WE (STILL) LOVE THE SENS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, we all stayed up late to watch the game (actually the boys have stayed up to watch all of the final round games).

Yes, we made posters and covered our walls with

GO SENS GO!!!

Yes, we had flags on the house and stickers on the van.

Yes, we all put on our Sens caps, shirts and jerseys.

Yes, we all cheered, clapped, shouted, and bit our nails.

And, yes, we shed a few tears when it didn’t end the way we had hoped (well, some of us did…)

BUT we still love the Sens, will wear our shirts proudly and if they weren’t arriving at the airport right when the boys have to play soccer we’d be there to welcome them home and thank them for a great year along with 1000’s of other fans.

WE (STILL) LOVE THE SENS!!!!!!!!!

On Spring...and kids...and frogs

It has been a glorious week. Our thermometer has tipped close to 30 and the flower beds have sprung to life with purple violets and grape hyacinths, pink and red tulips and of course the sunny yellow dandelions! Shannon has fallen in love with picking flowers and routinely brings me bouquets for my table (usually with Omoe's guiding hand). Since May is MY month, celebrating Mother's Day, my birthday, and our anniversary, I'm happy to oblige and accept them graciously...even the dandelions!

But yesterday, the children discovered an even greater love.

We were outside reading, and Devin suddenly stopped and said, "I can't concentrate with those crickets making all that noise!" "They're not crickets" I told him. "Those are frogs, living in our pond."

Needless to say reading was over and we quickly switched to science mode. We ventured over to the pond (which we had instructed them to stay away from...until now) to discover "spring."

They soon realized that many buckets were needed, shoes were tossed, pants were changed to shorts and the fun began. Cries of "I got one!" "AAAK! He's trying to jump out!" "Oh no, my foot is stuck in the mud" "Here's another one!" filled the air for hours. In the end they had captured 12 hopping friends, and quit only because it was lunch time!

But of course they couldn’t come in for lunch as they were. On went the garden hose, out came the Sunlight soap and everyone had a great time soaking each other (aka cleaning up). It has been catch, mud, clean, repeat, ever since!

I thank God for piles of dirty laundry, for it means my children are well clothed, and are having a GREAT time! (I also thank Him for automatic washing machines!)

(And yes, I did catch it all on film for a great scrapbooking page, but since we haven’t entered the world of digital photography you’ll just have to wait for the film to be developed !)

On Spring....and HOCKEY!!!

Today begins the third round in the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup.

And while John Ferguson’s Blog (the Leaf’s GM) is all about watching future prospects playing in the World’s and the Toronto headlines are still full of discussion as to whether Sundin needs hip surgery or not…for those of us East of Toronto it’s….

GO SENS GO!!!!!

Now I realize that we also have Buffalo and Detroit fans in our circle of friends and family, who are also still cheering on their teams so…GAME ON!!! to you.

And by the way…WAY TO GO TEAM CANADA!!!!!