Geek With Kids

It seems a little strange that on January 5th I’d be surprised by a little snow, but that’s what happened tonight. I hadn’t been paying attention to the weather and on the drive home this evening I was surprised to find the streets covered in snow. It wasn’t really enough to affect my driving but I did have to remember it was there. I snapped today’s picture of the day while walking Ruby when I was struck by how pretty the snow made the street look.

Tonight we headed to our local board game cafe with some friends. It was a good time with good friends.

After a nice Christmas break it was time to head back to the rink. Today was the first of three games this weekend. Tonight was an exhibition game against Leaside before they get back to the regular season. It will be a busy month of hockey, with 9 games in 4 weekends

Continue reading “POD: Back on the ice”

Today I found myself low steps so Ruby and I went for an extended walk in the cool night air. I snapped this picture in a local off leash park.

To celebrate the new year and to forger the winter thar hasnt quite started, it was off to the indoor water park today.

Today is December first, the beginning of the last month of the year. Also the day the Advent calendars come out to help the kids count down till Christmas. This year to go with the chocolate calendars they each have a special one.

For the past few years, I have celebrated my birthday by running a 5K with my daughter. This year the tradition continues. Though our Saturday is filled with a ton of activities, we are scheduled to run the Novo Nordisk® Hazel 5KM (Part of the Mississauga Marathon race weekend). Every year I watch as violet gets faster and I get slower. In years past I had hoped to use this race as a springboard to get back into serious running, unfortunately, it hasn’t worked. This year I hope to change that. I’ve started by doing a few warm-up runs., something I never did enough in past years (if I’m being honest I still haven’t done enough). Going forward, this year will be different. I will start regular runs with the goal of running a 10K by the end of summer, or at least another couple of 5ks with one or both of my kids.

Tonight Violet had hockey training with TDHA at the CAA Centre. Usually they practice on the community rinks, but today they were on the big rink, where the Beast play. I think my picture might exaggerate how big the ice is. It was another great lesson for our hockey diva. If you are looking for a good hockey school you should look at TDHA

Tonight we have a silly picture. It seems Melissa was going through our sports equipment closet and found an hold hockey back. With Violet’s current bag having a broken zipper this could come in handy for any summer hockey camps. I think Violet likes it too.

After hockey practice tonight I captured this picture of Violet and her friends playing some Foosball.