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Hockey and broken teeth seem to go hand in hand. Did young James learn his lesson that safety comes first in last night's story, "A bright Red and Green"? I hope so! Having lost my own two front teeth when I was in Grade 3 has never really left me. I was not playing hockey, but rather "Crack the Whip" on the ice during recess one day. A friend pushed me and I went flying across the ice and did a face plant on a bump of ice that sheered the two teeth off. The pain from the exposed nerves in the cold air was less than pleasant.
The Principal of my school phoned my Mom and said he was bringing me home because I had "chipped" my teeth. I will never forgot the look of horror on Mom's face when I arrived at the front door all bloody and bruised. After an emergency trip to the dentist, I was the lucky recipient of two shiny silver caps for Christmas! Well, there is not a single photo of me smiling from Grades 3 - 7 until I had them replaced with veneers just in time for my brother's wedding. To this day, I still get nervous whenever I am on the ice.
That first night at dinner with me sporting my two new "Silver Bullets", my brother was so upset over the accident that he called his best friend Darrell to come over to make me feel better. You see, Darrell too had one tooth capped in silver. He told me that it made us "special" and that we were both members of an exclusive club. Lol! God bless you Darrell for making a young girl feel better! The two of them though wanted to go replace two Christmas light bulbs with white ones on the front of my friend's house in "revenge". They of course did not do it, but that is what big brothers do - look out for their younger sisters. I have the best brother in the world. We joke and say he is "useful" but really, he is irreplaceable and the three of us girls are like lions when it comes to protecting him!
My Mom and Dad had that same deal with him for hockey games as James did in the story; if he scored, he got a burger at the O&O Drive-In in Saskatoon. He ate a lot of burgers in his youth!
I just heard yet another news story this morning about parents being kicked out of a hockey rink for their behavior. When is this going to stop? People - your kids are watching and will model their own behavior after yours. No wonder bullying is such an epidemic! Sportsmanship is the one critical skill kids should take away from playing any game. Did you notice in the story that even though James' team was losing after the 2nd period, his Dad gave him a grin and a thumbs up? Positive reinforcement does wonders to motivate and inspire!
A few weeks ago I was in our garage and I heard our neighbor chatting with his two sons as they put up their Christmas lights. It made me smile to hear their conversation as not much has changed about the process of hanging outdoor lights. What a cherished tradition between kids and their Fathers.
Are you a Griswald? What colors of lights do you use on your home? How do you decorate the outside of your house for the holidays?
The Candy Cane cookie recipe that went with last night's story is posted on the recipe tab. My sister saw it yesterday on Facebook and said, "What happened?" Definitely not my forte making candy canes! We had a good laugh over that! Leaving those to big Sis as she makes them every year and hers are perfect! While mine may not look pretty, they sure do taste good though! Enjoy!
Shine On!
-K
The Principal of my school phoned my Mom and said he was bringing me home because I had "chipped" my teeth. I will never forgot the look of horror on Mom's face when I arrived at the front door all bloody and bruised. After an emergency trip to the dentist, I was the lucky recipient of two shiny silver caps for Christmas! Well, there is not a single photo of me smiling from Grades 3 - 7 until I had them replaced with veneers just in time for my brother's wedding. To this day, I still get nervous whenever I am on the ice.
That first night at dinner with me sporting my two new "Silver Bullets", my brother was so upset over the accident that he called his best friend Darrell to come over to make me feel better. You see, Darrell too had one tooth capped in silver. He told me that it made us "special" and that we were both members of an exclusive club. Lol! God bless you Darrell for making a young girl feel better! The two of them though wanted to go replace two Christmas light bulbs with white ones on the front of my friend's house in "revenge". They of course did not do it, but that is what big brothers do - look out for their younger sisters. I have the best brother in the world. We joke and say he is "useful" but really, he is irreplaceable and the three of us girls are like lions when it comes to protecting him!
My Mom and Dad had that same deal with him for hockey games as James did in the story; if he scored, he got a burger at the O&O Drive-In in Saskatoon. He ate a lot of burgers in his youth!
I just heard yet another news story this morning about parents being kicked out of a hockey rink for their behavior. When is this going to stop? People - your kids are watching and will model their own behavior after yours. No wonder bullying is such an epidemic! Sportsmanship is the one critical skill kids should take away from playing any game. Did you notice in the story that even though James' team was losing after the 2nd period, his Dad gave him a grin and a thumbs up? Positive reinforcement does wonders to motivate and inspire!
A few weeks ago I was in our garage and I heard our neighbor chatting with his two sons as they put up their Christmas lights. It made me smile to hear their conversation as not much has changed about the process of hanging outdoor lights. What a cherished tradition between kids and their Fathers.
Are you a Griswald? What colors of lights do you use on your home? How do you decorate the outside of your house for the holidays?
The Candy Cane cookie recipe that went with last night's story is posted on the recipe tab. My sister saw it yesterday on Facebook and said, "What happened?" Definitely not my forte making candy canes! We had a good laugh over that! Leaving those to big Sis as she makes them every year and hers are perfect! While mine may not look pretty, they sure do taste good though! Enjoy!
Shine On!
-K