Friday was FUN! Yes, that's right, I actually enjoyed the Holiday party at Kaedin's school! The children were very well behaved, and Kaedin was thrilled to see me show up in my HOT PINK Santa hat! It was great to see his reaction. Kaedin's Kindergarten teacher is amazing, I mean truly WONDERFUL and had everything so well organized it was almost to good to be true. We made reindeer food, a bookmark, flung wet cotton balls at a snow man, made a cookie treat and a couple of other fun crafts throughout the morning. At the end of the morning, one of the dad volunteers read a story to the kids and VOILA the party was over!
I must say that I was very impressed to see the number of fathers that attended the party. There was the same number of daddy's as Mommy's helping out and I would have to say that in the past, this has been quite rare. There is a part of me that sometimes wishes that Justin was "that kind of daddy" but then I think about it, and who am I kidding, that is MY thing and if he did, I might be a little sad.....is that wrong? I have just always been the "not so typical" SAHM that has a love/hate relationship with these types of things. Call me old fashioned, but daddy has his time with the kiddos and mommy has hers. Plus, when daddy does come to do these types of things it is always extra special and I think that's important too.
Saturday morning brought a whole new ball of excitement! kaedin had his second hockey practice and boy was it precious! Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the first practice because it was the day of Lindsey's birthday party, but I vow to do my very best to attend as many as I possibly can from this day forward! It was fantastic!
Kaedin is the funniest little boy! He is always trying to play so tough on the outside, but he is certainly not afraid to show is lovey side either! 
The above picture is Kaedin getting quite frustrated with the fact that he was being distracted by the paparazzi, aka his mother, during practice. This little boy puts all his heart into everything he does and I give him a lot of credit for that! At one point I saw a big crocodile tear because he was upset that he wasn't "the best" at one of the drills. That of course saddened me and we needed to have the talk about just trying your hardest and doing the best that you can. His heart was soon healed! During the last 15 minutes of the practice, the coaches opted for a quick scrimmage. Kaedin's team was doing great, winning as a matter of fact and so Kaedin decided to kind of "sit back". Next thing we know, we see Kaedin in "deep" conversation with another player. The horn blows and it is time to get off the ice.....all the players start skating towards the door and after about 30 seconds Kaedin and his "friend" do so as well.....the kids have their first names instead of the last name on the back of their jerseys and well.....Kaedin's friend was KENNEDY! My son was "playing" his own game, while the rest of the team was playing the game of hockey!
Saturday brought in a beautiful snow fall as well! Although the roads were nasty, the scenery was gorgeous! As a family we opted to do some baking and make homemade pizzas for dinner before we headed back to the rink for Carson's 7:30pm hockey game.
As the baking extravaganza began, I quickly realized that we were out of a very important baking ingredient, eggs. Justin was nice enough to drive me to the grocery store so that I didn't have to fight the roads alone. Once there, he pulled up to the door and said "I'll watch for you". I whined a little bit about him not wanting to come in with me, and then let it go.....I know how much he HATES the grocery store. So as I am rounding the aisles, I notice out of the corner of my eye this CRAZY man keeps following me and keeps getting closer.....and closer with every step I take. I have to say this, I was really getting creeped out and was afraid to make eye contact with this freak! Next thing I know I feel hot breath right next to me on my shoulder and slowly turn around to realize it is my husband! DAMN IT! He totally got me! We laughed and laughed and people thought we were crazy, but it was one of those "moments". If you have been married for 5+ years, you know what kind of moment I am talking of! The rest of the grocery shopping trip was probably one of the best I have ever had.....the rest of the day was PERFECT!
Justin was in rare form that day, and we all loved every minute of his pure goofiness! The kids and I made lots of chocolaty treats and then on to the pizzas! AWESOME! We had so much fun being our own little chefs! It was a fun filled family day!
The weekend brought a lot of what this season is all about to our family! We had a fun, food,family, laughter and most importantly love all around us. It was definitely one of those weekends you just didn't want to end!God Bless & Warm Regards,
~Jessica
