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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Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
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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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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Thursday, September 16, 2010
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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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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Monday, August 9, 2010
A Mothers Secret Agenda
Every parent has dreams, ambitions and expectations for their child(ren), anywhere from complete world domination, to becoming the next Vancouver Canuck, or perhaps becoming a world class surgeon.
I realize that in the end a child will likely vocalize their likes and dislikes and ultimately only pursue the goals or dreams they have for themselves rather then what their parents want for them. That doesn't mean it hurts to try...
Hubbs has already decided that it is important to put Monster in hockey. I agree, that we should put him in as many different activities as our little town has to offer to find one that he loves and excels at.
I personally have my own ambitions for my son. I would adore it if he became musically inclined. We have in our possession an acoustic guitar and bass guitar that neither the Hubbs nor I actually know how to play. Those instruments are longing to be enjoyed, strummed and make the music they were intended to. Monster will inherit those instruments as soon as he is old enough to take classes to learn to play them.
This mommy's secret agenda is to simply expose Monster to as many different songs and types of music as I possibly can in order to inspire a love and appreciation for music. It gives me another reason to dance and sing around the house like a crazy person too!
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I realize that in the end a child will likely vocalize their likes and dislikes and ultimately only pursue the goals or dreams they have for themselves rather then what their parents want for them. That doesn't mean it hurts to try...
Hubbs has already decided that it is important to put Monster in hockey. I agree, that we should put him in as many different activities as our little town has to offer to find one that he loves and excels at.
I personally have my own ambitions for my son. I would adore it if he became musically inclined. We have in our possession an acoustic guitar and bass guitar that neither the Hubbs nor I actually know how to play. Those instruments are longing to be enjoyed, strummed and make the music they were intended to. Monster will inherit those instruments as soon as he is old enough to take classes to learn to play them.
This mommy's secret agenda is to simply expose Monster to as many different songs and types of music as I possibly can in order to inspire a love and appreciation for music. It gives me another reason to dance and sing around the house like a crazy person too!
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