This Is Where It All Began....

So begins the Sports Illustrated article dated June 27, 2030 documenting the career of Hunter "The Bubs" Light, who scored the winning goal that brought home the Stanley Cup for the Detroit Red Wings, ending a 22-year dry spell from championships for the franchise.

Ok....let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.....after all, today was only Hunter's first ice skating lesson.   And even though he has expressed interest in the sport of Hockey, he is only 3 and does have plenty of time to change his mind.  However, we have been told by several sources, including ex-hockey players themselves, that to have a fighting chance at advancing a career past the "Midget Minor" league, you have to start skating now.  Not to mention, it makes for an excellent extra-curricular activity and, if he ends up really enjoying it, gives us another cheapish night out for Family Fun Friday.

Hunter actually impressed us on the ice today. He was able to push himself up to his feet on his own, and he stayed standing and "marching" on his own without falling for long periods of time....which is a good thing, considering neither his mom or dad thought to bring his snow pants, so the poor kid was stuck skating in a thin-pair of sports pants....don't worry folks, we will not make that mistake again!!

With 10 minutes left in the class he finally had enough of sitting in cold, wet pants ...this is him shouting for me from the ice  "Mommy, I need new pants"....epic fail on our part today!!

Despite being tremendously cold, Hunter told us that he had a lot of fun during his lesson.  On the ride home he explained to us all of the things his teacher told him, including moving his feet back and forth like little fish. He said he was excited for next week's lesson (after we promised him we wouldn't forget the snow pants!!!).  1 down....7 to go....we'll see how this all pans out!!