{stuff stuff stuff}

Lot's of stuff to report here.

My parents and Debbie came for a visit and got to see Gerard's last hockey game. He didn't score any goals and Grandma nearly had a heart attack each time he fell (and that was too many to count!) He was exhausted after the full ice game, but he still had fun and wants to play spring hockey. Yay. Lucky us. 8:00 AM Saturdays and Sundays.

With his trophy at his celebratory lunch:

Gerard wanted to bring Grandma and Grandpa to school for show-and-tell but since he couldn't fit them into his backpack he settled for a picture of them:

Here is Morgan wearing a sweater that my mom made for me when I was Morgan's age. Doesn't she look cute? (And already she's attached to her cell phone!)

Also, Morgan is quite the little dancer. Here's my mom singing "I Feel Pretty" and Morgan doing a little routine (taken on Debbie's cell phone, so the quality isn't great):

And congratulations to Debbie for buying her first condo! We all can't wait to come visit once you move in and get settled. And STOP READING THIS BLOG NOW, DEBBIE, and start going through those boxes!!!!


I feel like there is something I'm forgetting, but I'm drawing a blank. I'll try to post again soon!

{happy birthday, dr. seuss!}

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday today the kids got to dress up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character for school. Gerard and Ashley went as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat. In case you are not familiar with Thing 1 and Thing 2, here they are:

with the Cat in the Hat from Patti and Dick





of course Morgan wanted in on the action, too

{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):