Happy Halloween - who's thirsty??

Happy Halloween to all!!

What did we get when we picked Jackson up tonight and shook him a little?

A MILKSHAKE! Ha Ha!

We're back from our frozen tundra *ahem* trick-or-treat night. 31 degrees- enough to put ice on the edges, that's for sure. Jackson was a carton of milk for the evening and Tyler dashed out with his hockey pals as a baseball player.

A good night was had by all, we have more candy than we'll ever need and more.

Now- on to the important questions... how do we avoid cavities?! :-p View the milk carton pics at our photo site....... the baseball player was so fast I couldn't even catch him for a picture!

Back in season!

We hit the ice for our first game of the year last Friday. It was a great effort, however, we fell to Apple Valley 2-1. I broke out my new super lens to catch some of the action... feel free to take a view or three!

Is that the police in front of your house?

So we were preparing to head out of town last Thursday for MEA weekend. A little family break and an opportunity to help my Uncle with a little construction project. I decide after much debate that I can run errands - 30 minutes or less and Tyler's watching Jackson. I check in every 10 minutes and all is well, until the last minute when he calls to say Jackson's not behaving well.

Fast forward to me walking into the house: it's trashed. I'm unhappy and ask what the hay happened while I was away.

Fast forward to the phone ringing. Check the caller ID. Washington County Sheriff? What could they ever want? An emergency? Certainly not- I wonder... (glance over to Jackson, who is grinning like the Cheshire cat). Apologize to officer profusely, pray they aren't coming to our house and hang up.

Approach Jackson. You called WHY!?!?!? Your brother was calling you names and you thought it was an EMERGENCY so you called 911!?!? NO WAY!

Fast forward 15 minutes. Doorbell rings. Jackson sprints up the stairs, through our bedroom into the closet and is hiding behind the clothes. Eldest child (delighting in the sheer trouble his brother is swimming in) appears at the top of the stairs and says 'OH MAN, you gotta see this!!!'

Turns out the police are thorough in our town and want to make sure all is well. Sure, officer... come in and look around. I'll be upstairs fetching the closet-dweller. I plop him firmly in front of the officer. He is sobbing and sure he is going to jail for the false call- he begs for his freedom as the officer struggles to keep a straight face.

Jackson learned a lesson last week. Never EVER call the police when your brother is calling you names even if it does feel like an emergency.

MAYBE I'll find the humour sometime in the next decade. :-)

Hockey tryout results are in! YAY FOR TYLER!

A good distraction to Pee Wee Tryouts

Ok, so it's no surprise this is a nail-biter time of year for us. Tyler is in the midst of Pee Wee tryouts as a first year Pee Wee hockey player. The first round of groupings will be posted tonight at 6 PM, at which time Tyler will figure out where he might play for the next year. SO, we look for distractions. Enter: Brian Rolston of the Minnesota Wild

Tyler will be skating with Rolston and about 15 other Pee Wees from the Club tonight for a press event. The event is centered on making sure kids understand the new USA Hockey rules, which are NHL rules.... so, he skates tonight with a pro! OF COURSE more pictures will be coming....

Into the fall we go!

Hi ho, hi ho it's off to fall we go.

We're enjoying an absolutely incredible day today- the sun is shining and it's nearly 80. In the midst of Pee Wee hockey tryouts we managed to sleep in and head to our favorite spot for brunch, Brine's in Stillwater. YUM! Tyler ate them out of house and home today (how appropriate!). During breakfast we had a paper airplane making contest.. then we took the planes down by the river test flights and an out-and-out contest. It turns out Matt had the best plane - but (everyone says) only because he wrecked everyone else's. ha ha. We stopped at the pumpkin patch in Stillwater on the way home to enjoy animals, spiders, pumpkins a hay ride and a little braveheart/pumpkin boy action. ;-p