Hmmm...the first entry in the blog. It's kind of a daunting task. Should it be all background, should it be serious, should it be funny, should it set a president for all the entries to follow.
Or should I just start writing and see what follows....
Declan is at hockey camp, a common occurance this summer, although this is the big, all day, everyday camp that he has been looking forward to and so far loving every minute of. He comes home with stories that the big kids (the coaches that used to play minor hockey here in Stratford and now have been drafted to big NHL teams) have told them. These guys are his new heros and what they say is the gospel! They are good bunch of kids, don't get me wrong, and probabley the best kind of role models we could ask for. Brent Lemon does a fabulous job of assembling a great mix of staff for his camps and it pays off because Declan will correct his stick grip without question if they give him a pointer, but he'll argue for an hour in -30 degree weather, on the backyard rink, with Dean if he tries the same! It's so great to see him in awe of these kids on their way to their dream hockey career, and hear all of Declan's dreams too and how he is going to get there. Let's just say this week he is very inspired...we'll have to see if his resolve continues into this season....
Miss Marta went for her 9 month check up this morning, and as we suspected she is a little on the small size. Perfect in every way, just a little petite. Considering that the other two were over 20lbs by this point, her mere 16 lb 11 oz, seems wee to us. She is passing milestone after milestone and will even take steps if you bribe her with a banana. She has been a gift in so many ways and continues to give us so much everyday.
Hayleigh is back in Peterborough, continuting her "summer of independence". I'm still not so sure that I like it, in fact I am pretty sure I don't. But that I think has more to do with me not wanting to let her go just yet. She has truly flown the nest and things are certainly not as they were a few years ago. This will be her third year of university, although she will only be in her second year of the program because she opted to change majors after last year. Better she decide now what path she wants to take, than start all over in another 3 years! I still offer guidance when I think she is straying into a path that she may not realize the impact of, and hope that she takes my advice to heart. Todays technology makes growing up different than when we were young...they like the technology and use it easily, much more easily than we do, but I don't think they realize the impact it can have and the impressions it can make...yes i'm talking about Facebook and mySpace. I love them both, within reason, but kids embrace them and often exploit themselves without realizing, that is what scares me.
Dean and I are busy with the Triplex, (the investment property as Dean refers to it/money sucking vortex of renovation hell is the title I prefer). The renovations on Beth's old apartment are almost complete. I say Beth's old apartment, because I think that is what it will always be to us. We inherited Beth as a tenant when we bought the place, or maybe it was the other way around, she inherited us. Either way she lived there for almost 30 years. We miss her, and through all the renovating, we have thought so many times, if only Beth could see it now. Although we think it is so much better now, she loved the place the way it was, it was HER home, we just happened to own it. We'll be lucky to find a tenant that loves that place half as much as she did and makes it their home.
Okay so I read back, a little back ground, a little update, a little bit of our life...
oh, must run the mail man just brought our newest gDiaper order...gosh how I love those things! and we need to check them out!
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