On the same weekend as Abby’s Steelhead Mini game, we also celebrated Mom’s birthday. Uncle Rob was able to celebrate with us and it was surprise for Mom. She had no idea that Rob was coming until he arrived at the restaurant. We had dinner at Montana’s which Abby and Aiden chose so that they would sing Happy Birthday to Mama while she was wearing … Continue reading Mom’s Birthday (Dec 5-6, 2014)
For the kids birthday this year, we decided to celebrate them together with a couple small celebrations on their actual birthdays. Abby’s 8th Birthday On Abby’s 8th birthday, she went to a camp program at the park in the morning. In the afternoon, Ted and Sandra came over to visit. It was such a gorgeous day that we spent the afternoon visiting and opening presents … Continue reading Aiden’s 6th and Abby’s 8th Birthday
After watching his big sister and a friend his same age ride without training wheels, last week, Aiden said that he wanted to ride without training wheels. So I started him at the park riding down the hill without pedals on his bike and he did quite well. At the end of the first lesson, Aiden was able to ride down the hill without his … Continue reading Aiden riding bike for first time
In mid July, the kids and I went to Springridge Farm with Abby’s friends, MC and M. We got there around 1 in the afternoon and stayed there until it closed. It was nice this time because the kids could do most of the activity on their own with little to no help. That helped to save my knees from having to climb up and … Continue reading Trip to Springridge Farm: July 2014
Unbeknownst to the kids, I took this video of Abby reading to Aiden in the first week of June 2014. Continue reading Abby reading to Aiden: June 2014
From January to March of 2014, the kids went to Skating Lessons once a week. This was recommended by Aiden’s hockey coach to help him improve his skating skills. We signed Abby up too because we also wanted her to learn how to skate. Here are a few pics from the lessons. They both greatly improved their skating throughout the course. Continue reading Kids Skating
This was Aiden’s first hockey season in Port Credit and he had a blast. Some of the highlights included playing with Santa, carrying the team flag, riding in a police car at the the Charity Coaches Game, and scoring his first goal. Continue reading Aiden’s First Hockey Season (2013-2014)
The Day Before the Concert The day before the concert he found out that Mama and Papa could not make it because of bad weather. We found out the night before and when we told him, he became inconsolable because Mama and Papa have not missed a single concert of his or Abby’s yet and he didn’t care that it was bad weather. When nothing … Continue reading Aiden’s Christmas Concert: Dec 18, 2013
We had one more birthday celebration at the end of August. Grandma, Grandpa, Mama & Papa came up for a visit at the end of August so we decided to celebrate everyone’s birthday that day with a few presents and nice dinner out at Montana’s. When we went to Montana’s, we brought a cake from the store that the restaurant could bring out at the … Continue reading Aiden, Abby and Grandpa’s Birthday: Aug 2013
September 8th Aiden’s birthday celebrations started the day before his actual birthday. I had come home the weekend to play in the annual Waudby Golf Tournament on Saturday the 7th. The next day, I went to Grandma’s house so that she could give Aiden his presents. I think Grandpa was not feeling that well that day so he was unable to come out and see … Continue reading Aiden’s 5th Birthday: Sept 2013
The Cain Family 