March Break 2012

For March break this year, Bill was off work to stay home with Maelie. Unfortunately he got gastro-intestinal issues... therefore the events were not too exciting!

Maelie decided to invite her friends over to play. Rebecca and Lorry came and we made goo. A ton of colors! Almost used up all of the ginormous glue container!!

They had a blast blowing bubbles

I love the bright orange one!!

It was quite robust... even punching it didn't pop the bubble!

For a little snack, I made them Pillsbury cookies. I make a batch every occasion because Maelie adores those cookies! I usually burn a bunch of them so I was proud that I managed to make a whole batch burn-free!!

I think Maelie ate 9 of them!!

After the twins went home, Sierra was coming over for a sleepover. We had a fun evening playing with goo, chatting, riding the plasma car, playing with Hexbugs, and crafting. The girls decided to have a Pyjama dance compteition. My partner was Peluche... and our song was Dancing Queen :) Maelie and Sierra wond though according to the judge Bill!

The next day, Maelie ended up with some gastro intestinal issues of her own! She was sore and quiet most of the day but did muster up the energy to go sliding a little at least.  I thought Sierra would get bored, but she didn't seem in a rush to leave at all! LOL So i was relieved.

The girls worked hard on a few Easter chocolates.

Very colorful! :)

Here is Sierra's basket :

Here is Maelie's basket:

Ta-Da! All in a day's work :)



Poor Maelie ended up not feeling that great until Friday. Then Friday I was the one knocked out with a bit of a sinus cold. Maelie said she wished she had been sick the week BEFORE March break so then she could have enjoyed her week off!! All in all I think she did fun things .... even if she was sick :)

Bowling Provincials

What a weekend!! We had been looking forward to this weekend for sooooooo long!! Maelie's team was playing in the provincials in hopes of winning the gold and go to Newfoundland. The 4 games were really crazy! If they didn't get 50 king pins... they got none. That is what made them lose the 1st place! It was still a close call. If we had about 3-4 king pins less, we would have won the gold. Those alleys were just not cooperating. I am sad that they won't be going to Newfoundland... but relieved that they got silver.

Here is the team with their coach.

I don't have a good picture at the ceremony, but some moms were right in the first row filming and taking pics, so I will add a nicer pic soon. Here are the girls on the podium!

Maelie ready to go out for dinner, posing with her medal.

Silver!! :)

I am so proud of Maelie! She has worked sooooooooooooo hard in the past month and she deserves 10 gold medals for effort and hard work!! She got bronze last year, silver this year....so I am thinking next year will be a year for GOLD! :) (and a trip to BC)

I love you baby girl!! You make me sooooooo proud!!!

4 step regionals

Sunday February 12th was the Regionals for the 4 Step. Maelie was extremely excited! I was very nervous because that bowling place is not the best for kids who have a slower ball. The lanes are old and kinda in a V shape. But all went well!

Maelie's team had a few laughs before it all started. It is so much fun seeing them all together as a team. They genuinely like each other!

Let's pose before it starts!!

The girls played well, and ended up winning 1st place!! They are moving up the the provincials on the 26th! If they win 1st place at the provincials, we are heading off to Newfoundland in May! Cross our fingers!!

CONGRATS GIRLS & Luc, the coach !!! YOU ROCK!!

Twas the night before bowling

This past week seems like a blur to me. Between prepping for the Valentine's event at work, Valentine's treats for Maelie's class, helping out a friend while she was away, and bowling games and a tournament... I barely remembered my name!

On Saturday morning we started off with bowling as usual. Saturday afternoon we picked up Naomie and came back to our place so I could work on the chocolates for work. After supper we returned to Naomies house for her treatment and to sleep. While there, the girls worked on decorating some cookies! Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me so I had to use my phone, and it turned out blurry! but we get the idea...

They turned out looking pretty tasty!

Morning cuddles with Peluche. Little spoiled puppy :)

The next morning, we had to get going early. It was Maelie's regional tournament! Naomie was also joining us :)

 We went to our house and had a breakfast of champions! LOL Rice crispie squares! Both girls have their mouth full in this picture, so obviously it must be tasty!! There's nothing like warm rice crispie squares...

At lunchtime, I grabbed some subs and we headed off to the bowling alley. Turns out the boys (who played before the girls) were not done so we got to see them win first place!! :) Maelie wolfed down her sub and then the tournament began.... (in the next post!!)

Fun haven IS a fun haven

Last Thursday was an outdoors day for Maelie's school. Maelie didn't want to go, and I didn't insist because the last thing I would want was for her to break an arm while skating just before the bowling tournament! So I took half a day off and we headed out to Fun Haven to check it out. Maelie wants to have her bday party there so I figured we would see if it's actually worth it.

When we arrived, we were the ONLY people there! (being a weekday) It was great! Maelie had a swipe card and could swipe in the activities as many times as she wanted.

The ball area was awesome! There were 2 stories and there were some tubes that brought the balls upstairs for you (a bit like a vacuum cleaner).

She was also able to try out the rock climbing as many time as she wanted. Personally, I think that they could have invested a bit more in this activity. The wall was one of the plainest we've seen at all the places we've been to. Maelie didn't even want to try it over and over.

There was also unlimited mini-bowling. It's a quick game of 10 pin on a shorter alley. Maelie tried this one many times, of course.

There was laser tag, and Laser Frenzy. We didn't try the laser tag. The Laser Frenzy was a lot of fun though! Basically you choose your lever, and then enter a room with lasers pointing all over the place. You have to make your way over and under the lasers without touching them. It's a bit like in the movies! The game doesn't last very long but it's a lot of fun. I didn't get a good picture of it but you can check that out on their website.

Before heading off to the game area, we had a bit of lunch. Maelie loved their little mini pizzas, and i really enjoyed the small ham sub. It had a very tasty sauce in it. MMMmmmm.

We spent the rest of our time playing games! Spent way too much money on those. But Maelie was happy and thought it was well worth it!

Everything works with your card. You swipe to play and the tickets you earn are automatically loaded on your card. it's great!

Maelie got a ton of points... we won the jackpot on one of them. She shopped for her loot. She got a bit traffic light lamp. The colors light up and blink. She got a small rotating disco ball, and all kinds of other little gadgets.

We had an awesome mom & daughter day. We also booked her bday party for April! It should be an awesome party! :)

2 cute little new braces!

On Monday morning, Maelie finally got 2 cute little braces to fix her front teeth!! Here is her before shot so we can remember the moment!

And here she is with her two little braces! She debated for weeks which colors she would choose. She opted for green and blue!

Isn't it SO cute? Maelie enjoys going to the othodontist!

Cute cute cute! it's so sweet to see her with her braces! She will get to change the color of the elastics in 6 weeks. She will also get a bigger metal string in the middle.

This expensive plan (thank you insurance!) will help her mouth a lot!

Happy bday Bill! & more on our weekend...

Friday was Bill's birthday so we ballooned up the house the night before. Since Bill works evenings. we didn't get to see him on his actual bday, so we celebrated a little on Saturday instead! We DID have a cheesecake in the fridge for him on Friday night though... (hence the missing piece when we went to sing Happy Bday the next day)

Maelie wanted to make him some breakfast so she made him a grilled cheese sandwich in our George Foreman grill that was given to us by my aunt Helene last summer. It's been the most useful appliance for us! :)

Maelie had bowling Saturday morning and ended up being the first Bantam girl to play over 600 for three games! (Game 1 : 217, Game 2: 180, Game 3: 217). She also won a hockey ticket, and a prize, AND her and another little girl will be playing at the Hi & Lo tournament as they placed the highest above average! What a Saturday!!

We went to eat out at Scores that evening for Bill's bday and then called it an early night.

On Sunday, Maelie made her daddy another grilled cheese for breakfast and she said "mom, take a picture of this one.. it is MUCH nice that yesterday's grilled cheese. Put this one on your blog." So at Maelie's request, here is the "improved" grilled cheese.

After breakfast, I took Maelie to play bowling once again. She loves practicing on Sunday mornings on her own at another bowling alley. (the one she will play at for 2 tournaments) It makes her more confident on those alleys as well.

Sunday afternoon, Maelie and I went cross country skiing! I hadn't been cross country skiing in over 20 years!! I was hoping to take a pic with my phone but it froze and died. LOL no more battery power to even take ONE pic!! We did pretty good! i only fell once, and it was a graceful fall as I was going down sideways in a steep hill! I don't do hills....!! We had a great time, and thankfully, Maelie didn't break anything on her body!!

All in all we had a very fun weekend :)

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Maelie did this on Saturday night before going to bed. I guess she was watching hockey with Bill and wanted him to fill in the final score since she went to bed. I was already in bed a bit before her !