Head Tale

I mentioned yesterday that after taking Pace to his first Pat's game,
it seemed like he may have gotten bitten by the hockey bug.  Today has
already confirmed it.  From demanding his “hockey shirt” (jersey) the
moment he woke up to playing ball hockey in the living room non-stop
throughout the day, I think we've got a fan/player in the making! 



Some highlights:

– after he takes a shot, he thinks he needs to run and tackle me (maybe confusing hockey and football a bit?)

– he also likes to do a full 360 after shooting (maybe confusing hockey and figure skating a bit? )

– he says he
prefers to score goals to stopping them but it's still fun to get him
to try to fall down in front the nerf fall we're using (usually about
five seconds after the ball has slowly rolled past him)

– Shea was
playing net at one point and goes “Why do I feel like this is the first
of many, many times I'll be doing this.”  (Because it is.)

– he's got a pretty good shot for a little guy.  Lucky we're using a nerf ball as he even managed to raise it a couple times!

– when I try to
sneak onto the couch and get on the computer, he commands “On the ice,
daddy!” and points to the carpeted floor with his stick (maybe he'll be
a coach instead of a player?)

– Shea's not happy about this but somewhere in there, I also taught him how to throw a punch.