We have a hockey player.....

With Logan we swore that we would not encourage hockey - who needs to encourage their kid in a sport that gets them up at 6am for ice time, travels all over the state for tournaments starting at 8 years old, and bleeds the wallet like a deep wound.

Then you have a second child. A child who has grown up playing soccer with his brothers 2nd grade team, playing flag football with neighbor kids 2x his size, playing/hitting a baseball farther than Logan sometimes, etc. Carter has spent more time on Logan's roller blades than he has - so Shawn asked the question a couple weeks ago: Carter do you want to play hockey? "YES!"

Skip the ice skating lessons...let's throw on the full gear and jump right in. One problem....Carter has really never skated. All registered, we figure we have 4 weeks to teach him to skate. So Shawn and Carter went to open skating today and just like a second child, after one spin around the rink using the "ice table thingy" he let go and off he went. He almost made it around the entire rink without falling. He was a little, sweaty mess after 60 minutes of skating and the journey begins.