Lucas's 7th Birthday Party

As mentioned in the previous post, Lucas's 7th birthday party was held this past Saturday. There's really not much to add to that so let's get to the action shots. The kids spent the first hour playing soccer on the indoor field. Initially, they wanted to play the full length of the field, but after about 20 minutes they realized that was a bad idea and just played the width.

There's always time to goof off a bit.

After soccer was pizza eating time. The place we went, the OzDome, made their own pizza, and it was surprisingly good.

I have no idea what prompted this face, but it makes me laugh.

Next up: cake!

My favorite part about this is that when he was making a wish, he said out loud, "I wish there was no more French." In reference to the language. He's definitely my son.

Can't have a party without presents!

There was a foosball table at the place that completely enthralled the kids. I don't think many of them had seen one before. As you can see, it was a hit.

Quick sidenote. The woman standing next to Marilu was the mother of one of Lucas's good friends, Anthony. She's from Ghana so we talked about the upcoming World Cup game between Ghana and the U.S. Now that the game has been played, I just want to say, "USA! USA! USA!" :)

And finally, we close with a couple of pictures that don't fit anywhere else above. First, Lucas and Thierry no doubt having an important discussion about Pokemon cards.

The Family Deal.

7th Birthday Party

Although Lucas's birthday isn't until Monday, we had his party today. There are plenty of pictures to come, especially since photographer extraordinaire Tracey was helping out, but for now, enjoy this one of Lucas and his friend Lauren goofing for the camera.

It's worth noting that Lauren is one of two girls he invited to his party, something he's never done before. Our baby boy is growing up!

We had his party at the Oz Dome, an indoor soccer field located just west of us in Carp. I wasn't sure what to expect, but they did a good job and the kids has a great time. Once I get the rest of our photos uploaded (as well as access to Tracey's), I'll post the best ones.

Sports

Tonight was Lucas's first rugby practice. There was a good turnout, and he appeared to have a great time. Smiles from start to finish. In related news, I volunteered to be the manager for his team, which basically means I'll be sending some emails out from time to time. Woohoo.

Soccer starts on Monday so hopefully that will go well too. They sent out the list of kids on his team, and of 11 kids, he knows 3 of them so we're off to a good start.

No pictures taken tonight so no pictures to post. I'm sure we'll get plenty as the season progresses.

Catching Up, Part 4

This is technically the last of the catching up photos. However, I have one more entry that will be devoted to the remaining videos from last year. Also, I found a bunch of photos on our iPhones (particularly Marilu's) that had never been uploaded. I'm not sure how many of them are any good, but if they are, I'll just use them for filler going forward since we don't tend to take that many photos of Lucas (or us) as we used to.

Once again, my apologies if any of these are repeats. I tried to make sure they weren't, but you never know when you're dealing with so many different photos.

First off, just a goofy looking face from Lucas. Or maybe I should call him Cheeks, which is what he named his character in a video game we play. If you are assuming that is a reference to butt cheeks, you are correct. Ah, 6-year-old humor. I suppose I can't say much since I named my guy Barf Bag. I suppose there's a quote about apples falling from trees that could be inserted here.

I know I already did an entry from our trip to Toronto to see the NFL game back in December, but I wanted to include two more photos since they feature a couple of local highlights: the CN Tower and Gretzky's, a decent restaurant we ate at one of the nights. (Side note: I'm so glad we're back to t-shirt and shorts weather.)

Here are some random photos taken over the holidays.

And we couldn't leave 2013 without a couple more hockey photos. The first was taken at a rink here in the neighborhood. That's Marilu taking the shot at Lucas.

This second one is one of the rare semi-clear ones our camera decided to take. Based on all the kids standing around, I suspect this is the start of the practice as his coach gives him instructions on what they will be doing. If you can't read the names, Lucas is #7 and his good buddy Zach is #16.

Speaking of hockey, this was a hockey team event at a Sens game. I'll let the picture do all the talking.

And finally, what better way to kiss 2013 good-bye than by looking at the crazy amount of snow we received (though still not as bad as 2008). Good riddance, winter!

Catching Up, Part 3

I haven't forgotten about the whole "catching up" thing. I just got distracted. A common event in my life, apparently. There's not many left after this one so hopefully 2013 will be a thing of the past sooner rather than later.

There's a small chance that some of these photos may be repeats of ones I've already posted. If so, my apologies. I'm lucky if I can remember what I did yesterday let alone 6 months ago.

Let's start off with more hockey photos. The first 3 are from the week-long skating and hockey camp he did in September. Prior to that point, he had been on skates maybe 3-4 times. Afterwards, he may not have been the best, but he definitely looked like he belonged on the ice. For those of you not familiar with hockey, that's Ottawa Senator Chris Neil in the first picture and the third is with the Sens coach Paul MacLean.

And here he is in his Zombie Minions uniform. With appropriate game face, of course.

I went in to check on him after he had fallen asleep and noticed the Spider-Man glove on for some reason. I thought it was funny enough that it deserved a picture.

Tubing down the Rideau River. That's Lucas on the right.

And finally, a bunch of photos from Saunders Farm. Based on Lucas's pants, it looks like these are from three separate visits. It's quite the fun place.

Haircut

It's kind of funny that this post follows the big hair one. Today, I brought Lucas for a haircut, and it was probably the most drastic haircut he's had yet. He's been telling us he wanted it very short--like John Cena or Wayne Rooney--so I said, what the hell, and let him do it. Rather than spew out any more words, I'll let the pictures tell the story.

Before:

During:

After:

He's very happy with it so that's all that matters. It'll be interesting to see what he goes with next time.

Hair

Before getting back to the "Catching Up" posts, here's a photo I took last night. Lucas had just gotten out of the bath, and I wanted to show him just how wild his hair could get (thanks to my genes). So after a quick session with the hair dryer, I combed his hair straight back, as well as mine, and the results are below.

You may notice his arms are a bit pink. Yesterday was our first warm day of the year (sad, really), and we took advantage of it by playing outside all day. Since it's been so long since we last felt heat, it slipped our minds to put sunscreen on him until it was too late. Oh well, next time.