"mom, you rock!"

wouldn't that just make your day, too? :D


that's what I heard from the 8 year old little man this afternoon upon pick up at school .... unprompted, and completely out of the blue!


all we had planned was a haircut, and then off to a hockey game. i had packed some snacks (current faves ~ including granola bars, a clementine orange for both) and they were walkers (non-bus riders) this afternoon. as we headed to the car, he exclaimed that, and grabbed my hand, and smiled up at me as he skipped/ran (and forced K gal and I to follow suit with skip/running)


so, then, THEN, she chimed in and added her warm compliment too ~ 'yeah, mom, you really are one of the coolest of the cool moms'. me. little old me. and here i thought i was just a regular old mom.


oh, sing my heart, sing! :-) :-) :-)


sometimes, love speaks to you in wee voices.



and just cause i am having SO MUCH stinkin' fun with the camera, here is the dude this past weekend at a scrimmage with his team .... (a little blurry on the photos, however, ramping up my digi learning for indoors/sporting events, so they will improve, i promise)











mucking around with the teammates just prior to the game ... lockeroom chatter is hysterical at this age!

{that's a cubby area that each kid has to get dressed. he's actually standing on the seat that is part of it}










and we begin with the faceoff at the start of the game ..... very serious indeed. {heh}


he snags the puck .... he handles it down the ice ..... he shoots ..... he ScOrEs!