33 month update

Watch out Jonathon Toews, Owen McCarthy might possibly be the new Captain in town. Danny bought Owen his first pair of hockey skates and helmet and Darren bought his tiny little hockey gloves. It was hysterical to watch Owen walk with the skates on for the first time, he was like a baby deer being born into the world. He didn't know which way was up and had no control over his little legs. Since the initial purchase we have put the little guy on the ice over 5 times and he is progressing wonderfully! He can now pull himself up from a seated position and can actually move his feet and push himself and the training bar. The actual forward movement is usually followed up with a bribe for Hot Chocolate and french fries from McDonalds after skating is over, but hey...we're not stupid. Our stubborn, strong willed kid is motivated by sugar, so give him the light at the end of the tunnel (hot chocolate) and he magically moves his feet. It is amazing how that works!

Some things never change. It doesn't matter that our usual Dunkin Donut trip is now to Tim Horton's (the local Canadian coffee/donut chain), Owen has developed a bond with the employee Tony, behind the counter. Every Tuesday and Thursday when we drive out to playschool we stop for a large coffee for mom and two Tim-Bits (similar to Munchinkins - but WAY better), one for me and one for O. Owen talks about seeing Tony and making sure I will stop to see Tony every single time we drive to playschool. We pull up and Owen yells out the window, "Hi Tony, can I have donut." Now the love story is not one-way, Tony also lights up when he sees his little buddy and he no longer will give me the bag of Tim-Bits, he leans out through the drive-thru window to personally hand deliver the tasty treats to his smiling little sidekick in the back seat. The other day Owen told me, "Mom, I like Tony, he is a nice boy." (Tony is not a boy, he really is a grown man) and Tony told me that he looks forward to seeing Owen every Tuesday and Thursday.

Owen has become quite the "snuggler" at night. I was putting him to bed last night and he was snuggling with me under the covers and rolled over gave me a kiss and said, "Mommy, I love you". Of course my heart melted. :)

He also is a continuing champ in the potty-going department. He was just in the bathroom and I heard him say to himself, "Pee is for up and Poo is for down, Up is for boys and down is for girls" in reference to what you do with the toilet seat while making a deposit!

It is officially winter in Trail. The snow has slowly crept from the high altitudes down to our peaceful town. The streets are blanketed with snow and it has been really cold and windy the past few days. It is 18 degrees Fahrenheit and -17 Celsius - which sounds A LOT colder out! Owen and I put up the Christmas lights and played in the snow yesterday and made "No-Angels". Owen has been talking about making snow angels since the first sight of the white stuff and finally got to live the dream yesterday, followed by a warm up inside with some hot chocolate!

We are looking forward to Grandma's visit in a few days and celebrating American Thanksgiving with her and Darren's family this weekend! Happy Turkey Day everyone, we miss you lots!