What Can I Say? The Roamers Love Christmas!

Our favorite little hat trick of Roamers (all three have met their humans!), from our favorite Pens Twins, Kaitlin and Nicole :)

Nicole and I have a few photos from our winter festivities. First, our trio of Roamers wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year under our tree on Christmas Eve. The following pair of pictures document our yarn boys taking advantage of the freezing weather to strike up a Winter Classic of their own on our little backyard pond.

Love the hat boys!

He shoots, he scores!

Not only do I love the third jerseys, but, c'mon, aren't the ice skating marks great??!

Kaitlin and Nicole never disappoint with their Roaming adventures!! Thanks guys!!

Roaming for 22 Hours!

Kylee packed up Sidney Penguin and road tripped to Pittsburgh for Christmas of 2008. Looks like Sid made himself right at home for the trek!

I just wanted to send you some pictures from when Sidney Penguins dared the 22 hour trip up to Pittsburgh. They are from when I was in the car and obviously was really bored. I ended up watching Sidney Crosby On the Ice and Beyond like 7 times on the way up because I had nothing else to do (not that I minded it!!!) 

Sid enjoying some Mickey D's....

Looks like it's naptime....

I think someone is trying to find out if those presents are for him....

Perfect blanket for a penguin!

Thanks so much to Kylee for sharing her pics!

More Christmas (2008) Pictures from April and Sid

After Sidney Penguin came down from the Christmas tree, he and April took a trip to some pretty gardens :)

Christmas Day Sidney Penguin headed down to Longwood Gardens (in Kennett Square, PA) with me and my family:

Sidney Penguin sitting on the Longwood Garden Organ bench.  He enjoyed the Christmas sing-along 

 Sidney Penguin in front of the desert plants

 

 

 Sidney Penguin in front of banana leaves

 

 Sidney Penguin trying to hitch a ride on a dragon

 

 Sidney Penguin with the gargoyles

 

 

 Sidney Penguin thought that the fountains would be a nice way to cool off from all the walking we did

 

 Looks like Sidney Penguin wanted down from the pelican's mouth

 

 We enjoyed the chilly outdoor fountain display set to more Christmas music

 

 The likeness of Sidney Penguin, myself and Sidney Crosby.  Sid really seems to be beaming in this picture.

 

The pelican pictures are my favorite! Thanks so much for sharing, April :)

Trimming the tree with Sid!

April got a lot of help last year (and I mean LAST last year!) decorating the Christmas tree....

 We put our tree up on Thanksgiving and Sidney P wanted to get right into the action

 

 Sidney P checking out the view from his perch in the tree

 

After a few minutes Sidney P managed to climb his way to the top of the tree

 

 A fully decorated tree with the best kind of angel possible

 

Sidney P admiring his decorating skills from atop the tree

I think April is on to a fabulous decorating idea!!

Merry Christmas from Penguin Production Headquarters (Dallas Division)!!

Penguin Production Headquarters has temporarily moved from Nashville to Dallas (well, ok, Ft. Worth really) for the next week. And I am THRILLED to report that I got what I've always wanted for Christmas (well, ok, besides a husband).....a white Christmas! It was beautiful as it fell yesterday and I believe we ended up with about 3 inches. And did I mention we're in TEXAS?? Josey-kitten, my mom and I drove out here Wednesday night....and I'm glad we did with the impending snow. We'll be here until New Years and taking in two Stars games while I'm here.

Anyhow, I hope that everyone out in Roamer Land has a great, great Christmas (or a Happy Hanukkah!) and a fun time ringing in 2010!!

Josey and Sid...checking out the snow

Sid on my parent's front porch marveling at the white stuff!

Would you look at that.....Santa makes Roamers too! (this Sidney Penguin is for my dad...I'll let you know if he ever roams with him :) )

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Give These Girls A Raise!!

You all may remember that twins Nicole and Kaitlin introduced the first Roamer to his human counterpart. Well, Max Penguin was jealous, so another introduction was made (and I will hunt down those pictures in my overflowing e-mail box soon!). Sidney Penguin just couldn't stand to be left out.....and I will let Kaitlin take it from here.....

I'm very happy to let you both know that my sister, Nicole, and I recently achieved what we'd like to call our "Roaming Penguin Hat Trick" -- all three of our Roamers are now signed by their respective players! And yes, that means Marc-Andre Penguin (Nov. 3, 2008), Max Penguin (Dec. 1, 2008), AND a certain Sidney Penguin... ;)

Sidney Penguin met his human counterpart today after the boys' game day skate. Nicole and I arrived at the Igloo at about noon (we cheated because we now live at Duquesne University, less than ten minutes away on foot) and stood along the green fence just outside of Gate 2 alongside a HUUUUUUGE crowd. I was certain that hardly anyone on the roster would approach this unusually large crowd, but I was soon proven wrong. A young hockey team, the Peterborough Petes (Jordan Staal's team from his younger years), was in town, and some of the guys couldn't resist visiting them. Tyler Kennedy walked right up to the crowd and made his way down the line, then Ruslan Fedotenko followed suit. Jordan Staal and Eric Godard then walked to their cars, but when the young hockey players were escorted into the parking lot, Staalsy paid a visit to his former team... and that's when I noticed Sidney Crosby walking towards the group. I tapped Nicole (he's her favorite player), and we watched as he signed autographs for the boys and posed for photos. Then he also walked to the long line of fans and proceeded along the fence. I was stunned, because I hadn't thought for a moment that Sid would approach such a sizable group. I put my jersey aside so that I could document Nicole holding out her Sidney Penguin for Sid to sign. Said documentation has been uploaded to my YouTube account, and here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/spazzingfangirl#p/a/u/0/k9gALVQmwiI

Notes: --The woman following him is a Penguins employee. She set the rules for how long Sid signed for the crowd, and maintained control.

--Sid initially missed Nicole because he was in a conversation with a fan, and Nicole wasn't holding SP over the fence. She didn't want to risk dropping him (although, if she HAD dropped SP over the fence, wouldn't it have been something if Sid picked it up?? :) ).

--The quality is awful because it was recorded by my anxious self using my digital camera...

-- The first two attached photos are of Sid meeting the Peterborough Petes. The third is apparently a look at Sid's thighs... taken by Nicole. The fourth is our RPHT. And last is a screenshot of SC and SP. :)

So there you have it. Sidney Crosby met Sidney Penguin today... and Mama G., Nicole G., and myself have an unofficial "Roaming Penguin Hat Trick!"

GO PENS!!!

Kaitlin G.

  

That? Is just too beautiful for words :)

Can you even breathe with him that close?? *le sigh*

Needless to say, I owe Nicole, Kaitlin, and Mama G. a very huge thanks for all the great pictures and stories!! I don't know, ladies, I'm thinking once you get a taste for the hat trick, you can't stop there! :)

Sidney Finds the Perfect NY Neighborhood!

Meira lives in Brooklyn and Sidney quickly found a place where he could feel right at home!

Max? Where are you??

That sign points that way....let's see if we can find Max over there....

Look! Max has an apartment complex! I think I'm gonna like it here :)

I'm glad that Sid and the Talbot signs are helping Meira feel better about being away from her hometown of Pittsburgh :)

Friday night.....Game 7......I hope all the little Roamers are able to plant themselves in front of TV's so they can watch their team hoist THE CUP!!

GO PENS!!!

Mile High Sidney

Nadia lives in Colorado Springs. You might remember that she and Sidney Penguin took a hike up a steep incline (my legs hurt just thinking about it!). Back in November Sid took Nadia and some friends to an Avalanche game against Calgary:

Sid has his ticket and is ready to go :)

Checkin' out the pre-skate....where's #87?

Nadia's friends can't help but love the little guy :)

Avalanche fans giving Sid some love!

Sidney Penguin was a bit disgruntled after the Pens lost....but stopped to pose in front of the arena anyway.

Thanks so much to Nadia for sharing her Denver pics! Glad to see you and S.P. are having a fun time together :)

Sidney Across the Ocean

Many months ago I had the pleasure of sending Sidney Penguin to Gillian in Perth, Scotland. I must say, I desperately wanted to join him in the envelope, but I'm not sure Gillian would have believed the postage charge on that one :)

Gillian graciously took S.P. with her on her trip to Aberdeen (have I mentioned yet that I'm jealous?):


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Here is Sidney enjoying a lovely day at the beach:

Can you see Norway from here?

Wait. Is there a hand back there?

A-Ha!!

Sid checks into his hotel

Looks like Sid found himself a girlfriend there in Scotland...beep, beep!

I have more pictures from Gillian coming later....she and S.P. came across the pond and saw the sights in Big Sid's adopted hometown!

Sidney Heads to Erie for Homecoming

Last fall, Sidney and Lauren headed back to Gannon University in Erie for homecoming. Lauren showed Sid the sites and it looks like they had a fun time!

Sidney Penguin poses with the sign outside Old Main:

It's kind of like the game Where's Waldo? Can you find SP in this picture? :)

Sidney Penguin with Old Main in the background. As I was taking this picture, a man and woman walked by and the woman said "Hi Mr. Penguin" and I couldn't help but think of the woman who said "Hi Penguin" to MAF when he was handing out season tickets this year. :)

Gannon is a Catholic university, which is why we have a statue of Jesus and two students outside the Campus Center. It's kind of an unofficial tradition to have your picture taken with Jesus, so I figured Sidney Penguin should too!

Well, who else would you expect The Saint to hang out with?

Sidney Penguin underneath the Gannon Arch.


Erie is full of fish like this, and frogs too. Each one is painted with a different theme (in Cleveland, they have guitars that are each painted in a unique way). Most of them are outside, but this one hangs out inside the academic building where I had almost all of my classes.

What secret do you suppose this fish is whispering in Sid's ear?

Sidney Penguin in front of the Erie County Court House, which is located smack-dab in the middle of Gannon's campus. Look how blue the sky was that day - that's not something you see too often in Erie.


Being the good Canadian that he is, S.P. wanted to go to Tim Hortons (In Erie, they are lucky enough to have not one, but two of them!)

Hurry up and take the picture, Lauren. Timmy's is waiting!

Sidney Penguin visited the Erie Civic Center, home of the Erie Otters (OHL). They were setting up for the circus that day otherwise we would've gone inside and looked around.


Directly adjacent to the Civic Center is Jerry Uht Park, home of the Erie SeaWolves baseball team (AA Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers).


Since we couldn't go inside the Civic Center, S.P. got his picture taken with a schedule that was posted outside.


Presque Isle is the peninsula in the distance.

Be careful, Sid....don't fall in!

S.P. liked the boats in the marina.

Of all the boats we saw, Sidney Penguin liked this one best.

Do you think anyone would notice if we took it for a spin?

S.P. thought the brand new convention center and hotel were really nice.

On the way down to the beach, we stopped at one of my favorite places to eat in Erie. Unfortunately, they were closed for the season so S.P. couldn't enjoy a Smith's hot dog there (Smith's are an Erie classic).


Sally's is right next to Sara's. They have really good pie, but they were closed for the season too.

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Pie? Did someone say "pie"?

Presque Isle is home to several beautiful white sand beaches, a lighthouse museum and a nature preserve.

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Sidney Penguin loved the beautiful tree-lined road that runs through Presque Isle State Park.



Now S.P. is on the other side of the bay, looking back at Erie. See that tower out in the distance? That's right next to the convention center.



We took our Timmy's out to the beach to enjoy.

Timmy's and the beach....life is good.

S.P. and I enjoyed the warm and sunny weather at the beach!

Awww! You guys make a cute couple!

The pretty beaches stretch for miles.

S.P. loves Lake Erie!




S.P. wrote his name in the sand (okay, I helped too).

AMEN!!

Big thanks to Lauren and Sidney P. for sharing their fun pictures with us!