Family Vacation - Photos!

Some Photos from our Family Vacation - Canuck Weekend!

Monster and I in the stands

Monster meeting the Canucks Mascot for the first time. Finn is trying to take a bite outta my cutie pie! Can't say that I blame him!

Monster and Hubbs out at the gate waiting to see some Canucks!

The wait and some rain paid off... Hubbs and Monster with LOUUU!

Family Vacation - Day Two

Day two of our family vacation was a soggy one!

Turns out the excitement I experienced on Day One of our Family Vacation was just going to be felt on Day One. We got up early on Day Two, dressed head-to-toe in our Canucks gear and head out into the rain over to the arena.

Our first stop was the merchandise stand where we bought a foam finger and flag to take home and put into Monster's room. We spent from 9-1030am watching half the team complete drills, exercises, and play scrimmages. It was awesome, our seats where no more then 15 feet away from the ice, and the back of Lou's net.

The first Canuck Monster had the pleasure of meeting and receiving and autograph from was the team mascot Finn. He was pretty relaxed about the whole experience considering Finn tried to eat his head!

Once the first round was over, we headed outside to stand (for a total for 4.5 hours) in the rain for autographs. Ok, I'm being slightly dramatic... It wasn't raining the whole time, and Monster and I traveled back and forth from the hotel to the arena for breaks.

Highlights from Day Two:

1. Monster enjoyed his first time at a real hockey game(ish)! He waved his flag, and was full of smiles!

2. Hubbs, Slim, TG, Monster and I got to meet most of the Canucks, take photos with(or of) them and got a huge collection of autographs! We got all of ours on a blank jersey that we plan two get framed to hang in Monsters room.

Photos from Day Two coming soon!

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Baby Food Grinder by Munchkin

Today whilst roaming around the city of Penticton we ventured into the mall. The main items we were looking for was Canucks memorabilia for TG to get autographed.

The mall itself is not impressive, all the stores in it we either have in out own town or in a town that's only a half an hour away. We walked through The Bay (a Canadian department store) and of course I had to check out the baby section.

I found something perfect that I didn't even know I was looking for! The Baby Food Grinder by Munchkin.

I plan on buying a Magic Bullet to make large batches of baby food for my freezer but the Baby Food Grinder is perfect for going out. Once Monster is able to eat more and more table foods the small, portable grinder will be easy to throw into my diaper bag.

It's important to me that Monster eats fresh nutritious meals, and I don't want to rely on jars of baby food for travel, meals at other peoples houses or restaurant purposes. No need for batteries or plug in, just shear mommy (or daddy) power. We tried it out tonight when we went to dinner. We brought a fresh banana and the grinder (and a baby spoon) and TADA! Fresh dinner for Monster too!

My big $12 purchase was a smart investment in my Monster's future and love of healthy fresh foods!


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Day One: Family Vaction

Well it's Friday evening and we're safe and sound in our Penticton hotel.

The trip went well, I've had a happy angel baby all day! After driving from our home to Penticton (with a quick stop off in Kelowna at Monster's great grandmas house) we packed him around all over town to the mall, Sport Check and Pizza Hut for supper.



(See above for an adorable baby butt in overalls picture. Monster playing with his Baba)

The highlights of our adventure so far have been:

1. Finding a practice Canucks jersey for yours truly and only having to pay $50 for it! Practice jerseys are green, my favorite color!

2. Our hotel has an indoor pool, we're pool side! We literally have a sliding glass door separating us from a carpeted patio located right above a salt water indoor pool! I am a fish, Monster is a fish so we are happy!

More great fun and awesomeness to come tomorrow!


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Family Vacation

Well, the countdown is finally over! Tomorrow morning (Friday) we hop into the truck and head towards.... The CANUCKS!

If you know my Hubbs, you know he loves his hockey, even more so he loves our "home team" the Vancouver Canucks. Their training camp this year is being held only 2 and a half hours from us in Penticton. Of course we have to go!

It's our "family vacation" this year. Ok, so we weren't very brave when it came to planning an extravagant family vacation knowing we'd have an infant with us.

The huge draw to the training camp isn't just Hubbs love for the team but also our suspicion that Monster will follow in his daddy's foot steps. Honestly, we plan on putting Monster in skating when he's 3, then eventually into hockey when he's old enough from there he can decide if he wants to continue playing the sport.

We plan on trying our hardest to meet some of our star players, and hopefully even getting photos and autographs! We have two Canuck style outfits for Monster to wear, and jerseys for us.

Stay tuned for updates from the road!




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