What an Ending!!! Go Canada Go!

Can you guess who our household was rooting for?

Watching the Medal Ceremony

Watching the Medal Ceremony

Anthony Tries to Keep His Eyes Intact

Anthony Tries to Keep His Eyes Intact

Quinlan, Anthony and the Mascots Showing Their Colours

Quinlan, Anthony and the Mascots Showing Their Colours

Go Canada Go!!!!

Go Canada Go!!!!

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

  • I am again doing the birthday party dance. Should we/shouldn't we have the whole class? Oh and where. #somanydecisions #
  • http://twitpic.com/14uua2 – In the cheap 'seats.' #
  • http://twitpic.com/14uua8 – Stands are filling. #
  • http://twitpic.com/14uuao – See the little speck falling? It's a freestyler. #
  • Ok, I feel like I have been up since 5, oh wait, I have been. Going to bed now. #
  • D@ cogno @AmberStrocel @tamarataggart @wishwhp @cbadov @Zoeyjane @Tarable_Tara are also some good and mostly local or have local audiences #
  • Sorry about the dm fail everyone. Blerg! #
  • Got my tickets fro Northern Voice. Year 2 here I come, this time knowing people. 😀 #
  • OMG she nearly made it. If Canada could have been a little lighter they would have won the game. 🙁 Now to an extra end. #
  • Last rock Canada. Dum, dum Dum . . .Canada WINS!!!!!!! #
  • That was closer than it had to be. #
  • Aidan has a very hard time trying new things. I finally got him to try my tomato soup and he LOVES it. Sigh, there goes my lunch. #
  • Turn your back for a sec to check out the hockey game & what do you get? Bathtime for baby after he puts tomato soup & crackers on his head. #
  • They just used the mercy rule in men's curling. Martin up 7 by the 8th end. Now he is 9-0 for win/loss ratio. They really deserve the gold. #
  • Aidan chasing after Quinlan with a remote. "I am trying to turn him off!" No such luck, I have tried many times with Aidan. #
  • Another goal for Canada. At least they are not losing to Germany. #
  • Another goal for Jarome Iginla. Good job Canada. #
  • amazing how hard it is to watch the hockey game (or short program), when they are aired around supper time, with kids. sorry grammar police #
  • RT @Crazycanuckblog: Anyone in Van who wants to go to USA hockey quarterfinal Wed @12? @D_Derryberry has Xtra tix! #blogathlete #TeamUSA #
  • I am so releived that the computer I got @AnthonyFloyd for Valentine's day isn't broken. He may be less relieved after all the work he did. #
  • It sounds like our upstairs neighbour is clog dancing. Sigh, I want my own house. #
  • Ok, maybe Canada actually wants it. #
  • .@AnthonyFloyd asked who scored the 1st goal. I told him some guy. Am I not the most helpful wife ever? #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Kill it Canada, kill it! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Keep it up Luongo! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Canada Power Play, lets get something going boys! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Canadian Goal!!!!! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Scored by whom? I coudn't tell from the big bunch of skaters. #
  • And another !!!! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia By Nash I think. 🙂 Sea of red is very happy. #
  • Canada got 2 goals in 46 seconds. What a game. #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Ok, I really need to go get dinner on, but what a game. #
  • Damn, Russia now has a goal. 🙁 #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Another goal for Morrison? Wow, they really want this! #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Another goal for Canada by Perry. Canada you are on fire. #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Wow, another goal. I am glad these guys are finally playing to win. 6-1 Canada #van2010 #CanadavsRussia #
  • Finally a goal for the Russians. wow, this is a good game. #
  • Another Goal. Now I might be able to flip to other channels. oh got delayed tweeting and now Russia has another. #
  • Women Athletes in Canada Kick ASS! #Van2010 #
  • I entered @vancouverdotcom’s contest to win 2 Olympic Closing Ceremony tickets http://bit.ly/auVEK3 Follow & RT gets you entered 2! #contest #
  • I love that Aidan is encouraging Quinlan to run around screaming. (NOT)How can we stop the bad habits if his older brother models them. Sigh #
  • The boys are playing with the piano. Aidan dancing up a storm to the Maple Leaf Rag. Quinlan trying to play along. #
  • Ooo sun, we have got to get out while it is still shining. Maybe Granville Island again. #
  • I am so glad our cat tree an be a climbing aparatus for yet another baby boy. #
  • Which pants do you think the Norwegian team will wear in the gold medal game against Canada? Bright or even brighter? #
  • Out again for the 3rd time in 2 weeks. I love the olympics. #
  • whata weird crowd at the rio tonight. #
  • a bigger group of nerds has not been seen in a while. The band would live tweet if they could. #
  • what would your cover band cover and what would u name it? #
  • sorry i know that is kinda random. intermission @jonathancolton concert and it kinda came up. #
  • I can't wait to see the skating highlights. After the concert. #
  • let's hope the Backyardigans will put Q to sleep. We need sleep. He's been awake since 2:30, I got to sleep at 1. Babies can tell. #
  • That would be fun, a curling tweetup. All we need are some brooms and some duct tape! #
  • Peel, Peel pray, oooh, I guess we are going to 11 with the hammer. #
  • Whatever else anyone says about owning the podium, I think funding our athletes isn't a bad thing at all. #
  • Question: if Canadian men win hockey, do they each get the 25 grand gold bonus? #
  • .@impolitical I was listening to CBC before the olympics about other athletes needing $$ to pay for equipment. #
  • .@alexishinde I think a lot of people don't think about how much it costs to get to the olympics. Most of these athletes have OTHER jobs. #
  • I love speedskating!!!!!!!!!GOLD!!!!!! #
  • The speed skating was very hard on my heart, and lungs. I think I am breathing now. #
  • Canada you do not want this to go to a shootout. Defend damn it!!! #
  • Jeez by the skin of their teeth. #van2010 Canada #
  • So unfair, let @brianmckeever race tomorrow. We want all Canadian athletes to get their chance @cccski! Do the right thing! #
  • http://twitpic.com/15ou97 – Toddler hockey. Way too cute:) #
  • http://twitpic.com/15ou9q – Aidan the goaltender. He congratulates those who score on him. #
  • The Norwegian 3rd has duct tape on his knee. Did he blow it out or is it for sliding? #
  • Another gold for Canada. Norway did a fantastic job too. A great last game. #van2010 #goldmedalcurling #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

  • http://twitpic.com/139r0k – Waiting for @bobsandlolo to start. It is getting crowded! #
  • http://twitpic.com/139s6m – We might be @bobsandlolo heads. We follow them frm concert to concert 🙂 #
  • The @bobsandlolo concert was great. WOOTA #
  • http://twitpic.com/13anb6 – In the crowd to look at the olympic torch. #
  • http://twitpic.com/13aqo7 – The olympic flame and the crowds. #
  • RT @AnthonyFloyd: http://twitpic.com/13bd0s – And this was the pic that @LeftCoastMama intended to send from the Olympic Cauldron #
  • Need a good place to park your bike? New post: The Bicycle Valet: A Great Way to Experience the Olympics http://bit.ly/bE6LgE #
  • I can't believe it is ONLY 8:15 pm. I am so ready for bed now. #
  • A fellow mom at the Olympic Torch celebration at City Hall on Thursday saved my bacon. I now have pictures and a post is coming soon. #
  • If anyone is looking for olympic mitts go to the bay or zellers in oakridge, they have lots. Zellers has some of the track suits for tots. #
  • RT @gmarkham: Huge admiration for the figure skaters who, having fallen, get up & get to it. I suspect I'd be tempted to lie there & weep. #
  • Watching the Can/Nor curling. Do you think the Norweigan's pants (multi-coloured harlequin print) are meant to distract the other teams? #
  • Awesome to be listed w/ some fabulous Canadian bloggers RT @thebadmomsclub: Bacon And Maple Syrup Sandwiches … http://bit.ly/aTgFNx #
  • Today's word via @AnthonyFloyd : Boffo : bringing back dead words and phrases one at a time. Next time:Hootenanny #
  • RT @raspberrykids: VERY impressed by the Can curling fans who are already drinking beer. With 3 events to see today, I need to pace myself. #
  • OH: Go Canada Go! I don't want you to lose Canada. Aidan watching the 11th end of Canadian/Norweigan curling. #
  • Woot Canada gets another gold! #
  • The real reason everyone is falling . . . too many sparkley beads falling on the ice. #Van2010 #
  • RT @AnthonyFloyd: Apparently it's not just vampires that sparkle. #Vancouver2010 #MensFigureSkating #
  • Skeletor's game plan all along, have a good program and drop beads to trip up the sparkly Zorba after him. #mensshortprogram #Van2010 #
  • OMG this one had sparkles and wait for it . . . feathers! #
  • I don't think this one has any sparkles, how will he ever be able to skate? #
  • RT @sarahloewen: I should volunteer to sweep up after the men's ice skating. My daughter loves crafts, we're low on beads & feathers. #
  • At least this 1 has music to go with the sparkles. #van2010 #realmenwearsparkles #
  • I think the Norwegian curlers had the wrong ice event today.Those pants w/a little beading would fit in great now! #skatingcostumesohmyeyes #
  • Apparently the Norwegians are wearing different Harlequin pants that can be seen from space. #dudesyouarecurlersnotfigureskaters #
  • It is amazing how many of the olympic curlers push the damn rock. I wish it worked as well for me. #van2010 #
  • RT @wishwhp: I think the Norwegian pants are an incredibly clever strategy of distraction and migraine creation! #
  • I have come to accept that I am just too tired to go to see the Trews tonight @ach2010. Sigh. #
  • Good thing because people are getting turned away. 🙁 #
  • Eyes like gritty sandpaper. Baby will be up in a bit. Sleep while I possibly can. Goodnight. #
  • Nice to have a little time this am with @crazycanuckblog. Aidan was his entertaining best with incomprehensible knock knock jokes. #
  • RT @scholasticCDA: RT to win a copy of BOO HOO BIRD by Jeremy Tankard. This book is so great! http://bit.ly/9LjuiU #
  • Canadian Women squeak it by. Phew! #Van2010 #curling #
  • Another day where I am counting the seconds till Anthony comes home. #
  • RT @AnthonyFloyd: Sounds like there's quite the hootenanny going on at home. Better leave work soon. (Ha! @LeftCoastMama @BobSongs) #
  • I have made an executive decision, either pizza or Chinese for dinner. Dialing for dinner, a time honoured tradition in the Floyd household. #
  • Quinlan's new word "Go, Go, Go!" #
  • According to Aidan: Floyd means kings and Left Coast Floyds means we are kings. Take that princesses. 😛 #
  • I am so glad I went to bed at 9 last night. Quinlan woke at 10:30 and was mostly up until 3. #
  • Aidan is demonstrating the different ways gravity afffects differentlt shaped objects. he has a good grasp of the law. #
  • Wow! Another GOLD!!!!!!! #
  • Kristina Groves did a great job too! What a great team booster. Nesbitt with Gold and Groves w/a 4 th place finish. #van2010 #
  • Boys fed, now to watch the mens long program. Comencing sparkle count. 😀 #van2010 #mensfigureskating #
  • Am I the only one that can't get over Patrick Chan's eyes? They kinda freak me out. (I feel so bad about feeling that way.) #
  • I feel so bad for this skater. He is doing really well considering he had to go back in the middle after a skate mishap. #
  • Waiting for the fireworks to end and then off to bed and hopefully to sleep. #
  • .@theTsunamiMommy thanks for the Follow friday love. Right back at you! #
  • .@wishwhp Thank you for the Follow Friday love. It was great seeing you last saturday. #
  • Heading down to Granville Island and around with the boys. Family fun day! #
  • Well we have at least a silver in Mens skeleton. What a fantastic run. #van2010 #
  • GOLD!!!!!!!! #
  • Thinking about what to do tomorrow. Should we clean up for the babaysitters for Monday or get out again? #torn #van2010 #
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Casa Italia and Kinder Surprises

On Saturday we were fortunate enough to be invited to a kids party at Casa Italia that was sponsored by Kinder of the Surprise eggs.  In our house there are two things we love, chocolate and the Olympics so we enthusiastically donned our Olympic gear and headed down to Yaletown.

Just One of the Tables Full of Kinder Chocolate

Just One of the Tables Full of Kinder Chocolate

Casa Italia is being housed in the Roundhouse, and we were being let into the part of the house not open to the public.  There were lots of things for the kids, including face-painting and dancing and all the chocolate they could possibly eat. There was a professional photographer there taking pictures of the kids in front of a blank screen and when they are photo-shopped onto the background of our choice they will be emailed to us.  We got a nice one of Aidan by himself and hopefully a nice one of all three of us.  As soon as I have the pictures I will update the post.

Aidan Posing With a Snowboard

Aidan Posing With a Snowboard

Rocking the Casa Italia

Rocking the Casa Italia

Aidan and Quinlan had a ball.  Aidan got the chance to be a dancing machine for Italian television as he led the kids and adults in dances that he made up like the roller coaster.  Really I think he has the soul of a disco dancer as the roller coaster is running around and rolling his hands around each other. The people who organized the even and the Italian host seemed to love him. Or at least that is what I am telling myself.  He was really well behaved and didn’t take very much chocolate.  (We also brought some of the chocolate to share with his preschool class.)

Aidan Getting Down

Aidan Getting Down

Quinlan Dancing With a Good Look at His Balck Eye

Quinlan Dancing With a Good Look at His Black Eye

It was lovely to see some of my favourite Vancouver parent bloggers and their kids.  We also got to meet some others bloggers that we hadn’t met before.  There were only two things that I would have changed. One, I’d open the doors because it was very hot. Second I would have invited some of the Italian athletes.  It would have been really nice to get the kids excited about the Italian teams as well by having a few ambassadors there.

Thanks to Kerry for sharing her invites and to Andrea from Harbinger for putting together the event.

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