{finally, some pictures!}

In the interest of time, I figured I ought to post some pictures even though I don't have a ton of time to write. I know certain people are getting anxious and antsy waiting for me to post (you KNOW who you are!)

Here are a few recent hockey pictures. Gerard loves being goalie, but I'm not sure he'll still like it once he has to wear all the pads. They just started wearing goalie pads last week -- they rotate which kid on the team gets to be goalie. I'll let you know how it goes when it's Gerard's turn.

A few more Hanukkah pictures, including Morgan trying out her new roller skates:

Morgan, our little Steelers fan. Too bad she won't get more use out of her cheerleaders uniform this season.

Some more pictures from our trip to Arizona. Grandpa and both Gerards went to a Phoenix Coyotes game one night:

Gerard has a bad habit of leaving things places. Sunglasses. Matchbox cars. Transformers. You name it, he's lost it. His things magically fall out of the car. He leaves them in restaurants. He leaves them in his pockets and they disappear in the wash. He's got that magic touch. The last thing he "lost" was his favorite Bakugan somewhere in Arizona. Talk about a needle in a haystack. Luckily, Grandma and Grandpa searched for it after we left and somehow, unbelievably, they found it. Here is Gerard opening Grandma's package with his long-lost Bakugan:

Morgan has become a real Care Bears fan, and she loved watching some Care Bears movies at Grandma and Grandpa's house. After we left they sent her 2 Care Bears movies of her own. She is on cloud 9!

Here is Gerard doing a homework assignment for school. He had to make something to feed the winter animals, so we made the usual peanut butter and birdseed on a pinecone:

And last but not least, today was our first day out on our backyard rink this year. To say that Morgan DID NOT ENJOY HER NEW SKATES would be an understatement. She walked around in them on the living room carpet and then down the felt-lined path from the house to the rink, but as soon as her skates hit the ice she screamed. Even with me holding her she screamed. Screeeeeeamed. At one point we saw Maddie, Abby and Savannah look out their window to see what the commotion was. It didn't help that I couldn't find her pink helmet and I made her wear one of Gerard's old helmets. Eventually she was content to sit on a bucket and watch the boys play, and then she was even happier when I took her skates off, put on her boots, and let her play in the snow. I'll let you know how she does next time (if there IS a next time)!