Family Day!

Happy (belated) Family Day everyone!

I usually like to take the boys to something for family day, we’ve done Telus World of Science and the Royal Alberta Museum in the past. This year though I wasn’t feeling any of the events but I think our day ended up being pretty cool. We started the day over at Aunty Claudette’s house – Owen and Brandon had their second sleepover Sunday night. The boys didn’t want to leave and asked if they could sleep at Aunty’s house every night plus Owen told Aunty this was the best weekend ever — because he was spending it with her! Aunty has gotta feel good about that!

We went to the Osh Kosh shore for some new pants for Owen – he wore holes in two pairs of pants this week, plus I think he’s grown a bit as his pants seem a little short. The spring stuff was out and Owen and Brandon found a pair of pj’s and a track suit they both LOVED, please Mommy can we get this! Of course Sean and I caved and they even tried them on in the dressing room and then strutted their stuff for us! After that, we headed to Pro Hockey Life for hockey sticks — real ones, not the plastic ones they have at home.  They were so excited, when we walked in they shouted to each other, I love hockey!  They loved looking at all the hockey stuff and surprisingly we found wooden hockey sticks just their size and for a good price — they asked if they could use their Valentines Day money from Grandma and Grandpa H for the sticks.  They were only a little short.  After all that, we did McDonald’s with a BIG play land for lunch (something I think every other parent decided to do too).

After an afternoon nap (yes we are extremely fortunate to still have our boys nap), Grandma and Grandpa H came for dinner.  Owen and Brandon were pretty lucky to see so much family on this special day.