Winter flew by--in part because it was really short again this year. We played outside as always, but also had the fun of our first year as a hockey family.
This year for Valentine's Day, we all worked together to make melted crayon heart valentines for Cadence's classmates. They turned out fabulous and I felt very proud because a) I'm not at all crafty, and b) we all worked together really well. Yay!
Hockey fun day in Englehart. First full-ice games and it was really quite fun.
Clearing the deck/hockey rink for some practice time.
Last week we were lucky to join the Canadian Invasion to Orange County/LA. Cadence had the time of his life playing with his cousins, and we all got to connect with family and with Sunny SoCal. It was an unbelievable week of get-togethers and sight-seeing, and our hosts went above and beyond expectations to make our trip memorable. One of our first stops, of course, was the Hollywood sign. I discovered that I might have a wee fear of heights.
At Grauman's Chinese Theatre--fitting our feet in with the Star Wars stars
Hey, who's that in the background?
After a very sensory-stimulating afternoon at Universal Studios (seriously, our museum selves were completely blown away by the quality of attractions here).
We spent one full afternoon at the beach, where a few of us surfed (sort of), and the three boys dug in the sand.
and who could leave Disney without visiting these two leading men?
While waiting for the fireworks that ended up being cancelled due to high winds (that we couldn't even feel), Cadence and Drew had fun making light sabre photo art (with the light sabre Cadence proudly bought with his own money).
Drew and Cadence took some time out to visit the Star Wars exhibit down the road. It held all the original movie props, and they both loved it. In fact, the photographed every single item, so if you have any specific interests (the light sabre display? yoda? other various flight machines I don't know the names of?) let me know and I'll send you the pics.
