A good month

After the storm, we have had beautiful weather and we have taken advantage of it with lots of walks, raking, and street hockey. Quinn has been everywhere on his Razor scooter...I'm so glad that he likes it! He had a fantastic report card last week with Mrs. Lindquist writing that Quinn is every teacher's dream. Grammy was showing it off to everybody, I don't think any of the other cousins ever had a report card quite like that. The problem is that there's only one way to go from here and it's not up. Our seven year old has set a high bar for himself! Speaking of high bars, the Mite A team has had a few tough games playing what appears to be tougher competition. The ages are the same, but the opponents seem a lot bigger. Maybe they are all 8-year olds. However, the kids are having a great time, and the coaches and parents are all very nice. I give a lot of credit to the coaches for volunteering so much of their time and effort.

We are definitely in Christmas mode, and Quinn and I put the tree up last week. Actually, I put the tree up thinking I was doing the family a big favor and Quinn started crying that he didn't get to help. So, I dragged the tree back into the basement and we brought it up again together. We only had 2 ornament casualties so far. One was a Quinn drop and one was a Buster steal. I am trying not to freak out about doing everything perfect for Christmas. I am trying to do one small decorating, shopping or packing project a day...and it seems to be working. Now I have to get to our Christmas card, which will probably be a hockey picture.

I retired from the Mother Ducks, only to go out and skate with Quinn's team. I felt a little ridiculous with all my stuff on, but who cares? Quinn and I were both disappointed we didn't have a scrimmage! Now I am looking forward to getting our rink going. I bought Matt a small fireplace today for it...it would be fun to have a little party down there. My 50th birthday is coming up, I'm anxious to see what Matt has cooked up for it!