{busy busy}

Catching up.....

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I forgot to post some pictures from Valentine's Day and Gerard's party at school. Morgan fit right in.

heart pancakes for breakfast:
Gerard and Ashley M.
Morgan and Ashley





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Happy belated birthday and congratulations to my Dad. His birthday was on Friday and he got a great present -- retirement! (I know, he's not totally retired and he'll get a job in Phoenix, but that was just more complicated than saying "congrats on your retirement!") They'll be on their way to Arizona very soon...

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At Saturday's hockey game Gerard scored FOUR goals. Yes, you heard me right. FOUR. He was pumped after the first goal. Goal 2 was thrilling. Number 3? I didn't think it could get better than a hat trick. Then came number 4. FOUR. Wow. Sure, they don't play with goalies, but still we were so proud and he was SOOOO excited. It was definitely a record for him.

Next Saturday is his last game of the "season" and they're playing it on the ice where our [INSERT CITY NAME HERE] team plays. He's so excited. They may even announce the players and have music and everything, just like when the "real" team plays.

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After the game on Saturday we took the kids to see Disney on Ice. Gerard knew we were going, but what he didn't know was that we were meeting his friend Luke who moved 2 hours away. The boys acted shy at first but after a few minutes they were their old selves again. It was definitely nice to hang out since we hadn't seen them since September.


Morgan was absolutely mezmerized, just as we expected. She barely moved during the first half (except when she was pointing in awe at the characters) and she actually danced in Gerard's lap during the second half. I only wish I could have videotaped her.



Gerard liked the Aladin act, the Incredibles and Toy Story. He got a Buzz Lightyear sword, which was one of the highlights for him.


After the show we went to a tapas restaurant for dinner. Yummy!

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That's it for me for now. It's been a long weekened and I'm tired. This week is going to be busy, too, since my parents are coming on Tuesday and Debbie comes on Friday. I'll post more soon!

{jury duty scam}

The phone rings, you pick it up, and the caller identifies himself as an officer of the court. He says you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest. You say you never received a notice. To clear it up, the caller says he'll need some information for "verification purposes"-your birth date, social security number, maybe even a credit card number.

This is when you should hang up the phone. It's a scam.

Read the whole story HERE, ON THE FBI'S WEBSITE.

Thanks for the heads up, Debbie!

{fyi}

I tried pigtails on Morgan again. Didn't go so well this time. From the other room Gerard thought I was torturing her. Let's just say I'll wait a while before trying again....

{2 scrapbook pages}

Just a quick post.... I thought I'd upload my latest scrapbook pages instead of posting all the pictures I took of Morgan's pigtails...


OK, I couldn't resist posting just a couple of pigtail pictures...

{pigtails}

The kids are sick so we skipped hockey this morning... If I have time later I'll upload some cute pictures I took yesterday of Morgan and her pigtails. In the meantime, here's one I took with my cell phone (she was fine with them all day, but she screamed bloody murder when I was putting them in, hence the paci):

{hats}

We've been having some crazy weather here as evidenced by our backyard ice rink, otherwise known as "iceburg floating in our wading pool". It's warm and sunny one day (we even played outside without coats!) then it's dreary and rainy the next. It snowed this weekend and now it's supposed to get cold again. I can't keep up with mother nature!

So, we've been trying to make due inside. Who knew that hats and foam stickers could be so much fun?







And yes, we now have little foam stickers stuck all over our house. Who needs an interior decorator when we've got Morgan!

And yes again, it's clear who has the clout in this house -- Yankees and Steelers? Come on!!!

{happy valentine's day!}

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you like the new festive look to the blog. I only had to take 300 pictures to get one semi-decent one for the new blog header. Here are some of the outtakes:








Ever the good brother, Gerard decided to teach Morgan how to make goofy faces. As if she wasn't a pro at this already.






And in case you wanted to see her tonsils:


I always make something to go with Gerard's valentines. This year we made little Hershey bar wrappers: