Olympics Past and Present

Oh to be young and carefree again, haha! These photos were taken at the '88 Olympics. The top one at Prince's Island Park I believe and the bottom one at the corner of MacLeod Trail and Heritage Drive in Calgary when the Olympic torch went through the city.

I had a disappointing Monday this week. The torch once again came through Calgary and just happened to be going by the same spot that I saw it 22 years ago. I decided to take Aden to see it as I thought it was pretty dang cool that I'd get to see the torch again but this time with my own child. Well we missed the torch by roughly 3 minutes or so I was told. I was hugely dissapointed, partly with myself and partly with the torch relay for being ahead of schedule. At any rate this post was meant to have the picture of me and Aden seeing the torch all these years later but instead it's just this. I hope I get the chance to see the torch again and maybe even from the same spot, you just never know...and next time I'll go extra early!

Hope Allison and friends don't mind me splashing their fancy '80's style up on my blog. Come on we all need a good laugh now and then. I mean check out that crimped hair and sparkly bow on my head! haha!

Mmm, mmm, good!

I'm trying to be better at finding new recipes. We eat at home a lot more but are getting sick of eating the same foods over and over so I'm trying to come up with new options. Anyway, I thought I'd share this one, Sausage with Peppers and Pasta. We really like it. I totally cut out the cheese though since I'm lactose intolerant. It's still really tasty without it and you could always sprinkle some on top. Also I cute the recipe in half because the full recipe makes a ton and left overs aren't that great in this.

What You Need!
6 cups rigatoni pasta, uncooked
1 lb. (450 g) Italian sausage, sliced
1 each: red, green and yellow pepper, coarsely chopped
1 can (540 mL) Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
1-1/2 cups KRAFT 4 CHEESE ITALIANO Shredded Cheese
1/4 cup KRAFT 100% Parmesan Grated Cheese

Make It!
COOK pasta as directed on package. Meanwhile, cook sausage in large skillet on medium heat 10 min. Stir in peppers; cook 7 min. or until sausage is cooked through and peppers are crisp-tender. Stir in tomatoes; cook 2 min. or until heated through.

DRAIN pasta. Add to sausage mixture with shredded cheese; mix well.

TOP with Parmesan.

Stuff

I cooked a roast chicken! Okay I know this doesn't seem too earth shattering but for me it is! I've always been a bit scared of them and a whole chicken is a lot of food for just me and Jay since we don't like leftovers all that much. But I found a yummy looking seasoned chicken at the store the other day and thought I'd try it. It cooked great and neither of us got sick so I guess it was a success. I felt so domestic!

We're almost done painting Aden's new room. We emptied it out and the yellow is gone replaced by a very light grey/brown. Soon it will hopefully have furniture in it. Aden will get a big boy bed too pretty quick here. It's currently in our living room waiting for the crib to be moved then we'll set it up in his current room till he's used to it and then move him to his new room. Poor kids going to have a lot of changes in the next few weeks!

Well that's it for now. I have pics and other posts coming. I'm a terrible at keeping this blog updating but I'm trying to get better!

Random stuff

We took down the Christmas decorations yesterday. That's a record for us! haha! Feels good though.

Aden ate banana and steak yesterday. Shocking! Seriously shocking! Hope he keeps at it!

Aden talks all the time but has added a new word to his vocabulary....butt (a.k.a. peanut butter). Mom I need jam and butt. Soooo cute!

That's all I got for now!

Adenisims

Me: Aden come eat your muffin.

Aden: Okay, okay, relax. I'm coming.

Relax has become a common word the last little while. No idea where he picked that up but I suspect it was from us. It sounds like something we'd say. You know in a joking way.

Christmas Fun!

This is what happens when you don't have a bundt pan and use an angel food pan instead. Those are some big buns but they were tasty!
Aden's first present. We had our Cooke Christmas Dec 24th. He's so patient.

A piggy bank! Awesome! Now Aden's got a place for all his money.

The cash register and computer are big hits!

So's the giant pen from England! Thanks Marg and Geoff!

Having a little chat with cousin Keira! So cute!

Christmas morning! Stocking goodies!

Such a cutie! Him not me! haha!

Mr. Potato Head Team Canada was a hit with the boys.

Action shot!

I love this one. He's only 2.5 years old and already knows that clothes are no fun. I like clothes!

That's going to hurt the eye balls. Say cheese!

What did Santa bring? A bounce and slide! Wicked!

Playing games with Papa T and cousins Cami and Emma.

That boy has no fear. He likes to throw himself out of the bounce castle down the slide! What a goof!

On the 26th we went swimming at the Ramada. Aden loved the wave pool. He would scream with glee everytime a wave hit him!

This is after they went down the water slide. You can't tell from this picture but Aden loved the water slide. He wanted to go "again, again!".

And that about sums it up for us. It was a great, busy and very fun Christmas. Bring on 2010!

Merry Christmas!

Okay so this isn't a Christmas picture but it does make me giggle! I just wanted to say Merry Chritmas to all. I hope your holidays are safe and filled with tons of laughter!!!