The Guge Family: just another normal week for us

Last Sunday, we went to pick up Elliott's Easter eggs he painted, and the boys wanted to do some more painting. Ethan caught the eye of the lady working there, and she helped him with the design for his Bighorn's mug. It was a long process, and he was very careful with his work.

Elliott, as usual, was there for the fun. :)

He picked out the colors, but I got stuck painting his mug. He wanted me to paint a bee in the bottom of the mug. Not only am I not an artist of any kind, it was not easy to get the paint bottles and my hand into the cup and draw lines.

The weather was so nice, we headed to the park afterward.

This slide was a lot faster and more steep than Elliott thought.

On Tuesday, Ethan and I made his Leprechaun trap for school. He is so creative and artistic, I had a great time just watching him bring his idea to life.

After the trap was built, we went to the Bighorn's game. It was the first playoff game of the season, and they were playing the Bulls (Ethan's Alma Mater). Ethan was invited to be the "Little Bighorn" of the game, which meant he got to skate out for the announcement of the starting line, have his name announced, and stand with them for the National Anthem. Such a special night for him. (A good mom would have brought the good camera)

Elliott and I get to spend our afternoons together everyday. He has started to want to help once in a while. Unfortunately, he usually just makes a bigger mess. Good thing he's cute.

And Thursday, we got to go pick up our mugs. They turned out wonderful!

Ethan is quite pleased with his work.

And Elliott collided with the table. I thought for sure he broke his nose. He had a huge dent for several minutes, and a pretty good bruise the next day. This kid is going to give me grey hair.

Friday morning, we left for Billings to Ethan's last Mite Tournament. God bless Nintendo and the DS. The boys didn't fight the whole way.

Of course they had to go swimming Friday night. I love how Elliott is always in on the action, even with the big kids. He's pretty much part of the team.

The game "500" has been really popular with Ethan and his friends lately.

Saturday morning, the kids scarfed down their breakfast then played a little Sorry before their game.

Then they got to work. Ethan is #8, red helmet.

I don't know how he survived this (or how I caught it on camera) but if you look, he is flying!

Then he was landed on by that huge kid.

Then right back up and ready for more.

I tried to get some cute pictures of the boys. There is a whole series of these with Ethan posing and Elliott dancing back and forth. The other kids thought Elliott was SO funny.

Ready for more hockey.

The shot right through the other team.

Then we met our friend Tasha and her cutest little guy for coffee. Elliott was not impressed.

And more hockey. :)

Notice the numbers. They were meant to play together. :)

Sunday morning, Laura, Jaymee and Raigan joined us for the final game. I'm not sure Laura was able to watch much hockey with these two goofballs.

And Jaymee took over my camera for a bit. Love it.

I also love that Ethan celebrates now. Coach Shawn (Ethan's first ever coach) would be pleased too. He used to have the team practice celebrating because Ethan never did.