Busy Week!

After a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with Grammy and Grandpa and the Evahnenkos, we've been pretty busy. Corey and I went to the ASU hockey game with Jason and Zach last Saturday night, and then Corey spent the night at their house. We all went over there for lunch/dinner the next day for Zach's birthday. Corey loved his "24 Hours with Zachy!"

On Tuesday, Brody's preschool class had a field trip to the Phoenix children's museum that I went with him for, and then we met Carrie fun lunch at Chase Field. I also was the class helper on Thursday. Friday night we watched Polar Express and Christmas Vacation.

This morning we went to play in the snow at a local mall. Corey's hockey team fell behind 7-1 early, but rallied for an 8-5 defeat. Carrie made us hats in the Capitals team colors. Now Corey is at another birthday party and we're resting (watching Polar Express again) before going to the Coyotes game tonight!

Capitals 8, Lightning 3

Corey and the Capitals won their second straight game to improve to 2-4 this season! Luckily for Corey -- who slept just 6 hours at a slumber party last night -- it was a relatively easy outing as he saved 9 of 12 shots!

Bobo's Special Day

I don't know if he was bothered by all the attention Corey got this weekend or not, but Bobo had a blast spending some alone time with us today (Carrie worked a half day). Him and I walked over to the park by the hockey rink, which took 30 minutes or so. We saw some smaller parks, crossed the bridge over the canal, watched the ducks and played on the playground. Then Carrie met us and we had a picnic lunch. Then we went to Dick's Sporting Goods and Bobo had a blast checking out the tents, skiing equipment, soccer stuff, hockey sticks and -- finally -- the foosball table. It took us quite a while and a lot of persuading to convince him to leave Dick's! Next was a trip to the Superstition Springs mall. Bobo loved the Christmas stuff and the "Kids Play Area." Afterward we came home, and even though he insisted he was not tired, of course Bobo fell asleep while watching TV.

Happy Birthday, Corey!

Corey's 7th birthday has come and gone, and we had a great weekend! Sunday we had doughnuts and pancakes for breakfast, and played with his new toys, including DS games and board games (Brody enjoyed watching Corey play "Phineas and Ferb"). We watched another Vikings victory and finished the remaining sandwiches from the party for lunch, and had salmon per Corey's request for dinner. It was an exhausting but fun weekend! Here are a couple of photos from my phone for now, and we'll try posting more later.

Happy Crazy Birthday Party Day, Corey!

Today started with me coaching Brody's soccer game this morning because their coach was out of town. It was great, but ... it rained! I'm on the field telling the kids it's just a little rain, no big deal, and I look over and all the parents are huddling under the one covered area. It was interesting, but we had fun!

Up next was Corey's hockey game, which was a ton of fun! The Capitals played great, Corey made 18 saves and they won for the first time this year. (The video on the previous post tells the story.)

After hockey, it was on to Corey's birthday party. They played hockey (of course) in the grass, kickball, and on the playground. We also had sandwiches and cake.

Tonight his friend Zach is sleeping over (our FIRST sleep-over) and we played with new toys, had more sandwiches and cake.

Here are photos of Corey's hockey birthday cake, him after the game and the victorious Caps in their locker room.

Tomorrow is the real birthday. It should be fun!