Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Blood on the Ice!

Well, not quite yet, at least!  We got Sean into a Play-to Learn hockey program, which is as absurd as it sounds!  One of the coaches is a guy that Trey works with, so even though it's in Granite City, IL (45 minutes away!), we made the trek this past weekend for the first session.


Rick presenting Sean & Trey with all the gear.
The overwhelming feeling begins to set in!


He's getting smaller by the second.


Hoisting Sean into another layer of gear.


Uh-oh.  I think we're starting to lose him!
Sizing note:  See those bulky hockey pants?
They're supposed to hit lower-thigh, above the knee.
Those pants are wearing Sean.


This is taking so long, Ryan's starting to go out.


Alright!  We're down to the skates!
And thanks to the random hockey dad for loaning us a jersey!


This is the last smile I saw for over an hour.
If you can call it a smile.


All suited up and ready to go!


This is about the best stance he had the entire time!
BTW, it was an outdoor skating rink.
It was maybe 15 degrees.
Just to add to the adventure!


So dad and Sean cut out after about 45 minutes.
I think that is a genuine smile on his face!


But never fear!
We got home and Sean was ready to get suited up again,
and get practicing on those mad hockey skillz!
You will see us again, Granite City!
You will see us again.

3 comments:

Grammy said...

Is this Trey living out some dream through Sean or a new kind of torture? I can't believe Sean put up with all of it..and it's outside!!!! Wow!

Mandy said...

He's such a big boy now! Trey didn't tell me it was outside - brrrr!!!

The Weber family! said...

Andrew is going to start playing hockey too! I told him he had to learn to skate a little better first but he wears his hockey gear all day, even sleeping in it....lol! Maybe we can take them up to the rec plex and let them practice skating!