Theo's a Hockey Player Now

With every practice Theo has gotten better and better at hockey. I really enjoy watching him play.

That's him in the dark blue shirt. He hadn't gotten his jersey yet. Most of the kids were wearing their old jersey's or their siblings.

Two of the dads coach the co-ed team. Theo's in the 9U age bracket.

I thought all the kids were going to be beginners like Theo, but some of them are really good.

On Saturday, Theo had his first hockey game.

He's a little more timid during games than he is at practice.

After the first line, Theo came out and played goalie! He hadn't played goalie in practice, but he does prefer defense.

I thought he was going to be in tears being chosen to play goalie.

He did a pretty good job, but soon one of the other kids showed up in full goalie gear. And that boy took over for the rest of the season.

Theo's friend Georgie's parents got us to sign up. They were both unreluctant at first, but both seem to be liking it more and more.

Theo needed a longer stick so we stopped over at Play-It-Again-Sports after the game. Outside it smelled so good so we had to stop for dinner at Lisu's Thai Taste.

ICE had surged into the cities a week or so earlier. The cities and suburbs were on edge, but we wanted to make sure we were supporting our immigrant owned restaurants and markets.

Since Christmas, Theo and I have been obsessed with watching Jenna Phibb's abandoned home videos on YouTube.

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